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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is a city in the province of Barcelona and it belongs to the autonomous community of Cataluña. It has a population of 252.000 inhabitants.

Its strategic location to metropolitan area of Barcelona, makes an attractive municipality for economic activity, aimed primarily at companies.

The municipal authority of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is made up of 27 representatives. The city council exercises joint powers with the regional authorities including decisions on housing, planning, welfare and heritage issues.

L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is part of the same Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) that Barcelona with over 4.380.525 inhabitants.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL
CITYQUINTILES
Comparison with UA cities		LUZ
LowHigh
INDICATORSYEARSCORE5th4th3rd2nd1stCASES YEARSCORERatio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY  
    
Total resident population2004250,536
34220044,233,6381:16.90
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.  
    
Percentage of households that are 1-person households  
    
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households  
    
Average size of households20042.71
173   
SOCIAL ASPECTS  
    
Average price per m2 for an apartment  
    
Average price per m2 for a house  
    
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings  
    
Percentage of households living in social housing  
    
Average living area in m2 per person  
    
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population20040.79
223   
ECONOMIC ASPECTS  
    
Unemployment rate200413%
159   
Unemployment rate - female200417%
147   
Employment rate  
    
Activity rate200470%
182   
GDP per head (€)2004€92,024
148   
Median disposable annual household income(€)2004€11,296
118   
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income  
    
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT  
    
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections200455%
193   
TRAINING AND EDUCATION  
    
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-42004556
142   
% of working age population with only primary education20040%
155   
% of working age population with tertiary education  
    
ENVIRONMENT  
    
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3  
    
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3  
    
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)  
    
Population density (residents per km2)200420,107
265   
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL  
    
Percentage of journeys to work by car200441%
108200472%1:1.77
Average time of journey to work (mins.)200427
1072004241:0.90

SUB CITY LEVEL
0 SUB-CITY DISTRICTSComparison of Sub-City Districts
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Percentage of total population aged 0-4     
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     
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)