Students and city users, the new populations of Venice
In Venice, together with the about 68.000 residents, during the day there are more than 154.000 people. The evaluation deriving from a simulation of a standard day gathers the different groups in two big categories: stable population (51.7%) and passing population (48.3%). Considering the negative picture represented by the resident inhabitants, the “other populations” (not considering tourists) have become a precious, even if yet not completely absorbed by the city, source of vitality.
| v.a. | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Stable population | 79.867 | 51,7 |
| residents | 68.564 | 44,4 |
| ESU students | 134 | 0,1 |
| students in private flats | 3.221 | 2,1 |
| students hosted by religious bodies | 664 | 0,4 |
| owners of a second house | 5.010 | 3,2 |
| regular foreigners | 1.137 | 0,7 |
| foreigners without permission | 1.137 | 0,7 |
| Passing population | 74.517 | 48,3 |
| tourists which stay overnight | 10.960 | 7,1 |
| excursionists | 24.660 | 16,0 |
| tourists hosted by a second house | 119 | 0,1 |
| working commuters | 27.551 | 17,8 |
| studying commuters | 11.227 | 7,3 |
| Total of the present population | 154.384 | 100,0 |
From a complexive evaluation of the populations of Venice emerge two dynamics of growth:
one concerns mobility and commuters, that is to say students and all the people who have gone to live somewhere else, but are still working in Venice; next to this data there is the strong occupational interest produced by tourism (in 1991, of the 14.233 people employed in this sector, only 2.760 lived in the Historical Centre);
the second dynamic concerns the growing number of long term “hosts”, made up by students and stable city users.
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