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 Resident population (No.) in living quarters
Characteristic Description
Name Resident population (No.) in living quarters by Geographic localization (at the date of Census 2001) and Type of living quarter in view of the occupacy status and building; Decennial
Regularity Irregular
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2001
First available period 2001
Last available period 2001
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (at the date of Census 2001)
  • Type of living quarter in view of the occupacy status and building
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • DWELLING:  A separate and independent place which was built, rebuilt, enlarged or converted to be used as a private accommodation, and that is not totally occupied for other purposes during the reference period. Separate means that the place is enclosured by classic or any other type of walls, covered, and allowing a person or group of persons to sleep, cook and shelter from intemperate weather, apart from other members of the collectivity. Independent means that its occupants do not have to pass or go through any other dwelling to get in or out the dwelling they live in.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Count
Last update date 05/01/2010


information presented in 31/10/2025