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 Average size of private households/ families (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Average size of private households/ families (No.) by Place of residence at the Census moment (Series 1890 - 2021); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - historical series
First available period 1890
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence at the Census moment (Series 1890 - 2021)
Concepts
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  Group of persons who have their usual residence in the housing unit or the independent person occupying a housing unit.
  • PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Place in which a person normally spends the daily period of rest (regardless of temporary absences for purposes of leisure, holiday, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment, or others) and where the person lives or intends to live for the most part of the year, taking the last 12 months as reference.
  • 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).
  • PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Living quarter that is the residence of at least one household for most of the year or to which the household has transferred all or most of its belongings.
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  A group of people residing in the same housing unit who are related to each other (by law or "de facto"). They may occupy all or part of the housing unit. A private household is also considered to be any independent person occupying a part or all of a housing unit.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 03/04/2025


information presented in 9/6/2025