Economic structure, employment and unemployment

  • 9 out of 10 companies have less than 50 employees. 77% of the companies have less than 5 employees.
  • According to data from the month of May 2022, Terrassa has a figure of 12,817 unemployed people, equivalent to 11.24% of the registered active population. Compared to the month of May 2021, the reduction in unemployment was 22.67%.
  • Terrassa is the 2nd city in Catalonia in number of self-employed workers and the 3rd in salaried work.
  • The registered unemployment rate (11.24%) is higher than that of Vallès Occidental (10.15%) and Catalonia (9.55%). As a reference, in Spain as a whole it is 12.76%, while the European average is around 6-7%.
  • 59.13% of the unemployed are women and 40.87% are men.
  • People over 45 years of age represent 57.35% of the total number of unemployed people, while young people represent 5.68%.
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GLOBAL CONTEXT

Current situation

Demographic trend

Terrassa could reach a population of 246,000 inhabitants by 2033. Attraction of metropolitan population due to the effects of the evolution of the real estate market.

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FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

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