Pilgrimage to Santiago in 2011
Durante 2011, 179.919 pilgrims were received at the Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during the same period was 179.944. Of those pilgrims, 76.204 (42,35%) were women and 103.715 (57,65%) men. 150.208 (83,49%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 29.188 (16,22%) by bicycle, 491 (0,27%) on horseback, and 32 (0,02%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.
Pilgrims by medium
Foot (83,49%)
Bicycle (16,22%)
Horseback (0,27%)
Wheel-chair (0,02%)
Pilgrims' Age:
51.255 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (28,49%), 103.429 were between 30 and 60 years old (57,49%), and 25.235 were aged above 60 years old (14,03%).
Pilgrims' Motivation:
Religious: 78.585 (43,68%)
Religious and Cultural: 90.231 (50,15%)
Cultural: 11.103 (6,17%)
Pilgrims' Nationality:
Spanish: 95.728 (53,21%); Most of the pilgrims came from Madrid: 16.485 (17,22%); Andalucía: 15.543 (16,24%); Cataluña: 13.927 (14,55%); Comunidad Valenciana: 10.880 (11,37%); Castilla León: 6.436 (6,72%); Galicia: 6.415 (6,70%); Pais Vasco: 5.510 (5,76%); Castilla la Mancha: 4.485 (4,69%); etc.
Foreigners: 84.191 (46,79%); Most of the pilgrims come from the following countries: Alemania: 16.511 (19,61%); Italia: 12.047 (14,31%); Portugal: 8.513 (10,11%); Francia: 8.067 (9,58%); Estados Unidos: 3.708 (4,40%); Irlanda: 2.647 (3,14%); Reino Unido: 2.329 (2,77%); Holanda: 2.315 (2,75%); etc.
Pilgrims' Profession:
Regarding the professional fields, the majority of pilgrims are Empleados: 43.837 (24,36%); Estudiantes: 31.411 (17,46%); Tecnicos: 24.809 (13,79%); Jubilados: 20.161 (11,21%); Liberales: 17.933 (9,97%); Profesores: 13.567 (7,54%); Funcionarios: 9.214 (5,12%); Obreros: 6.012 (3,34%); etc.
Starting Points:
Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago in: Sarria: 38.623 (21,47%); S. Jean P. Port: 18.935 (10,52%); León: 10.566 (5,87%); Cebreiro: 9.952 (5,53%); Roncesvalles: 9.223 (5,13%); Ponferrada: 7.984 (4,44%); Tui: 7.561 (4,20%); Oporto: 6.511 (3,62%); etc.
The Chosen Routes:
Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 130.403 (72,48%); Portugues-Camino: 21.646 (12,03%); Norte-Camino de: 11.889 (6,61%); Via de la Plata: 7.764 (4,32%); Primitivo-Camino: 4.985 (2,77%); etc.