Tag: services sector

2 March 2016 – Expansión

Families living in Pozuelo have the highest incomes in Spain (€70,298) and Parla has the highest active population rate, at 70.5%. The cities with the highest average incomes in Spain are the Madrilenian suburbs of Pozuelo and Majadahonda – €56,164 – and Sant Cugat del Vallès, in Barcelona – €52,881 – which quintuple the average income in Torreviaje (Alicante) – €13,977 – the lowest.

The figures relate to 2013 and have been extracted from the Urban Indicators study published yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) for the European Urban Audit project, which compiles information about the living conditions in European cities and in the case of Spain, includes information about the 109 largest towns, on the basis of population density and the size of the urban centre.

After Torrevieja, the lowest average incomes are found in Sanlúcar de Barrameda and La Línea de la Concepción, both in Cádiz, with averages of just over €17,000.

The four cities with the highest active population rate in Spain are located in Madrid. Behind Parla, the ranking includes Fuenlabrada (69.4%), Torrejón de Ardoz (67.7%) and San Sebastián de los Reyes (67%). By contrast, the towns with the lowest active population rates are located in the North of the country. The lowest rate is in León (50.6%), followed by Ferrol (51.4%), Gijón (51.5%) and Avilés (52.1%).

The study also shows that the richest city in Spain, i.e. Pozuelo, is the one where unemployment is lowest, at 9%, followed by Las Rozas (10.2%), San Cugat de Vallès (10.4%) and Majadahonda (10.7%). These figures come in stark contrast to the rates of 42.3%, 40.1% and 39.4% registered in the towns with the most unemployment, namely Sanlúcar de Barrameda, La Línea de la Concepción and Jerez de la Frontera, all in Cádiz. (…).

If we consider employment by sector, then Elda (Alicante), Rubí (Barcelona) and Torrejón de Ardoz are the towns with the highest proportion of jobs in the industrial sector, whilst Pozuelo de Alarcón, Benidorm (Alicante) and Girona are the employment leaders in the services sector.

Barcelona is the city with the highest number of overnight tourists, with more than 18 million, followed by Madrid, with just over 17.5 million, Benidorm with 13 million and Palma de Mallorca with 8 million. Finally, the cities with the largest average household size were Pozuelo, Melilla and Ceuta, and those with the lowest were Huelva, Salamanca and Torrevieja.

Original story: Expansión (Mercedes Serraller).

Translation: Carmel Drake