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Population and housing census

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Knowing and quantifying the population in relation to studies, level of Basque, activity and mobility of people who reside in the Basque Country, as well as information on housing, requires various statistical sources. On the one hand, population counts have been carried out decennially, via the Population and Housing Censuses, and the Population and Housing Statistics, in an inter-census period; on the other hand, through the various municipal statistics (on Inhabitants, Housing, Education and Active population). Furthermore, using the administrative registries of the Municipal Register of Inhabitants as sources, there is a renewal of the municipal demographic information and the different characteristics.

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Most of the population of the Basque Country in 2021 was single: 44% (06/28/2023)

Reference period > 2021

Last update > 06/28/2023

Next update: > 02/2026

Press releases
Most of the population of the Basque Country in 2021 was single: 44% (06/28/2023)	06/28/2023
The employment rate increased in all the regions of the Basque Country except one in 2021, in respect of 2011 (10/26/2022)	10/26/2022
84.5% of families in the Basque Country owned their own home (10/14/2022)	10/14/2022
The proportion of the Basque population with an official qualification grew by 1.5 points between 2011 and 2021 (09/29/2022)	09/29/2022
In 2021, six out of ten family dwellings were occupied by one or two people, 5 percentage points more than in 2011 (06/30/2022)	06/30/2022
The number of foreign residents in the Basque Country grew by almost 25,000 between 2016 and 2021 (12/13/2021)	12/13/2021
The population of the Basque Country grew by 16,622 between 2016 and 2021 (10/29/2021)	10/29/2021
56% of people in work and 63% of students in the Basque Country travelled outside of their municipality for work or academic reasons (03/31/2014)	03/31/2014
The main dwellings of the Basque Country had an average comfort index of 72 points out of 100 (02/20/2014)	02/20/2014
Three out of every four buildings built between 2001 and 2011 are accessible (12/16/2013)	12/16/2013
One in four people had been educated at university level in the Basque Country in 2011 (12/11/2013)	12/11/2013
In 2011 one in every four Basque Country residents had been born outside of the autonomous region (10/04/2013)	10/04/2013
The housing stock in the Basque Country grew at a rate of 14,000 units per year between 2001 and 2011 (09/03/2013)	09/03/2013
Almost 20% of the Basque population was over the age of 64 according to the 2011 Population Census (04/30/2013)	04/30/2013
Between 1996 and 2001 the housing supply grew at a rate of 11,600 per year (03/30/2005)	03/30/2005
Between 1996 and 2001 the population that changed municipality within the A.C. of the Basque Country grew 12% (12/01/2004)	12/01/2004
Half the foreigners in the A.C. of the Basque Country live with Spanish nationals (11/25/2004)	11/25/2004
The A.C. of the Basque Country heads the list of Autonomous Communities as regards education of the population (05/17/2004)	05/17/2004
Over 440,000 persons in the A.C. of the Basque Country travel to work daily to another municipality (05/07/2004)	05/07/2004
The traditional family loses sway, representing less than half the number of Basque families (04/14/2004)	04/14/2004
45 municipalities neared full employment by the end of 2001 (03/17/2004)	03/17/2004
50% OF BASQUE DISTRICTS INCREASED IN POPULATION WHILE THE OTHER HALF DECREASED BETWEEN 1996 & 2001 (11/25/2002)	11/25/2002