Commune · 13109

La CisternaLa Cisterna

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Census population
103,157
56th of 346
Population density
10,335.5/km²
15th of 346
Average years of schooling
11.2 yrs
15th of 346
Foreign-born share
19.2%
20th of 346

Where it stands out

Indicators with the most extreme rank among territories at its level.
People within 5 km of any health facility1st of 345 · Chile 97.0%100.0%
People within 15 km of any health facility1st of 345 · Chile 99.9%100.0%
People within 30 km of any health facility1st of 345 · Chile 100.0%100.0%
People within 5 km of a facility with an emergency service1st of 345 · Chile 89.4%100.0%
People within 15 km of a facility with an emergency service1st of 345 · Chile 98.1%100.0%
People within 30 km of a facility with an emergency service1st of 345 · Chile 99.7%100.0%
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Population density by commune
Trend 2005–2024

Average monthly pay

01020304020052015202432.0 UF23.0 UF
01020304020052015202432.0 UF23.0 UF
In UF, Chile's inflation-indexed unit, so the twenty years are comparable without deflating. Grey is the country.

Where the people here are from

Casen 2024 · 464 surveyed
Lives in the commune where they were born
34.6%
302nd of 335
Came from another commune of the same region
44.2%
8th of 335
Came from another region
10.6%
283rd of 335
Net internal migration
-40,133
-40.0 per 100 residents
La Cisternathis commune · 129,810elsewhere in the region44,393 peopleanother region10,601 peopleabroad10,704 peopleelsewhere in the region84,613 peopleanother region10,514 peopleLa Cisternathis commune · 100,381
La Cisternathis commune · 129,810elsewhere in th…44,393 peopleanother region10,601 peopleabroad10,704 peopleelsewhere in th…84,613 peopleanother region10,514 peopleLa Cisternathis commune · 100,381

Formal employment, 2005–2024

2005–2024 · Source SII
200520241Construction1Construction2Manufacturing2Manufacturing5Retail and wholesale3Retail and wholesale▲24Education4Education3Administrative services5Administrative services▼213Information and communications6Information and communications▲77Other services7Other services9Professional services8Professional services▲16Transport9Transport▼38Accommodation and food10Accommodation and food▼212Health11Health▲117Arts and entertainment12Arts and entertainment▲510Agriculture and fishing13Agriculture and fishing▼311Electricity and gas17Electricity and gas▼6
2005202411Construction22Manufacturing53Retail and wholesale▲244Education35Administrative services▼2136Information and communications▲777Other services98Professional services▲169Transport▼3810Accommodation and food▼21211Health▲11712Arts and entertainment▲51013Agriculture and fishing▼31117Electricity and gas▼6

The ten branches that employ most of La Cisterna

Ranked by headcount in the latest year; the line is each branch's own twenty-year shape, on its own scale.

Dependent workers, projected

Prophet, fitted on the twenty observed years. A projection is not a figure of PuroChile.

20 k25 k30 k35 k40 kprojection →29 k2029 · central2005201520242029
20 k25 k30 k35 k40 kprojection →29 k2029 · central2005201520242029
observed 2005–2024central projection80% interval-0.4% a year observed · 2.7% projected

Annual sales in UF, projected

UF is indexed to inflation, so this is a projection in real terms.

10 M20 M30 M40 M50 Mprojection →37 M2029 · central2005201520242029
10 M20 M30 M40 M50 Mprojection →37 M2029 · central2005201520242029
observed 2005–2024central projection80% interval1.9% a year observed · 3.9% projected

What La Cisterna is specialised in

2024 · SII

Of the 672 activities the tax register files firms under, La Cisterna employs more people in 126 of them than Chile does, proportionally. That comparison is Balassa's revealed comparative advantage: this place's share of an activity, over the country's share of it. Above one, the activity is over-represented here.

126
activities it is specialised in
25,383
formal workers
17/296
by the complexity of what it is specialised in
0%20%40%60%-2.50.13.7Fabricación de otros productos el…Fabricación de muebles principalm…Compra, venta y alquiler (excepto…Servicios de publicidad prestados…Venta al por mayor de productos t…Investigaciones y desarrollo expe…Fabricación de otros artículos de…Otras actividades de tecnología d…Fabricación de productos primario…How much of what surrounds the activity is already hereComplexity of the activity
0%20%40%60%-2.50.13.7Enseñanza primaria, secundaria ci…Construcción de otras obras de in…Compra, venta y alquiler (excepto…Servicios de publicidad prestados…How much of what surrounds the activity is already hereComplexity of the activity

Most over-represented in La Cisterna

Ranked by how many times the national share this place reaches. The division each activity belongs to is a page of its own.

ActivityDivisionWorkers hereTimes the national share
Otros servicios de telecomunicaciones por satélite n.c.p.Actividades de telecomunicaciones por satélite599286.9×
Explotación de mataderos de aves y de otros tipos de animales n.c.p.Elaboración y conservación de carne1,07454.7×
Otras actividades deportivas n.c.p.Actividades deportivas33630.7×
Elaboración de vinagres, mostazas, mayonesas y condimentos en generalElaboración de otros productos alimenticios5728.6×
Fabricación de componentes y tableros electrónicosFabricación de componentes y tableros electrónicos10324.8×
Reparación de otros equipos de transporte n.c.p., excepto vehículos automotoresReparación de productos elaborados de metal, maquinaria y equipo3817.8×
Suministro de vapor y de aire acondicionadoSuministro de vapor y de aire acondicionado6016.4×
Venta al por mayor de productos de confiteríaVenta al por mayor de alimentos, bebidas y tabaco18614.8×
Fabricación de partes, piezas y accesorios para vehículos automotoresFabricación de partes, piezas y accesorios para vehículos automotores6513.8×
Promoción y organización de competencias deportivasActividades deportivas2211.3×
Venta al por mayor de muebles, excepto muebles de oficinaVenta al por mayor de enseres domésticos4710.8×
Explotación de terminales terrestres de pasajerosActividades de apoyo al transporte4210.6×

The register files a firm at its tax address, so an activity can be over-represented here because the work happens here or because the head office does. Both are real facts about a place and they are not the same fact, and nothing in the register tells them apart: the communes where large firms keep their registered office carry activities that are physically elsewhere in Chile.

Revealed comparative advantage (Balassa, 1965) and the space of activities (Hidalgo, Klinger, Barabási and Hausmann, 2007), computed on formal employment because that is what a Chilean commune has. Built from the 500-worker activities and the communes above 1,000 formal workers; the floors are on /datos with everything else.

Population and territory

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Population pyramid

MenWomen001122334455%0 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 1920 to 2425 to 2930 to 3435 to 3940 to 4445 to 4950 to 5455 to 5960 to 6465 to 6970 to 7475 to 7980 to 8485 and over
MenWomen00224466%0 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 1920 to 2425 to 2930 to 3435 to 3940 to 4445 to 4950 to 5455 to 5960 to 6465 to 6970 to 7475 to 7980 to 8485 and over
La CisternaChile% of each territory's own population · 103,157 people counted herehover a cohort for its countsCenso de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (cuadro D1)
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Census population
103,157
5,385,73718,480,43256th of 346
Average age
38.0 yrs
38.3 yrs38.1 yrs254th of 346
Ageing index · People aged 65 or over per 100 under 15.
86.2
85.179.0190th of 345
Population density · Inhabitants per square kilometre, over the area of the census cartography.
10,335.5/km²
2,653.4/km²24.7/km²15th of 346
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Households
38,042
1,951,4816,596,52753rd of 346
Dwellings
41,616
2,060,6137,642,71653rd of 346
People per household
2.71
2.762.80198th of 345
Women
52.4%
51.8%51.5%23rd of 346
Men per 100 women
91.0
93.294.3324th of 346
Under 15
16.6%
16.3%17.7%255th of 346
65 and over
14.3%
13.8%14.0%241st of 346
Dependency ratio · Population outside working age per 100 of working age.
44.8
43.046.5305th of 346
One-person households
22.5%
23.6%21.8%163rd of 345
Households with children
31.5%
30.2%33.2%225th of 345
Indigenous peoples
6.5%
7.2%11.4%208th of 346
Female-headed households
51.4%
51.1%49.9%59th of 345
Land area
10 km²
2,030 km²748,041 km²339th of 346

Migration

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When the migrant population arrived

La Cisterna41%Arrived since 202059%Arrived before 2020Chile34%Arrived since 202066%Arrived before 2020
La Cisterna41%Arrived since 202059%Arrived before 2020Chile34%Arrived since 202066%Arrived before 2020
Arrived since 2020Arrived before 2020% of the foreign-born population
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Foreign-born share
19.2%
15.4%8.7%20th of 346
Lives in the commune where they were born · Casen 2024 asks in which comuna each person's mother lived when they were born. It is lifetime migration, not last year's, and it measures origin, not moves: someone born here who left and came back counts as living where they were born.
34.6%
34.9%50.5%302nd of 335
Came from another commune of the same region · Of those who live here, the ones born in another comuna of this same region. It is the short move: within the metropolitan area, the valley or the neighbouring province.
44.2%
35.2%23.9%8th of 335
Came from another region · Of those who live here, the ones born in a comuna of another region.
10.6%
16.4%17.2%283rd of 335
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Foreign-born population
19,762
828,3681,608,65022nd of 346
Average age, foreign-born
32.0 yrs
34.4 yrs33.5 yrs248th of 345
Women among foreign-born
52.0%
51.8%51.7%132nd of 345
Foreign-born of working age
81.4%
84.3%83.1%160th of 345
Arrived since 2020 · Share of the migrant population that arrived in the country in 2020 or later.
40.7%
31.7%34.4%136th of 345
Foreign-born share of working-age population · Foreign-born people aged 15 to 64, over everyone aged 15 to 64 in the comuna.
22.6%
18.5%10.6%21st of 346
Average schooling, foreign-born
13.4 yrs
13.4 yrs12.9 yrs54th of 345
Net internal migration · People who arrived from another comuna minus people born here who live in another comuna. It is a lifetime balance, not a year's. Chile adds to zero by construction: nobody leaves the country in this count.
-40,133
-150,2900325th of 335
Net internal migration per 100 residents · The balance above, over the population living in the territory.
-40.0
-2.50.0276th of 335

Education

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How far schooling went

La Cisterna39%Higher36%Secondary17%Primary only4.6%Chile31%Higher37%Secondary24%Primary only5.0%
La Cisterna39%Higher36%Secondary17%Chile31%Higher37%Secondary24%Primary only
HigherSecondaryPrimary onlyNever attendedOther or unclassified% of people aged 25 and over
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Average years of schooling
11.2 yrs
11.2 yrs10.4 yrs15th of 346
Reached higher education
39.2%
38.6%31.1%19th of 346
School attendance, ages 6-17
94.3%
98.2%98.6%322nd of 333
Continues to higher education · Of young secondary-school graduates, those enrolled in first-year undergraduate studies the following March. By the comuna of the school where they finished secondary school, which is the approximation to origin that Mineduc publishes.
49.2%
54.9%55.6%245th of 331
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Women's schooling as share of men's · 100 means parity; below 100, women in the territory completed fewer years than men. The census does not publish educational attainment split by sex at comuna level, so the higher-education gap is not in PuroChile: only the gap in years of schooling.
98.5%
98.2%99.8%296th of 346
Literacy rate
99.1%
98.7%97.8%16th of 346
Reached secondary education
36.4%
34.9%36.7%204th of 346
Primary education only
16.9%
19.1%24.1%334th of 346
Never attended school
2.84%
2.55%3.01%275th of 346
Average years of schooling, men · The census publishes this average over the population aged 18 or over and crosses age with sex only in five-year bands, so it is weighted by the population aged 15 or over of each sex. Rebuilt from the 346 comunas it gives 12.1 years, the same figure INE published for the country.
13.1 yrs
13.1 yrs12.1 yrs18th of 346
Average years of schooling, women · Same weight and same caveat as the figure for men.
12.9 yrs
12.8 yrs12.1 yrs21st of 346
Illiteracy · People aged 15 or over who say they cannot read or write.
0.87%
1.25%2.18%330th of 345
Households lacking schooling
6.1%
9.9%15.1%328th of 335
Secondary school leavers · Secondary education for children and young people, by the comuna of the school where they took it. Adults are counted apart.
2,285
57,776217,56528th of 331
Leaves from technical-vocational school · Commercial, industrial, technical, agricultural and maritime tracks.
52.7%
31.5%33.9%81st of 331
Leaves from a rural school · By the school's own rural classification. A zero here is a measured zero —the comuna had a graduating class and none of its graduates came from a rural school—, not a cell without data: two in three comunas are in that situation. There is no continuation rate split by rural and urban because the median comuna's rural divisor does not reach thirty graduates.
0.0%
0.1%3.1%114th of 331
Of those continuing, enters a university · The three destinations split the same total and add up to 100.
52.5%
70.6%67.2%265th of 331
Of those continuing, enters a professional institute · The three destinations split the same total and add up to 100.
33.1%
21.9%19.7%31st of 331
Of those continuing, enters a technical training centre · The three destinations split the same total and add up to 100.
14.4%
7.5%13.1%183rd of 331
Of those continuing, studies outside their region · Compares the region of the school they graduated from with the region of the campus where they enrol. A campus is not necessarily where the student lives.
2.0%
1.3%13.0%271st of 331
Of those continuing, women · The graduates module does not publish sex, so there is no continuation rate by sex: only the make-up of those who do continue.
46.8%
48.6%49.7%267th of 331

The class of 2024

Mineduc (SIES), by the comuna they went to school in

Approximation: the comuna is the one this cohort was enrolled in for secondary school, which is what Mineduc publishes — not a home address, which it does not.

2,285left secondary school in 2024
1,125enrolled in a first-year programme in 2025
49.2%continued immediately
53%of those, to a university
2%of those, outside their region

The ten programmes they enrolled in most

0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%DerechoIngenieria en InformaticaEnfermeriaIngenieria ComercialIngenieria en Mecanica y Electromovilidad AutomotrizPsicologiaIngenieria Civil IndustrialTecnico en EnfermeriaGastronomiaTecnico en Mecanica y Electromovilidad Automotriz
0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%DerechoIngenieria en InformaticaEnfermeriaIngenieria ComercialIngenieria en Mecanica y Electromovilidad AutomotrizPsicologiaIngenieria Civil IndustrialTecnico en EnfermeriaGastronomiaTecnico en Mecanica y Electromovilidad Automotriz
La CisternaChile

Each bar is that programme's share of everyone who continued, here and in the country — not a headcount, so a commune of a few hundred can be read beside a country of 121,050. Programme names as the register writes them: in capitals and without accents, and unmerged, since SIES publishes 1,481 distinct names in a single year and two spellings of one degree stay two rows. Only the capitals are undone here.

By field of study

0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%Engineering and industryBusiness and lawHealth and welfareInformation technologyServicesEducationArts and humanitiesSocial sciencesNatural sciencesAgriculture and veterinary
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%Engineering and industryBusiness and lawHealth and welfareInformation technologyServicesEducationArts and humanitiesSocial sciencesNatural sciencesAgriculture and veterinary
La CisternaChile

The ten broad fields of ISCED-F 2013, as SIES classifies each programme, as a share of everyone who continued, here and in the country.

Nineteen cohorts, 2006–2024

02,0004,0006,0002006201520242,2851,125
02,0004,0006,0002006201520242,2851,125
left secondary schoolenrolled the following year

Only enrolment the following March counts — someone who works for a year and starts after that is not here, so the rate is a floor under how many ever study, not an estimate of it. Adult secondary education is counted separately and is not in these figures. What the approximation above does not settle is catchment: this is the cohort La Cisterna's schools taught, and where schools draw pupils from next door that is not the same set of children as the ones the territory raised.

The hospital figures come from DEIS's discharge register: one row per completed stay, in any establishment in the country, counted in the commune where the patient lives rather than where the hospital is. It counts stays, not people — someone admitted three times is three of them.

The deaths it records are the ones that happened during a stay. Deaths at home or in the street are in the vital statistics register, which is a different DEIS release and is not in PuroChile — so nothing here is this place's mortality, and every label says «hospitalaria» for that reason.

The two standardised ratios are the ones meant for comparing places: they hold La Cisterna against what its own age and sex structure would produce at the country's rates, with Chile fixed at 100. A commune of older people buries more people than a commune of young families, and that is demography, not health.

In 2024, 7.5% of the country's discharges arrive with every identifying field replaced by an asterisk and cannot be attached to any commune; what is counted here is the 91.4% that carries one.

Which health system

La Cisterna86%Fonasa11%IsapreChile83%Fonasa13%Isapre
La Cisterna86%FonasaChile83%Fonasa
FonasaIsapreNo coverOther system or undeclared% of the population counted
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Disability prevalence
9.2%
9.3%10.6%295th of 346
Public health insurance
86.2%
73.9%82.6%265th of 335
Hospital discharges per 1,000 residents · Not age-adjusted. It mixes how much illness there is with how much hospital there is nearby.
70.4
87.182.5165th of 331
In-hospital mortality, standardised ratio · Chile = 100, adjusting for this comuna's age and sex.
102
100100122nd of 331
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
People with a disability
9,518
499,3711,950,38865th of 346
Average age, people with a disability
58.0 yrs
56.6 yrs56.4 yrs169th of 346
Disability among 65+
47.5%
43.7%43.0%129th of 346
Difficulty walking
4.36%
4.33%4.92%275th of 346
Difficulty seeing
3.64%
3.83%4.58%312th of 346
Difficulty hearing
1.90%
1.87%2.16%288th of 346
Difficulty concentrating
2.48%
2.50%2.70%246th of 346
Private health insurance
11.0%
22.4%13.2%54th of 335
No health coverage
0.11%
1.80%1.98%278th of 335
Sought care when ill · Of those who had an illness or accident in the last three months.
96.4%
91.7%92.1%104th of 332
Households lacking health access
15.0%
5.8%6.0%9th of 335
Hospital discharges · Episodes, not people: someone hospitalised three times counts three times.
7,259
469,3531,523,71659th of 331
Deaths during a hospital stay · Only those that happen in hospital; the rest do not go through this register.
217
10,69136,69851st of 331
In-hospital case fatality · Of every 100 hospital stays, how many end in death.
2.99%
2.28%2.41%144th of 331
Average length of stay · Bed-days over discharges, averaged after adding up.
6.1 days
6.0 days6.1 days215th of 331
In-hospital deaths per 10,000 residents · Not age-adjusted, and therefore high where the population is older.
21.0
19.919.9131st of 331
Hospitalisation, standardised ratio · Chile = 100, adjusting for this comuna's age and sex.
84
106100164th of 331
Cancer hospitalisations · Discharges with a malignant tumour (C00-C97) as the main diagnosis. Episodes, not people.
426
28,65989,72361st of 330
Share of hospitalisations that are for cancer · Of every 100 discharges in the comuna, how many are for a malignant tumour.
5.9%
6.1%5.9%141st of 330
Cancer hospitalisations per 10,000 residents · Not age-adjusted: above all it compares how old the comuna is.
41.3
53.248.6152nd of 330
Cancer hospitalisation, standardised ratio · Chile = 100, adjusting for this comuna's age and sex. It is the only one of the four made for comparing places.
87
111100120th of 330

What people are hospitalised for

Digestive and urinary tract 24%Heart and lungs 20%Injuries, bones and… 18%Pregnancy, b… 14%Tumours, blood a… 13%Infections and … 7.1%Mind, nerves an… 5.6%Digestive system15%Genitouri…system8.8%Respiratorysystem10%Circulatorysystem9.6%Injuries andpoisoning11%Musculoskeletal5.8%Pregnancy andchildbirth11%Perinatal…Congen…malfor…Cancers andtumours8.5%Endocrine andmetabolicContactwithhealth…2.9%Infec…andparas…2.7%Ill…sym…NervoussystemMentalandbehav…Eye
Digestive and urinary … 24%Heart and lungs 20%Injuries,… 18%Pregnancy, birth a… 14%Tumours, blood and… 13%Inf… 7.1%Min… 5.6%Digestivesystem15%Genitour…system8.8%Respirat…system10%Circula…system9.6%Injuries andpoisoning11%Musculosk…5.8%Pregnancy andchildbirth11%Cancers andtumours8.5%Endocr…andmetabo…3.7%Contactwith healt…Infect…andparasi…NervoussystemMental…
hover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile; click a group to open itSeven families of cause, grouped by PuroChile from the 22 ICD-10 chapters. The chapter is still the tile; the family is nothing but the sum of its chapters.

By tumour site

Órganos digestivos25%Sangre y sistemalinfático18%Mama8.9%Vías urinarias8.7%Genitalesmasculinos7.3%Genitalesfemeninos6.8%Víasrespirator…6.1%Tiroides yendocrinas5.9%Sitiosmaldefinidos5.4%Encéfa…ysistem…2.8%Sitiosreserv…2.8%Boca y faringe
Órganos digestivos25%Sangre y sistemalinfático18%Mama8.9%Víasurinarias8.7%Genitalesmasculinos7.3%Genitalesfemeninos6.8%Víasrespirat…6.1%Tiroidesyendocrin…5.9%Sitiosmaldefinid…5.4%Encéfa…ysistem…2.8%Sitiosreserv…2.8%Boca y faringe
Órganos digestivosSangre y sistema linfáticoMamaVías urinariasGenitales masculinosGenitales femeninoshover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile

Economy and poverty

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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Income poverty · People in households whose income does not cover the poverty line.
7.1%
12.4%17.3%321st of 335
Average monthly pay · Reported net pay in UF divided by workers weighted by months worked.
23.0 UF
37.3 UF32.0 UF158th of 342
Women's pay as share of men's · 100 means parity; below 100, women earn less per full-time-equivalent job.
91.4%
73.0%78.9%239th of 342
Firms per 1,000 residents · Firms with their registered address or head office in the territory; in comunas where large firms are registered the figure reflects the head office, not the activity.
72.9
104.385.6205th of 346
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Employment rate · Employed people over the population aged 15 or over.
60.7%
59.5%54.4%35th of 345
Census unemployment · Measured by the Census, not by Casen: the two ask differently.
7.3%
7.7%8.6%242nd of 345
Self-employed
29.4%
33.2%33.8%294th of 345
Extreme poverty
1.8%
4.4%6.9%314th of 335
Multidimensional poverty · Households with deprivations in education, health, work, housing or networks.
21.6%
18.9%17.7%107th of 335
Unemployment rate
12.5%
8.4%8.8%63rd of 335
Household income per capita · Chilean pesos per month, corrected total income.
CLP 806,682
CLP 1,019,380CLP 783,12438th of 335
Gini coefficient · 0 is a perfectly equal split and 1 a perfectly unequal one. On household per-capita income (ypchtotcor). A survey estimate: in comunas with a small sample the interval is wide.
0.351
0.5000.488315th of 321
Registered firms
7,520
561,5661,582,39052nd of 346
Annual sales
30,530,364 UF
25,794,247,870 UF34,347,683,688 UF76th of 342
Employees reported · People reported at some point in the tax year, not average employment: the national total exceeds the employed because someone who worked two months counts the same as someone who worked twelve.
25,584
5,253,9409,699,16465th of 346
Sales per firm
4,060 UF
45,933 UF21,706 UF156th of 342
Employees per firm · Workers weighted by months worked, so two half-year jobs are not counted as two positions.
2.3
6.13.9140th of 346
Women among employees
34.4%
41.7%40.6%281st of 345
Independent contractors
10,835
2,467,4083,958,26954th of 346
Contractors as share of workers
29.8%
32.0%29.0%133rd of 346

Employment by industry

Trade and logistics 34%State and social services 21%Industry and construction 17%Advanced services 17%Other services 8.6%Retail andwholesale20%Transport8.5%Accommodationand food5.3%Health8.9%Education8.2%Publicadmin…4.0%Manufacturing9.4%Construction6.4%Electricit…Wate…Administrativeservices4.6%Professionalservices4.5%Information andcommunicationsFinanceandinsurance3.3%Realest…Other services4.9%Domes…work2.4%Artsandent…Min…
Trade and logistics 34%State and soc… 21%Industry and … 17%Advanced serv… 17%Oth… 8.6%Retail andwholesale20%Transport8.5%Accommodat…and food5.3%Health8.9%Education8.2%Publicadmin…4.0%Manufacturing9.4%Construction6.4%Adminis…services4.6%Profess…services4.5%Inform…andcommun…Financeandinsura…3.3%Otherservices4.9%Domest…work2.4%
hover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile; click a group to open itSix activity families, grouped by PuroChile from CAENES.

Employment by occupation

Skilled occupations 52%Managers and professionals 37%Elementary occupations 10%Service and sales24%Craft andtrades12%Clerical support9.1%Plant and machineoperators7.3%Professionals19%Technicians14%Manage…4.4%Elementary occupations10%
Skilled occupations 52%Managers and professionals 37%Elem… 10%Service andsales24%Craft and trades12%Clerical support9.1%Plantandmachi…7.3%Professionals19%Technicians14%ManagersElementa…occupati…10%
Elementary occupationsArmed forceshover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile; click a group to open itCIUO-08 (ISCO) skill levels.

Housing and services

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House or flat

La Cisterna50%House49%FlatChile79%House20%Flat
La Cisterna50%House49%FlatChile79%House20%
HouseFlatOther dwelling type% of private dwellings
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Overcrowded dwellings
6.4%
6.7%5.7%62nd of 345
Internet access
95.6%
95.9%93.2%34th of 345
Average distance to a facility with an emergency service · Population-weighted average of the straight-line distance from each of the 244,754 blocks and rural entities of the 2024 census to the nearest facility standing in September 2026. It is a floor: nobody travels in a straight line.
1.0
1.02.3324th of 345
Average distance to a school teaching upper secondary · Population-weighted average of the straight-line distance from each of the 244,754 blocks and rural entities of the 2024 census to the nearest facility standing in 2025. It is a floor: nobody travels in a straight line.
0.4
0.51.6329th of 345
See the other 35 indicators
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersProvinceChileRank
Occupied dwellings with residents
36,799
1,868,7116,408,17253rd of 346
Critically overcrowded
0.64%
0.93%0.57%44th of 345
Irrecoverable dwellings
0.43%
0.51%1.13%324th of 345
Public water network
99.9%
99.6%92.3%7th of 345
Electricity access
99.9%
99.9%99.6%24th of 345
Detached houses
49.8%
55.8%78.7%336th of 345
Apartments
48.9%
42.0%19.9%10th of 345
Precarious wall materials
0.10%
0.09%0.23%243rd of 345
Unoccupied private dwellings
7.5%
5.2%11.9%278th of 345
Quantitative housing deficit
3,392
193,039491,90448th of 345
Housing deficit as share of households
8.9%
9.9%7.5%56th of 345
Renting households
44.2%
37.8%26.2%9th of 345
Owner-occupiers
43.9%
51.5%61.1%325th of 345
Households heating with wood · Firewood is the main source of urban air pollution in the south.
0.1%
0.2%24.4%333rd of 345
Commute by public transport
60.5%
54.0%42.1%11th of 345
Walks to work
6.9%
8.4%10.2%311th of 345
Households with a computer
60.2%
62.8%54.9%33rd of 345
Average distance to any health facility · Population-weighted average of the straight-line distance from each of the 244,754 blocks and rural entities of the 2024 census to the nearest facility standing in September 2026. It is a floor: nobody travels in a straight line.
0.6
0.51.1316th of 345
People within 5 km of any health facility · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 5 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
100.0%97.0%1st of 345
People within 15 km of any health facility · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 15 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
100.0%99.9%1st of 345
People within 30 km of any health facility · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 30 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
100.0%100.0%1st of 345
People within 5 km of a facility with an emergency service · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 5 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
99.6%89.4%1st of 345
People within 15 km of a facility with an emergency service · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 15 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
100.0%98.1%1st of 345
People within 30 km of a facility with an emergency service · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 30 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
100.0%99.7%1st of 345
Average distance to a second- or third-level facility · Population-weighted average of the straight-line distance from each of the 244,754 blocks and rural entities of the 2024 census to the nearest facility standing in September 2026. It is a floor: nobody travels in a straight line.
0.8
1.05.9334th of 345
People within 5 km of a second- or third-level facility · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 5 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
99.7%80.3%1st of 345
People within 15 km of a second- or third-level facility · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 15 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
100.0%90.0%1st of 345
People within 30 km of a second- or third-level facility · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 30 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in September 2026.
100.0%
100.0%96.2%1st of 345
Average distance to a school in operation · Population-weighted average of the straight-line distance from each of the 244,754 blocks and rural entities of the 2024 census to the nearest facility standing in 2025. It is a floor: nobody travels in a straight line.
0.2
0.30.6343rd of 345
People within 5 km of a school in operation · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 5 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in 2025.
100.0%
100.0%99.0%1st of 345
People within 15 km of a school in operation · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 15 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in 2025.
100.0%
100.0%99.9%1st of 345
People within 30 km of a school in operation · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 30 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in 2025.
100.0%
100.0%100.0%1st of 345
People within 5 km of a school teaching upper secondary · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 5 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in 2025.
100.0%
100.0%91.6%1st of 345
People within 15 km of a school teaching upper secondary · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 15 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in 2025.
100.0%
100.0%98.5%1st of 345
People within 30 km of a school teaching upper secondary · Lives in a census block or rural entity within 30 km of the nearest facility, as the crow flies. Population from the 2024 census; facilities as they stood in 2025.
100.0%
100.0%99.8%1st of 345

How people commute

Public transport 61%Private vehicle 27%On foot or by … 8.8%Public transport61%Car25%Walking6.9%Other3.8%
Public transport 61%Private vehicle 27%On foot … 8.8%Public transport61%Car25%Walking6.9%Other
Public transporthover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile; click a group to open itFour modes, grouped by PuroChile.

Housing tenure

Rented 44%Owned 44%Provided rent-free 7.4%Other 4.5%Rented, with contract37%Rented, no contract7.1%Owned outright28%Owned, stillpaying16%Provided by family6.8%Otherarrangement
Rented 44%Owned 44%Rented, withcontract37%Rented, no contractOwned outright28%Owned, still paying16%Provided by familyOther arrangement
Otherhover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile; click a group to open itFour tenure types, grouped by PuroChile.

Home heating fuel

Fossil fuels 50%Electricity 34%No heating 16%Gas36%Paraffin14%Electricity34%No heating16%
Fossil fuels 50%Electricity 34%No heating 16%Gas36%Paraffin14%Electricity34%No heating16%
ElectricityNo heatingOther sourcehover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile; click a group to open itFour fuel types, grouped by PuroChile.

How it voted in 2025

TRICEL · qualified result
83.1%
of the registered voted in the first round
82.8%
voted in the runoff
82,661
registered voters on the roll
5.8%
of runoff ballots were null or blank

Presidential runoff · 14 December

Jeannette Jara Roman47.6%41.7%
Jose Antonio Kast Rist52.4%58.3%
La CisternaChileshare of the valid vote

Presidential, first round · 16 November

Franco Parisi Fernandez11.4%19.8%
Jeannette Jara Roman33.1%26.7%
Marco Antonio Enriquez-Ominami Gumucio1.2%1.2%
Johannes Kaiser Barents-Von Hohenhagen14.8%13.9%
Jose Antonio Kast Rist21.2%24.0%
Eduardo Antonio Artes Brichetti0.9%0.7%
Evelyn Matthei Fornet15.8%12.4%
Harold Mayne-Nicholls Secul1.6%1.3%
La CisternaChileshare of the valid vote

Chamber of Deputies · 16 November

CUnidad por Chile32.5%30.6%
KCambio por Chile27.8%23.0%
JChile Grande y Unido16.6%21.1%
IPartido de la Gente8.9%12.0%
BVerdes, Regionalistas y Humanistas4.7%6.9%
DIzquierda Ecologista Popular Animalista y Humanista5.2%2.6%
APartido Ecologista Verde—0.8%
EMovimiento Amarillos por Chile—0.8%
GPartido Alianza Verde Popular1.6%0.6%
FPartido de Trabajadores Revolucionarios2.8%0.6%
HPopular—0.2%
Independents outside a pact—0.7%
La CisternaChileshare of the valid vote

Sister communes

How this is computed

The four communes that most resemble La Cisterna across the 28 figures PuroChile publishes for the 345 communes with complete data, grouped into seven dimensions of equal weight. This is not proximity: nothing in the computation knows where any commune is.

ScalePopulation structureMigrationEducationHealthEconomyHousing and services

The figure beside each name is the distance between the two communes: 0 would be identical, and 1.48 is what separates any two communes in the country. Each bar is one of the seven dimensions, and reaches the end when the two differ on it by twice what two communes picked at random do. Location is not part of the computation: 52% of these pairings cross into another region.

Inside the commune

Census districts
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