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Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia situated in the north-east of Spain, and has a population of 1.5 million. The economic structure of Barcelona is characterised by a pre-eminence of the service sector. Barcelona has a high concentration of high added value activities, based on information and telecommunication technologies. Greater Barcelona maintains an important industrial base focusing mainly on the metallurgical industry and the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. The city is divided into 10 districts. The city council has offices throughout the city with every district represented by a ‘Juntas Municipales de Distrito’ responsible for a range of public services. The seat of the regional government is also located in Barcelona. Barcelona is part of a Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) of over 4.8 million inhabitants.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL
CITYQUINTILES
Comparison with UA cities		LUZ
LowHigh
INDICATORSYEARSCORE5th4th3rd2nd1stCASES YEARSCORERatio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY  
    
Total resident population20041,578,546
34220044,233,6381:2.68
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.20041%
247   
Percentage of households that are 1-person households200126%
297   
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households200136%
273   
Average size of households20042.50
17320042.701:1.08
SOCIAL ASPECTS  
    
Average price per m2 for an apartment  
    
Average price per m2 for a house2001€2,500
166   
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings200168%
305   
Percentage of households living in social housing  
    
Average living area in m2 per person200132
229   
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population200434.71
223   
ECONOMIC ASPECTS  
    
Unemployment rate200412%
159200412%1:1.01
Unemployment rate - female200415%
147200416%1:1.09
Employment rate200463%
157   
Activity rate200471%
182200470%1:0.99
GDP per head (€)2004€80,894
148   
Median disposable annual household income(€)2004€15,537
1182004€14,0751:0.91
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income  
    
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT  
    
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections200459%
193   
TRAINING AND EDUCATION  
    
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-42004611
14220045701:0.93
% of working age population with only primary education20040%
15520040%1:1.23
% of working age population with tertiary education20010%
185   
ENVIRONMENT  
    
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m320043
212   
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3200466
235   
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum20040.58
237   
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill200457%
213   
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)20044
185   
Population density (residents per km2)200415,770
26520042,3561:0.15
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL  
    
Percentage of journeys to work by car200432%
108200472%1:2.27
Average time of journey to work (mins.)200427
1072004241:0.91

SUB CITY LEVEL
63 SUB-CITY DISTRICTSAverage Population: 23894Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORSYEARLOWESTCITY SCOREHIGHESTRATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY     
Percentage of total population aged 0-420013%4%6%1:1.77
Percentage of households that are 1-person households     
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households     
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households     
Average size of households     
SOCIAL ASPECTS     
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities     
ECONOMIC ASPECTS     
Unemployment rate19918%15%26%1:3.04
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25     
TRAINING AND EDUCATION     
% of working age population with only primary education     
% of working age population with secondary education     
% of working age population with tertiary education     
ENVIRONMENT     
Population density (residents per km2)