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Summary table: Baixo Alentejo

Year

	2001			2011			2017
	Baixo Alentejo (NUTS III)(1)	Alentejo (NUTS II)	Portugal	Baixo Alentejo (NUTS III)(1)	Alentejo (NUTS II)	Portugal	Baixo Alentejo (NUTS III)(1)	Alentejo (NUTS II)	Portugal
Resident population	134,832	776,225	10,362,722	126,419	756,546	10,557,560	118,446	715,019	10,300,300
Area in km²	8,544.6	31,596.6	92,151.8	8,542.7	31,604.9	92,212.0	8,542.7	31,604.9	92,225.6
Population density average number of individuals per km²	15.8	24.6	112.5	14.8	23.9	114.5	13.9	22.6	111.7
Parishes	83	392	4,252	83	392	4,260	62	299	3,092
Registred voters	118,642	662,423	8,902,001	113,297	658,921	9,721,406	105,435	627,276	9,707,286
Young people (%) aged under 15	13.8	13.9	16.2	13.5	13.6	15.0	13.2	12.7	13.9
Working-age population (%) 15 to 64 years	62.1	63.6	67.3	62.2	62.7	66.1	62.1	62.2	64.8
Elderly people (%) 65 years and older	24.1	22.5	16.5	24.3	23.7	18.9	24.8	25.1	21.3
Ageing index elderly per 100 young people	175.1	161.9	101.6	180.2	174.1	125.8	188.2	197.0	153.2
Working-age people per elderly person	2.6	2.8	4.1	2.6	2.6	3.5	2.5	2.5	3.0
Foreigners as % of the resident population(2)	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	4.1	3.0	3.4	4.0
Households(3)	50,032	292,487	3,650,757	50,566	302,975	4,043,726	-	-	-
Single-person households (%)(3)	20.7	20.0	17.3	24.9	23.7	21.4	-	-	-
Average number of persons per household(3)	2.6	2.6	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.6	-	-	-
Divorces per 100 marriages	37.8	34.6	32.3	┴Pro88.1	┴Pro88.6	┴Pro74.2	Pro62.4	Pro69.1	Pro64.2
Births(4)	1,121	6,825	112,774	1,016	6,146	96,856	940	5,225	86,154
Births out of wedlock (%)(4)	36.0	29.9	23.8	54.1	50.0	42.8	69.9	64.3	54.9
Deaths	2,060	10,443	105,092	2,006	10,107	102,848	1,883	10,118	109,758
Infant mortality rate (‰) deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1000 births	2.7	3.7	5.0	3.0	2.3	3.1	2.1	3.4	1.9
Natural increase difference between total births and total deaths	-939	-3,618	7,682	-990	-3,961	-5,992	-943	-4,893	-23,604
Conventional household dwellings	83,448	450,334	5,357,900	Pre84,832	Pre470,496	Pre5,879,159	Pre85,472	Pre474,496	Pre5,942,131
Owned dwellings (%)(3)	85.8	79.6	75.7	81.6	76.4	73.2	-	-	-
Rented dwellings and other cases (%)(3)	14.2	20.4	24.3	18.4	23.6	26.8	-	-	-
Conventional family housing	71,101	352,813	3,185,972	Pre75,009	Pre384,774	Pre3,556,032	Pre75,466	Pre387,865	Pre3,596,827
Average values of dwellings appraisal by banks (€/m2)	-	-	-	977.0	1,022.0	1,121.0	910.0	963.0	1,127.0
Resident population aged 15 and over, without any educational level (%)(3)	28.6	26.0	18.0	17.2	15.5	10.4	-	-	-
Resident population aged 15 and over, with upper-secondary education (%)(3)	9.6	11.0	13.3	13.7	14.8	15.7	-	-	-
Resident population aged 15 and over, with higher education (%)(3)	4.6	5.0	7.6	9.7	10.2	13.8	-	-	-
Schools in pre-school education	-	-	-	101	546	6,812	90	479	5,900
Schools in 1st cycle education	-	-	-	88	458	5,221	72	382	4,209
Schools in 2nd cycle education	-	-	-	19	99	1,170	20	100	1,198
Schools in 3rd cycle education	-	-	-	28	136	1,516	28	133	1,478
Schools in upper-secondary education	-	-	-	17	77	937	17	74	965
Non-higher education students(5)	24,181	129,547	-	22,060	127,045	1,925,956	18,665	110,242	1,658,551
Non-higher education teaching staff(5)	2,389	12,500	176,707	2,241	12,279	174,953	1,794	10,185	145,549
Institutions in higher education	7	19	310	4	20	300	4	20	286
Higher education students(5)	4,903	21,469	387,703	2,998	18,410	396,268	2,562	14,724	361,943
Higher education teaching staff(6)	464	1,865	35,740	251	1,554	37,078	265	1,465	34,227
Museums	6	28	226	┴14	┴52	┴377	14	67	430
Live show performances	-	-	13,196	┴574	┴2,184	┴25,871	668	2,057	33,404
Live show spectators	-	-	3,835,553	┴163,207	┴781,297	┴8,484,295	179,358	730,927	15,407,231
Movie screens	-	43	455	┴5	┴29	┴558	5	38	571
Town Council expenditure on culture and sports (%)	13.2	14.3	-	12.5	11.0	9.6	15.0	12.2	10.3
Hospitals	2	11	217	┴2	┴11	┴226	1	10	225
Healthcare centres	13	59	392	13	59	388	-	-	-
Consultations in healthcare centres	409,390	2,477,859	27,652,305	477,748	2,816,701	27,892,050	-	-	-
Pharmacies(7)	60	343	2,888	62	342	3,074	60	351	3,118
Inhabitants per personnel employed in healthcare centres	251.6	268.1	350.2	231.5	298.1	368.6	-	-	-
Crimes registered by the police forces per thousand inhabitants	25.7	26.8	35.9	┴25.7	┴32.3	┴39.3	27.3	29.2	33.2
Constituted companies	232	2,349	45,290	┴199	┴1,453	┴31,986	229	1,558	36,904
Dissolved companies	34	400	6,858	┴202	┴1,424	┴32,473	110	678	14,421
Non-financial enterprises(8)	-	-	-	13,619	79,747	1,113,559	-	-	-
Accommodation and food service enterprises	-	-	-	1,391	7,443	85,802	-	-	-
Personnel employed by non-financial enterprises(8)	-	-	-	27,680	194,928	3,631,747	-	-	-
Banks and savings banks	51	309	4,899	57	365	5,834	43	272	4,144
Inhabitants per bank and savings bank	2,643.8	2,512.1	2,115.3	2,217.9	2,072.7	1,809.7	2,754.6	2,628.7	2,485.6
Economically active people(3) Employed population + Unemployed population	57,390	352,949	4,990,208	┴55,191	┴342,654	┴5,023,367	-	-	-
Employment rate (%)(3) employed population per each 100 individuals aged 15 and over	43.5	48.2	53.5	43.0	45.6	48.5	-	-	-
Employed population in the primary sector (%)(3)	14.9	12.0	5.0	12.3	9.4	3.1	-	-	-
Employed population in the secondary sector (%)(3)	22.7	27.9	35.1	18.8	22.0	26.5	-	-	-
Employed population in the tertiary sector (%)(3)	62.4	60.1	59.9	68.9	68.7	70.5	-	-	-
Employees (%)(3)	78.3	80.4	81.6	80.0	81.4	81.2	-	-	-
Individual self-employed persons (%)(3)	9.4	7.4	6.3	8.7	7.2	6.6	-	-	-
Unemployment rate (%)(3) unemployed population per 100 economically active people	11.5	8.4	6.8	┴14.4	┴12.8	┴13.2	-	-	-
Unemployed registered at public employment offices	7,922	31,634	324,680	6,365	34,465	551,944	5,792	28,167	434,462
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit as % of resident population aged 15 and over	9.5	6.4	4.7	8.1	7.3	7.9	7.9	6.3	6.5
Social Security pensions old age, disability and survivors	49,058	253,414	2,528,929	46,196	261,924	2,943,645	42,565	251,868	2,987,136
Public Administration Retirement Fund retirees and pensioners	-	-	-	7,489	43,702	591,777	8,036	47,575	645,713
Social Security and Public Administration Retirement Fund pensions as % of resident population aged 15 and over	-	-	-	49.3	46.9	39.4	49.4	48.2	41.0
Beneficiaries of the Social Integration Income (SII)	-	-	-	8,092	32,807	448,107	5,847	21,869	288,112
SII beneficiaries as % of resident population aged 15 and over	-	-	-	7.4	5.0	5.0	5.7	3.5	3.2
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit	899	9,454	110,106	2,154	17,117	261,093	1,442	10,340	150,806
Beneficiaries of the unemployment benefit as % of resident population aged 15 and over	0.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.6	2.9	1.4	1.7	1.7
Employees in Local Government	-	-	-	3,331	16,260	131,522	3,082	14,558	120,230
Town Council expenditure €, thousands	-	-	-	149,362.4	716,266.7	7,075,029.4	147,476.9	718,329.3	7,272,543.2
Town Council revenue €, thousands	-	-	-	155,333.2	751,098.8	7,282,891.6	144,688.6	742,597.7	7,746,395.0
Town Council financial balance €, thousands	-	-	-	5,970.8	34,832.2	207,862.2	-2,788.4	24,268.4	473,851.8
Town Council tax revenues (%)	-	-	-	11.5	15.7	30.9	14.5	21.5	39.1
Town Council revenue with Property Tax per inhabitant (€)	-	-	-	49.0	73.5	110.6	76.2	110.1	141.4
Transfers received in the total Town Council revenues (%)	-	-	-	76.1	67.6	50.3	71.6	60.6	39.4
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant (kWh)	3,350.3	4,224.2	3,912.2	5,368.9	5,659.9	4,655.7	Pro7,554.3	Pro6,761.2	Pro4,632.5
Urban waste selectively collected per inhabitant (kg)	-	-	-	58.2	58.2	71.4	76.2	78.6	90.4
Hotel establishments	-	-	-	25	158	2,019	94	576	5,840
Lodging capacity in hotel establishments	-	-	-	1,520	12,874	289,107	2,974	22,861	402,832
Guests in hotel establishments	-	-	-	96,961	718,370	13,992,782	192,251	1,369,619	23,953,765

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(1) - The Baixo Alentejo region includes the municipalities of Aljustrel, Almodôvar, Alvito, Barrancos, Beja, Castro Verde, Cuba, Ferreira do Alentejo, Mértola, Moura, Ourique, Serpa and Vidigueira.

(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.