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Qatar: Population aged 15 and above by type of household and residence (private household, labour camps, etc.), sex and administrative region (2020)

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  Households Labour camps Institutions Total
males females total males females total males females total males females total
Doha 291,168 267,368 558,536 587,336 37,431 624,767 2,650 70 2,720 881,154 304,869 1,186,023
Al Rayyan 278,200 270,312 548,512 258,453 19,779 278,232 30 12 42 536,683 290,103 826,786
Al Wakrah 80,400 75,002 155,402 104,369 5,273 109,642 58 0 58 184,827 80,275 265,102
Umm Slal 43,132 44,912 88,044 58,472 3,185 61,657 0 0 0 101,604 48,097 149,701
Al Khor & Althakhira 28,381 25,893 54,274 84,562 1,617 86,179 0 0 0 112,943 27,510 140,453
Al Shamal 3,181 3,039 6,220 10,276 234 10,510 0 0 0 13,457 3,273 16,730
Al Dhaayen 39,518 42,627 82,145 15,948 1,990 17,938 0 0 0 55,466 44,617 100,083
Al Sheehaniya 12,192 11,640 23,832 136,159 1,216 137,375 33 0 33 148,384 12,856 161,240
Total  776,172 740,793 1,516,965 1,255,575 70,725 1,326,300 2,771 82 2,853 2,034,518 811,600 2,846,118

Source: census 2020, PSA

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

  1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Qatar conducted population censuses in 1970, 1986, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2015 (a “simplified” census) and in 2020.

Reference period for census 2020: December 2020.

Implementation method: Census 2020 was based on administrative records, supplemented by an online self-enumeration platform, completed with field enumeration.

Population of reference: All Qatari and non-Qatari individuals residing in the country at the time of the survey.

 

Household: a household is defined as an individual or group of individuals who may or may not be relatives. They live together and make common provisions for food, accommodation and other essentials for living. Anyone who is usually living in the housing unit of the household under enumeration is considered a member of that household (including the servants).

 

Labour camps (or Labour gatherings)

Small gatherings: A group of persons of the same gender (male of female) usually staying in the housing unit. They live as a group (collectively) but there is no relationship between them and they do not form a living household. Their number ranges between 2 and 6 persons

Large gatherings: A group of persons of the same gender usually staying in housing units. They live as a group (collectively) but there is no relationship between them and they do not form a living household. They are seven or more persons who usually belong to one organization (company, establishment, etc).

 

Institutions or public housing: It is the collective living quarters (e.g. internal wards in hospitals, dormitories for students, jails, etc.) where individuals reside for a specific purpose. The inmates do not form a family or census household but they have common circumstances to be in public housing.

 

See the PSA’s “Manual of Statistical Definitions, Concepts & Terms” pertaining to the censuses:

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/dictionary/Pages/default.aspx.

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.psa.gov.qa/ar/pages/default.aspx

 

  1. Data availability

 

The table was reproduced from the Bulletin of Population and Social Statistics (Annual issue, 2022)

The Bulletin reprocessed and reproduced a limited set of data from census 2020.

Census portal and page:

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/Census2020/results/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

Presents main results and detailed results of the Census of Population, Housing and Establishments (December 2020) (Excel and PDF formats).

 

Date of access: October 2023

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Qatar, housing, labour camp, labour gathering

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