Wednesday 4 September 2013

Pilgrims ages are changing! Fraluchi's commentary on the August stastistics


Pilgrim arrival statistics – August 2013

During August 2013 46’728 Pilgrims arrived in Santiago, which represents an increase of 14% compared to August last year.

Year-to-date there were 158’809 arrivals, showing an overall increase of 12% compared to 2012 (141’376). Nationals represented 51 % and their numbers increased 11% compared to last year. 

Foreign pilgrims increased 14%.

Almost 110’000 pilgrims walked the Camino Francés this year, an increase of 13% compared to 2012.They represent 69% of the total arrivals in Santiago.

22’635 walked the Camino Portugués this year, an increase of 17% compared to 2012. They represent 14 % of the total arrivals in Santiago.

The Camino Primitivo was chosen by 3% of the pilgrims, 5’003 in total, with an increase of 7% compared to 2012.

It is interesting to note that pilgrims who chose the Camino Francès this year started from totally different locations, compared to last year. Pilgrims starting from Burgos, Leon and Astorga decreased 8% compared to 2012, as opposed to those who started from SJPP, Roncesvalles and Pamplona, who increased 8% (SJPP alone + 14%).

The proportion of those who started from O’Cebreiro and Sarria, compared to the total of Camino Francès pilgrims, reached an amazing 70% as compared to 39% in 2012. There is a clear tendency towards shorter distances here.

From a financial point of view, this would indicate that the average “length of walk” has substantially diminished individual spending.

There is a definite shift within pilgrims’ age groups. Whereas those between 30 and 60 years old remained at 56% of all pilgrims, the more than 60 years old increased by 2 percentage points (14% in 2013; 12% in 2012) at detriment of the less than 30 years old (30% in 2013; 32% in 2012). Retired people represent approx. 11% of all pilgrim arrivals, and since they often are long distance pilgrims as well (more available time) they usually are higher spenders than the younger counterparts.

Monday 2 September 2013

All the pilgrim numbers from Santiago - January - August 2013


En camino en familia
This huge family group only added to what was a bumper August in the Pilgrims´Office. During the month all records were broken when 2,406 pilgrims received their certificates on 10th August. Overall 47930 pilgrims were received in August 2013 compared to 41096 during 2012. This is an increase of 17%.

How the English speaking countries are faring this year:

Country
2012
 2013
Growth
Australia
1063
1687
59%
Canada
1666
1809
8.5%
Ireland
2760
3369
22%
South Africa
479
493
3%
United Kingdom
2373
2697
14%
United States
4541
6787
49%
New Zealand
218
285
31%


Total number of pilgrims in the period 1 January to 31 August 2013 is: 158,816

This is an increase of 12% on the 141,400 who arrived I the same period last year.

Analysis of the statistics:

Caminos

Camino                       Number of pilgrims
Frances-Camino de     109922 (69,21%)
Portugues-Camino      22637 (14,25%)
Norte-Camino de        10318 (6,50%)
Via de la Plata             6762 (4,26%)
Primitivo-Camino        5014 (3,16%)
Ingles-Camino             3496 (2,20%)
Muxia-Finisterre          364 (0,23%)
Other caminos             299 (0,19%)

Mode of transport

Mode              Number of pilgrims
On foot           137525 (86,59%)
Bicycle            20473 (12,89%)
Horseback       768 (0,48%)
Wheelchair      50 (0,03%)

Gender

Gender                       Number of pilgrims
Men                            86853 (54,69%)
Women                        71963 (45,31%)

Ages

Age                 Number of pilgrims
30 - 60             88164 (55,51%)
< 30                 48784 (30,72%)
> 60                 21868 (13,77%)

Status

Status              Number of pilgrims
Employed        34307 (21,60%)
Students          33466 (21,07%)
Self employed 18071 (11,38%)
Technical         17193 (10,83%)
Retired            16774 (10,56%)
Teachers          13173 (8,29%)
Public sector    7004 (4,41%)
Manual            6045 (3,81%)
Unemployed   3722 (2,34%)
House people 3488 (2,20%)
Directors         1878 (1,18%)
Artists             1387 (0,87%)
Priests             1003 (0,63%)
Farmers           524 (0,33%)
Religious         372 (0,23%)
Sailors             216 (0,14%)
Sportspeople   179 (0,11%)
Oikoten           14 (0,01%)

Motivation

Motivation                              Number of pilgrims
Religious and spiritual            84201 (53,02%)
Religious                                65344 (41,14%)
Neither                                   9271 (5,84%)

Countries

Country          Number of pilgrims
España             81519 (51,33%)
Italia                12478 (7,86%)
Alemania         11385 (7,17%)
Portugal           8615 (5,42%)
USA               6787 (4,27%)
Francia            5694 (3,59%)
Irlanda             3369 (2,12%)
UK                 2697 (1,70%)
Holland           2208 (1,39%)
Corea              1826 (1,15%)
Canadá            1809 (1,14%)
Polonia            1698 (1,07%)
Australia          1687 (1,06%)
Brasil               1590 (1,00%)
Belgica            1294 (0,81%)
Austria            1271 (0,80%)
Dinamarca       1196 (0,75%)
México            854 (0,54%)
Suiza               803 (0,51%)
Suecia              724 (0,46%)
Argentina        675 (0,43%)
Hungría           660 (0,42%)
Japón               583 (0,37%)
Rep Checa       544 (0,34%)
Venezuela       503 (0,32%)
Sudáfrica         493 (0,31%)
Noruega          478 (0,30%)
Finlandia         470 (0,30%)
Colombia         462 (0,29%)
Eslovaquia       393 (0,25%)
Rusia              357 (0,22%)
China               308 (0,19%)
N Z                 285 (0,18%)
Eslovenia         281 (0,18%)
Bulgaria           209 (0,13%)
Rumania          204 (0,13%)
Ecuador           191 (0,12%)
Lituania           170 (0,11%)
Chile                156 (0,10%)
Uruguay          125 (0,08%)
Perú                 116 (0,07%)
Puerto Rico     99 (0,06%)
Ucrania            96 (0,06%)
Croacia            82 (0,05%)
Singapur          75 (0,05%)
Filipinas           72 (0,05%)
Malta               71 (0,04%)
Taiwán            68 (0,04%)
Andorra           67 (0,04%)
Estonia            66 (0,04%)
Israel               62 (0,04%)
Grecia              58 (0,04%)
Líbano             55 (0,03%)
Bolivia             49 (0,03%)
Luxemburgo    48 (0,03%)
Letonia            43 (0,03%)
Paraguay         39 (0,02%)
Costa Rica       38 (0,02%)
Rep.Dom         32 (0,02%)
Guatemala       31 (0,02%)
India                31 (0,02%)
El Salvador     30 (0,02%)
Cuba                28 (0,02%)
Islandia           27 (0,02%)
Malasia            23 (0,01%)
Panamá            22 (0,01%)
Marruecos       17 (0,01%)
Turquía            16 (0,01%)
Bielorrusia       16 (0,01%)
Albania            15 (0,01%)
Nicaragua        15 (0,01%)
Islas Feroe       12 (0,01%)
Jordania           12 (0,01%)
Bosnia             11 (0,01%)
Irán                  11 (0,01%)
Serbia              11 (0,01%)
Indonesia        10 (0,01%)
Tailandia         10 (0,01%)

Starting point

Starting point Number of pilgrims
Sarria                           38766 (24,41%)
S. Jean P. Port             17615 (11,09%)
Cebreiro                      8088 (5,09%)
León                            7655 (4,82%)
Tui                               7205 (4,54%)
Oporto                         6510 (4,10%)
Ponferrada                  6142 (3,87%)
Roncesvalles               5993 (3,77%)
Astorga                       4630 (2,92%)
Valença do Minho      3592 (2,26%)
Ferrol                           3397 (2,14%)
Pamplona                    3048 (1,92%)
Oviedo - C.P.             2982 (1,88%)
Burgos                         2620 (1,65%)
Irún                             2467 (1,55%)
Ourense                       2453 (1,54%)
Le Puy                         2237 (1,41%)
Vilafranca                   2101 (1,32%)
Sevilla                         1678 (1,06%)
Triacastela                   1579 (0,99%)
Francia - C.F.             1298 (0,82%)
Lugo - C.P.                 1281 (0,81%)
Resto Portugal            1253 (0,79%)
Resto C. León C.F.     1113 (0,70%)
Ribadeo                       1042 (0,66%)
Resto Asturias - C.N   994 (0,63%)
Samos                          862 (0,54%)
Santander                    780 (0,49%)
Vilalba                         758 (0,48%)
Lisboa                         751 (0,47%)
Ponte de Lima             709 (0,45%)
Logroño                      647 (0,41%)
Bilbao                         642 (0,40%)
Oviedo - C.N.             620 (0,39%)
Holanda                      595 (0,37%)
Gijón                           563 (0,35%)
Rates, S. Pedro           534 (0,34%)
Mondoñedo                442 (0,28%)
Madrid - C.F.             435 (0,27%)
Salamanca                   428 (0,27%)
Porriño                        414 (0,26%)
Barcelos                      408 (0,26%)
Alemania                     407 (0,26%)
Avilés                         399 (0,25%)
Somport                      379 (0,24%)
Zamora                        311 (0,20%)
Bélgica                        299 (0,19%)
Chaves-Portugal          295 (0,19%)
Braga                           295 (0,19%)
San Sebastián             291 (0,18%)
Sahagún                      285 (0,18%)
País Vasco - C.N.        271 (0,17%)
Puebla de Sanabria      263 (0,17%)
Baamonde                   232 (0,15%)
Vega de Valcarce        232 (0,15%)
Resto Cantabria          227 (0,14%)
Resto Asturias - C.P. 226 (0,14%)
Muxia                          222 (0,14%)
Lourdes                       214 (0,13%)
Baiona                         193 (0,12%)
Gudiña                        189 (0,12%)
Jaca                             171 (0,11%)
Frómista                      168 (0,11%)
Suiza                           167 (0,11%)
Fonsagrada - C.P.       160 (0,10%)
Guimaraes                   150 (0,09%)
Carrión de los Condes148 (0,09%)
Puente la Reina           146 (0,09%)
Lourenzá                     143 (0,09%)
Finisterra                     142 (0,09%)
Vezelay                       134 (0,08%)
R.Pais Vasco C.F.       133 (0,08%)
Grandas de Salime      133 (0,08%)
Cataluña - C.F.            129 (0,08%)
Hospital de Orbigo     129 (0,08%)
Laza                            123 (0,08%)
Hendaya                      121 (0,08%)
Viana do Castelo        120 (0,08%)
Resto C. León - V.P. 117 (0,07%)
Rabanal del Camino    114 (0,07%)
Francia - C.N             112 (0,07%)
St. Dom Calzada         109 (0,07%)
Resto Andalucia         108 (0,07%)
Granja de Moreruela   107 (0,07%)
Coimbra                      103 (0,06%)
Abadin                        103 (0,06%)
Valencia O.C.             102 (0,06%)
Mérida                         99 (0,06%)
Navarra                       97 (0,06%)
Tineo - C.P.                 97 (0,06%)
Cáceres                        95 (0,06%)
Neda                           91 (0,06%)
Zaragoza                     89 (0,06%)
Arles                            81 (0,05%)
Canfranc                     77 (0,05%)
Montserrat                   76 (0,05%)
A Guarda                    73 (0,05%)
Vigo                            71 (0,04%)
Fatima                         70 (0,04%)
Verín                           69 (0,04%)
Barcelona                    65 (0,04%)
Molinaseca                  64 (0,04%)
Cadavo                        64 (0,04%)
Extremadura               61 (0,04%)
Granada                      60 (0,04%)
París                            60 (0,04%)
Madrid - V.P.             60 (0,04%)
Com. Valenciana         59 (0,04%)
Xunqueira de Ambia   59 (0,04%)
Estella                         58 (0,04%)
Viseu                           58 (0,04%)
Povoa de Varzim        57 (0,04%)
Ponferrada. C.Inv.      53 (0,03%)
Austria                        52 (0,03%)
Fonfría                        51 (0,03%)
La Rioja                      51 (0,03%)
Cast. la Mancha          49 (0,03%)
Monforte de Lemos    48 (0,03%)
Resto Europa             48 (0,03%)
Com. Valenciana         37 (0,02%)
Rábade                       36 (0,02%)
Salas                            36 (0,02%)
Esposende                   32 (0,02%)
Malaga                        32 (0,02%)
Castilla La Mancha     31 (0,02%)
Italia                            30 (0,02%)
Aveiro                         27 (0,02%)
Allariz                         27 (0,02%)
Roma                           25 (0,02%)
Castrojeriz                   23 (0,01%)
Huelva                         22 (0,01%)
Castilla la Mancha       22 (0,01%)
Nájera                         21 (0,01%)
Valladolid                   20 (0,01%)
Polonia                        20 (0,01%)
Cruz de Ferro             19 (0,01%)
Córdoba                      19 (0,01%)
Benavente                   18 (0,01%)
Grado                         15 (0,01%)
Reino Unido               14 (0,01%)
La Mesa                      13 (0,01%)
Cataluña - O.C.           10 (0,01%)
Republica Checa         10 (0,01%)
Badajoz                       10 (0,01%)
Irlanda C.F.                 9 (0,01%)
Inglaterra C.F.             4 (0,00%)