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Valencia

The city of Valencia belongs to the Spanish autonomous community Valenciana. It has a population of 747,000. Today, the majority of Valencia’s active population works in the service sector, with a large proportion of jobs in the wholesale and retail sector and specialised business services. Whilst Valencia is home to sophisticated services and commerce, Greater Valencia, (also called l’Horta) is more dependent on industrial and agricultural activities. The city has a large port used for the traffic of goods and passengers. More recently, Valencia has also become a leading congress and conference venue in Europe. There are 33 elected city representatives in Valencia. Important powers are exercised jointly with the regional authorities, which include housing, planning, welfare and heritage. The city is part of a Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) that has a population of over 2.2 million inhabitants.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2004	785,732						342	2004	1,564,145	1:1.99
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2004	1%						247
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2001	24%						297
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2001	42%						273
Average size of households	2004	2.67						173	2004	2.77	1:1.04
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment
Average price per m2 for a house	2001	€874						166
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	84%						305
Percentage of households living in social housing
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	35						229
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2004	39.57						223
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2004	7%						159	2004	8%	1:1.01
Unemployment rate - female	2004	9%						147	2004	10%	1:1.10
Employment rate	2004	64%						157
Activity rate	2004	71%						182	2004	70%	1:0.99
GDP per head (€)	2004	€73,320						148	2004	€83,005	1:1.13
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2004	€12,475						118	2004	€11,426	1:0.92
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2004	69%						193
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2004	388						142	2004	420	1:1.08
% of working age population with only primary education	2004	0%						155	2004	0%	1:1.15
% of working age population with tertiary education	2001	0%						185
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2004	1						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	46						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum	2004	0.52						237
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2004	6%						213
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)	2001	3						177
Population density (residents per km2)	2004	5,764						265	2004	1,086	1:0.19
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	2004	58%						108	2004	73%	1:1.26
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	2004	22						107	2004	19	1:0.85

SUB CITY LEVEL

36 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 20739		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS		YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4		2001	3%	4%	5%	1:1.65
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 rate		1991	14%	19%	26%	1:1.77
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)