May statistics for 2012

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Durante el mes de Mayo de 2012 en la Oficina de Peregrinaciones se recibieron 21.766 peregrinos; el anterior Año Santo en 2010 fueron 1. De estos peregrinos, 9.421 (43,28%) son mujeres y 12.345 (56,72%) hombres. A pie han llegado 18.551 (85,23%), en bicicleta 3.153 (14,49%), a caballo 57 (0,26%) y 5 (0,02%) en silla de ruedas.
Peregrinos por sexos
Hombre (56,72%)
Mujer (43,28%)
Peregrinos por medios
Pie (85,23%)
Bicicleta (14,49%)
Caballo (0,26%)
Silla de Ruedas (0,02%)

Edad de los peregrinos.
Menores de 30 años son 2.953 peregrinos (13,57%); de entre 30 y 60 son 13.005 (59,75%) y mayores de 60 años son 5.808 peregrinos (26,68%).

Motivación que expresan personalmente los peregrinos.
Religiosa 9.369 (43,04%)
Religiosa-cultural 11.399 (52,37%)
Sólo cultural 998 (4,59%).
Peregrinos por edades
30 - 60 (59,75%)
> 60 (26,68%)
< 30 (13,57%)
Peregrinos por motivación
Cultural (4,59%)
Religioso (43,04%)
Religioso/Cultural (52,37%)

Nacionalidades de los peregrinos.
Españoles: 7.187 (33,02%); el mayor número de peregrinos procede de las comunidades de Madrid, con 1.471 (20,47%); Cataluña, con 1.226 (17,06%); Andalucía, con 854 (11,88%); Galicia, con 773 (10,76%); Comunidad Valenciana, con 615 (8,56%); Castilla León, con 489 (6,80%); Pais Vasco, con 409 (5,69%); Canarias, con 231 (3,21%); etc.

Extranjeros: 14.579 (66,98%); el país que mayor número de peregrinos aporta es Alemania, con 2.898 (19,88%); Francia, con 1.383 (9,49%); Italia, con 1.250 (8,57%); Portugal, con 1.099 (7,54%); Estados Unidos, con 936 (6,42%); Irlanda, con 839 (5,75%); Holanda, con 641 (4,40%); Reino Unido, con 531 (3,64%); etc.
Peregrinos españoles
Madrid (20,47%)
Cataluña (17,06%)
Andalucía (11,88%)
Galicia (10,76%)
Comunidad Valenciana (8,56%)
Castilla León (6,80%)
Pais Vasco (5,69%)
Resto autonomías
Peregrinos extranjeros
Alemania(19,88)%
Francia(9,49)%
Italia(8,57)%
Portugal(7,54)%
Estados Unidos(6,42)%
Irlanda(5,75)%
Holanda(4,40)%
Resto paises

Profesiones de los peregrinos.
A nivel profesional el grupo más numeroso es el formado por los Empleados con 5.516 (25,34%); Jubilados con 4.649 (21,36%); Tecnicos con 3.215 (14,77%); Liberales con 2.566 (11,79%); Estudiantes con 1.307 (6,00%); Funcionarios con 1.038 (4,77%); Profesores con 858 (3,94%); Amas de Casa con 649 (2,98%); etc.

Lugar de salida.
La mayor parte de los peregrinos llegados en este año 2012 ha iniciado su camino en Sarria con 4.060 (18,65%); S. Jean P. Port con 3.052 (14,02%); León con 1.296 (5,95%); Oporto con 1.246 (5,72%); Roncesvalles con 1.053 (4,84%); Cebreiro con 914 (4,20%); Tui con 705 (3,24%); Ponferrada con 686 (3,15%); etc.

Camino seguido.
Los caminos que han seguido la mayoría de los peregrinos son Frances-Camino de con 15.512 (71,27%); Portugues-Camino con 2.995 (13,76%); Via de la Plata con 1.252 (5,75%); Norte-Camino de con 976 (4,48%); Primitivo-Camino con 572 (2,63%); etc.

 

[Stephen Nicholls]

Fascinating information, Falcon. Those of us who have travelled the camino often wonder about those things. I have just had to abandon the VdlP and didn't meet another Brit. It would be interesting if the age group "over 60" might be extended to, perhaps 60-70, 70-80, over 80. One would expect the "over 60" to be high, as many folk 'do' the camino on their retirement.
Again - thanks so much for the statistics.
Buen camino!
Stephen

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Hi Stephen

The month by month stats are available to everyone here:

http://www.peregrinossantiago.es/

You raise an interesting question about age and retired pilgrims. Have a look here where you can examine the full analysis of the 41,935 pilgrims who have arrived so far this year:

http://www.johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com.es/

You will see that 8,055 or 19% reported that they are over the age of 60 and 6334 or 15% reported that they are retired.

So only a minority of the total number of pilgrims are over 60 and this also applies to retired people.

I'll have a look at your question of the different age brackets above 60 when things quieten down - I'm interested in this because an hour ago I issued a compostela to a woman of 89 who had walked from Ponferrada with her family. I asked her how she had done it and she replied "slowly"

 

[SabsP]

Hi Stephen

The month by month stats are available to everyone here:

http://www.peregrinossantiago.es/

You raise an interesting question about age and retired pilgrims. Have a look here where you can examine the full analysis of the 41,935 pilgrims who have arrived so far this year:

http://www.johnniewalker-santiago.blogspot.com.es/

You will see that 8,055 or 19% reported that they are over the age of 60 and 6334 or 15% reported that they are retired.

So only a minority of the total number of pilgrims are over 60 and this also applies to retired people.

I'll have a look at your question of the different age brackets above 60 when things quieten down - I'm interested in this because an hour ago I issued a compostela to a woman of 89 who had walked from Ponferrada with her family. I asked her how she had done it and she replied "slowly"

I love to browse through the website from the Oficina time to time : a very neat site too!
Applause for the lovely lady of 89!!! Hope I will reach that age in such good health and with the support from family and friends to make a pilgrimage of that kind.

 

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Today there were 1,301 compostelas issued by the Pilgrim Office indicating that the summer rush has already begun. Friday and Saturday normally have the biggest number of arrivals because of those who start in Sarria five or six days earlier. Monte do Gozo has 800 beds, so the number of pilgrims far exceeded the capacity of the largest albergue on the Camino. Of course, most of the pilgrims scattered to other accommodations in Santiago, but it shows volume compared to capacity.