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Murcia continues to grow and reaches 453,524 inhabitants (30/01/2020)

The Plenary of the City Council has approved today the Municipal Register of Inhabitants, in which the Barrio del Carmen stands out as the area of ​​the urban area with the most registered people, with 20,270 people, and the hamlet of El Palmar as being the most populated town with 23,892 inhabitants .

The Plenary of the City Council has approved today the figures of the Municipal Register of Inhabitants.

Thus, the data highlights that the municipality of Murcia has gone from 447,207 to 453,524 inhabitants, to January 1, 2019, of which 231,764 are women and 221,760 are men.

The Councilor for Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, José Guillén, values ​​the figures positively and argues that "this growth is implying the need for special attention in the case of state funding to continue offering quality services to citizens."

According to the census, in the city of Murcia the population is 169,836 inhabitants.

By neighborhoods, El Carmen is the one with the highest number of people registered with a total of 20,270 inhabitants, followed by Vistalegre with 14,048 and Infante Juan Manuel with 12,810 inhabitants.

The whole of the districts has a total of 283,688 people, of which El Palmar continues to be the most populous town with 23,892 inhabitants, followed by Puente Tocinos with 16,658 inhabitants and Cabezo de Torres with 13,357 inhabitants.

“We continue to grow, as shown in the data of the last 20 years, from 370,000 to 450,000 inhabitants, from being the tenth city in Spain to be the seventh.

This trend is positive, since it denotes dynamism and movement, because it shows that we are a young municipality, in continuous expansion â€, explains the councilor.

Based on the evolution in districts and neighborhoods between January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019, Murcia increased its population by 6,317 inhabitants, of which 1,395 belong to neighborhoods and 4,922 correspond to districts.

Thus, in relation to the city, the neighborhood of Buenos Aires has grown the most with 3.7% more population, followed by Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta with 3.1 and La Purisima-Barriomar with 3%.

Continuing with the comparison by districts in the same time interval, Baños and Mendigo would be the fastest growing town with a rise of 11.14%, followed by Sucina with 5.11% and Corvera with 4.6%.

The average age of the population is between 40 and 44 years.

Thus, a total of 7,943 are 40 years old;

7,935 reach 44 and 7,926 have 41.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia / Foto: archivo Murcia.com

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