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3  Facts and figures: a data summary

The São Paulo Metropolitan Area groups 39 municipalities where 18 million people live and work, produces about US$ 210 bn or 23% of Brazilian national product and 25% of its manufactures. The city of São Paulo (which is also capital city of the homonymous state), is by far the biggest among them in about every respect.

Population
Population (1999, est.)
Urbanized area: 

Residential density
 18 000 000 inh 
200 000 ha 
( or 2 000 km2)
 87 hab/ha 

Regional product, budget and household income
Regional product (1998)
Annual budget
      RMSP
      Of which City of São Paulo

Average household income (1997): 
Per capita income (1997)

Household occupation
 US$ 210 bn 

 US$9,0 bn 
 US$ 6,8 bn 

US$  1 200 monthly 
 US$ 12 000 yearly 
3,9 persons 

Airports
passengers
flights 
freight 
        16,7 mn yearly 
426 500       " 
427 000 t     " 

Public transport 1997
 Modality Track length Daily trips (mn)
   Metrô 
   suburban rail
   bus lines 
49
30
180 000 
1,7 
0,7 
7,8 
Total .
10,2 
Private:
Number of cars (mn)
 Daily trips (mn)
   Car, taxi
3,44
9,6 
(1997 O/D survey)
 

Car ownership and daily trips 1967-97
Year
Cars
(000)
Cars/cap
Car trips
(000)
1967
1977
1987
1997
493
1384
2014
3426
0.069
0.135
0.141
0.204
2.284
6.146
8.250
10.150

Public transport and modal split 1967-97
Year Daily trips
Cars 		 (per capita)
Public 		 Daily trips
Cars 		 (total, 000)
Public 		 Modal split 
Cars/total (%)		 Daily trips 
(per capita)
1967
1977
1987
1997
0.322 
0.598 
0.579 
0.604 
0.687 
0.936 
0.737 
0.624 
2.284 
6.146 
8.250 
10.150 
4.876 
9.614
10.500 
10.470 
31.9 
39.0 
44.0 
49.2 
1.01
1.53
1.32
1.23

 

Average travel times

        On public transport                          59 min
        By car                                            27 min

Schools

        Total number of students         5,12 million
        Of which
              Primary shcools               76,7 %
              Secondary                       14,0 %
              University                          9,3 %

University of São Paulo
São Paulo campus

Area                                   580 ha
Students                         60.000
Teachers                          4.800
Clerks                            17.000

Age structure

Figure 4 São Paulo Metropolitan Region
1998:

Age structure
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Under 14 yrs:     28 % 
 Over   65 yrs:       5 %   .

Home telephone terminals (1998)                   2.143.075
Shopping centres (1998)                                             26
Garbage (1993):                                                  21 200 t daily

Number of hospital beds (1992):                         32 675

Parks and green area:
(City of São Paulo only)                                         2.930 ha

Built floorspace, total (1996)
     São Paulo Metropolitan (est.)                 500.000.000 sqm
     São Paulo City                                       329.000.000 sqm

Built floorspace by type
City of São Paulo, 1991
Bldg type
.........Floorspace
(million sqm)
Floorspace
(%) 
Growth rate
1986-91
(% p.a)
Houses
Flats
Shops
Office &services
Manufactures
129.891.222 
67.266.081 
31.930.284 
36.589.003 
26.872.874  
44.4 
23.0 
10.9 
12.5 
9.2  
1,5 
5,4 
4,6 
4,2 
2,3  
Total
292.549.464  
100,0  
2,8  
Source: Base de dados para planejamento-BDP92 Sempla, São Paulo 1992.
 


 
Figure 5  City of São Paulo, 1991- Built floorpace according to building type.

 


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