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Summary table: Área Metropolitana do Porto

Year

	2001			2011			2016
	Área Metropolitana do Porto (NUTS III)(1)	Norte (NUTS II)	Portugal	Área Metropolitana do Porto (NUTS III)(1)	Norte (NUTS II)	Portugal	Área Metropolitana do Porto (NUTS III)(1)	Norte (NUTS II)	Portugal
Resident population	1,732,210	3,688,037	10,362,722	1,760,033	3,690,405	10,557,560	1,721,320	3,594,177	10,325,452
Area in km²	2,040.6	21,289.0	92,151.8	2,041.3	21,285.9	92,212.0	2,041.3	21,285.9	92,225.6
Population density average number of individuals per km²	848.9	173.2	112.5	862.2	173.4	114.5	843.2	168.9	112.0
Parishes	266	2,026	4,252	266	2,028	4,260	173	1,426	3,092
Registred voters	1,403,975	3,077,448	8,902,001	1,540,173	3,413,523	9,721,406	1,550,438	3,397,236	9,731,026
Young people (%) aged under 15	17.1	17.7	16.2	15.0	15.1	15.0	13.8	13.5	14.1
Working-age population (%) 15 to 64 years	70.1	68.3	67.3	68.9	68.1	66.1	67.2	67.3	65.0
Elderly people (%) 65 years and older	12.8	14.0	16.5	16.1	16.8	18.9	19.1	19.2	20.9
Ageing index elderly per 100 young people	75.1	79.4	101.6	107.2	111.8	125.8	138.4	142.9	148.7
Working-age people per elderly person	5.5	4.9	4.1	4.3	4.0	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.1
Foreigners as % of the resident population(2)	-	-	-	1.5	1.3	4.1	1.4	1.2	3.8
Households(3)	585,824	1,210,631	3,650,757	653,058	1,330,892	4,043,726	-	-	-
Single-person households (%)(3)	13.6	13.2	17.3	18.3	17.2	21.4	-	-	-
Average number of persons per household(3)	2.9	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	-	-	-
Divorces per 100 marriages	28.4	22.6	32.3	┴83.7	┴67.9	┴74.2	Pro75.2	Pro65.7	Pro69.0
Births(4)	19,542	41,471	112,774	15,830	31,525	96,856	14,271	28,073	87,126
Births out of wedlock (%)(4)	18.8	14.8	23.8	38.5	32.8	42.8	48.5	43.5	52.8
Deaths	13,947	31,914	105,092	14,234	31,578	102,848	15,662	34,043	110,573
Infant mortality rate (‰) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	6.0	5.9	5.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.7	3.4	3.2
Natural increase difference between total births and total deaths	5,595	9,557	7,682	1,596	-53	-5,992	-1,391	-5,970	-23,447
Conventional household dwellings	753,216	1,710,642	5,357,900	Pre828,517	Pre1,853,489	Pre5,879,099	Pre835,388	Pre1,874,141	Pre5,932,697
Owned dwellings (%)(3)	68.5	73.6	75.7	67.5	72.2	73.2	-	-	-
Rented dwellings and other cases (%)(3)	31.5	26.4	24.3	32.5	27.8	26.8	-	-	-
Conventional family housing	396,220	1,108,945	3,185,972	Pre419,146	Pre1,214,454	Pre3,555,995	Pre422,836	Pre1,228,908	Pre3,590,273
Average values of dwellings appraisal by banks (€/m2)	-	-	-	-	968.0	1,121.0	1,031.0	948.0	1,073.0
Resident population aged 15 and over, without any educational level (%)(3)	13.5	17.7	18.0	7.9	10.3	10.4	-	-	-
Resident population aged 15 and over, with upper-secondary education (%)(3)	13.9	11.3	13.3	15.2	14.0	15.7	-	-	-
Resident population aged 15 and over, with higher education (%)(3)	8.1	6.2	7.6	14.6	12.0	13.8	-	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	-	-	-	1,021	2,462	6,812	912	2,064	6,014
Schools in 1st cycle education	-	-	-	747	1,866	5,221	624	1,448	4,314
Schools in 2nd cycle education	-	-	-	168	374	1,170	182	398	1,209
Schools in 3rd cycle education	-	-	-	231	516	1,516	227	504	1,486
Schools in upper-secondary education	-	-	-	147	329	937	153	345	963
Non-higher education students(5)	311,269	688,384	-	330,214	696,871	1,925,956	283,187	575,802	1,669,290
Non-higher education teaching staff(5)	28,036	62,214	176,707	28,503	61,047	174,953	22,944	48,911	142,913
Institutions in higher education	59	94	310	61	101	300	64	100	294
Higher education students(5)	75,806	117,465	387,703	76,419	123,754	396,268	72,036	115,429	356,399
Higher education teaching staff(6)	6,785	10,472	35,740	7,629	11,609	37,078	7,143	10,788	33,160
Museums	26	54	226	┴36	┴103	┴377	39	115	405
Live show performances	-	-	13,196	┴4,288	┴6,503	┴25,871	4,988	8,051	32,182
Live show spectators	-	-	3,835,553	┴1,689,307	┴2,720,304	┴8,484,295	2,981,311	6,499,197	14,832,845
Movie screens	-	140	455	┴86	┴152	┴558	89	167	557
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports (%)	10.9	10.9	-	10.6	10.0	9.6	10.1	10.7	9.7
Hospitals	36	64	217	┴39	┴72	┴226	Pro39	Pro71	Pro225
Healthcare centres	44	124	392	41	120	388	-	-	-
Consultations in healthcare centres	4,553,205	9,552,114	27,652,305	4,089,275	8,941,924	27,892,050	-	-	-
Pharmacies(7)	373	807	2,888	429	911	3,074	428	922	3,085
Inhabitants per personnel employed in healthcare centres	488.5	417.7	350.2	416.1	372.8	368.6	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants	39.1	31.1	35.9	┴35.9	┴33.1	┴39.3	31.6	27.9	32.0
Non-financial enterprises(8)	-	-	-	186,669	361,159	1,113,559	193,084	405,518	1,196,102
Accommodation and food service enterprises	-	-	-	12,119	27,099	85,802	13,372	28,078	97,562
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises(8)	-	-	-	631,473	1,193,618	3,631,747	646,444	1,262,799	3,704,740
Constituted companies	8,009	17,068	45,290	┴6,041	┴11,399	┴31,986	6,266	11,243	33,762
Dissolved companies	1,349	2,056	6,858	┴5,523	┴9,646	┴32,473	6,089	10,170	36,030
Banks and savings banks	866	1,535	4,899	995	1,846	5,834	766	1,441	4,585
Inhabitants per bank and savings bank	2,000.2	2,402.6	2,115.3	1,768.9	1,999.1	1,809.7	2,247.2	2,494.2	2,252.0
ATM Machines	1,303	2,331	8,547	2,175	4,030	13,911	1,882	3,609	12,164
Economically active people(3) Employed population + Unemployed population	889,367	1,775,015	4,990,208	┴872,393	┴1,756,065	┴5,023,367	-	-	-
Employment rate (%)(3) employed population per each 100 individuals aged 15 and over	57.4	54.4	53.5	49.2	47.9	48.5	-	-	-
Employed population in the primary sector (%)(3)	1.8	4.8	5.0	1.3	2.9	3.1	-	-	-
Employed population in the secondary sector (%)(3)	42.5	45.8	35.1	30.7	35.5	26.5	-	-	-
Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)(3)	55.7	49.5	59.9	68.0	61.6	70.5	-	-	-
Employees (%)(3)	83.5	81.5	81.6	82.2	81.2	81.2	-	-	-
Individual self-employed persons (%)(3)	5.2	6.2	6.3	5.8	6.6	6.6	-	-	-
Unemployment rate (%)(3) unemployed population per 100 economically active people	7.2	6.7	6.8	┴15.7	┴14.5	┴13.2	-	-	-
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	62,228	124,366	324,680	123,218	237,488	551,944	117,265	219,363	523,175
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit as % of resident population aged 15 and over	5.1	4.9	4.7	10.2	9.4	7.9	10.1	9.1	7.8
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	354,088	800,087	2,528,929	451,775	951,831	2,943,645	475,587	987,059	2,994,711
Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners	-	-	-	70,956	139,753	591,777	77,090	153,281	642,630
Social Security and Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions as % of resident population aged 15 and over	-	-	-	34.9	34.8	39.4	37.2	36.7	41.0
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	-	-	-	119,545	190,727	448,107	73,700	112,398	287,473
SII beneficiaries as % of resident population aged 15 and over	-	-	-	8.0	6.1	5.0	5.0	3.6	3.2
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit	20,467	38,999	110,106	55,286	104,784	261,093	33,887	62,141	176,231
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit as % of resident population aged 15 and over	1.4	1.3	1.3	3.7	3.3	2.9	2.3	2.0	2.0
Employees in Local Government	-	-	-	16,476	40,350	131,522	15,273	36,392	117,919
Town Council expenditure €, thousands	-	-	-	935,905.7	2,289,783.8	7,075,029.4	851,282.8	2,032,271.5	6,661,417.7
Town Council revenue €, thousands	-	-	-	974,474.3	2,357,701.6	7,282,891.6	966,048.1	2,249,562.8	7,323,667.5
Town Council financial balance €, thousands	-	-	-	38,568.6	67,917.8	207,862.2	114,765.3	217,291.4	662,249.8
Town Council tax revenues (%)	-	-	-	39.3	26.6	30.9	46.1	33.4	38.0
Town Council revenue with Property Tax per inhabitant (€)	-	-	-	113.6	89.6	110.6	140.6	116.4	144.1
Transfers received in the total Town Council revenues (%)	-	-	-	42.4	56.8	50.3	31.9	46.1	40.7
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh)	4,308.9	3,569.6	3,912.2	4,785.0	4,124.9	4,655.7	Pro4,660.0	Pro4,101.4	Pro4,583.5
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	-	-	-	72.0	55.5	71.4	77.1	62.0	-
Hotel establishments	-	-	-	190	453	2,019	┴315	┴1,141	┴4,805
Lodging capacity in hotel establishments	-	-	-	21,249	40,156	289,107	┴27,882	┴58,247	┴380,818
Guests in hotel establishments	-	-	-	-	2,641,977	13,992,782	┴2,770,951	┴4,358,420	┴21,252,625
Town Council total debt €	-	-	-	-	-	-	808,605,978	1,621,912,038	5,033,907,672

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(1) - The Área Metropolitana do Porto region includes the municipalities of Arouca, Espinho, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Oliveira de Azeméis, Paredes, Porto, Póvoa de Varzim, Santa Maria da Feira, Santo Tirso, São João da Madeira, Trofa, Vale de Cambra, Valongo, Vila do Conde and Vila Nova de Gaia.

(2) - The figures refer to foreign population with legal resident status.

(3) - Census data.

(4) - The values presented refer to the municipality of residence of the mother (not that of the child's birth).

(5) - The year presented corresponds to the last year of the pair of academic years.

(6) - The teacher may be counted as many times as the educational institutions where he/she teaches. The teacher is registered in the municipality where the institution’s headquarters is located, although he/she may teach at various branches of that institution that may be located in other municipalities.

(7) - Includes mobile medicine depots.

(8) - The values presented include enterprises, sole proprietors and the self employed. They exclude insurance and financial activities, Public Administration and Defence and Compulsory Social Security.