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Provincia de TocopillaProvincia de Tocopilla

Compare Tocopilla with another place
Census population
30,234
45th of 56
Population density
1.8/km²
46th of 56
Average years of schooling
9.7 yrs
33rd of 56
Foreign-born share
11.8%
9th of 56

Where it stands out

Indicators with the most extreme rank among territories at its level.
Average age, foreign-born56th of 56 · Chile 33.5 yrs30.0 yrs
Reached secondary education1st of 56 · Chile 36.7%46.8%
Sought care when ill54th of 54 · Chile 92.1%81.1%
Households heating with wood55th of 56 · Chile 24.4%0.2%
Firms per 1,000 residents55th of 56 · Chile 85.661.5
Average length of stay2nd of 52 · Chile 6.1 days9.0 days
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Population density by commune
Trend 2005–2024

Average monthly pay

01020304020052015202432.0 UF22.3 UF
01020304020052015202432.0 UF22.3 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 · 615 surveyed
Lives in the commune where they were born
67.9%
10th of 54
Came from another commune of the same region
11.0%
43rd of 54
Came from another region
13.7%
46th of 54
Net internal migration
-21,189
-60.8 per 100 residents
Tocopillathis province · 53,437another region4,771 peopleelsewhere in the region3,309 peopleabroad2,581 peopleanother region14,976 peopleelsewhere in the region14,293 peopleTocopillathis province · 34,829
Tocopillathis province · 53,437another region4,771 peopleelsewhere in th…3,309 peopleabroad2,581 peopleanother region14,976 peopleelsewhere in th…14,293 peopleTocopillathis province · 34,829

Formal employment, 2005–2024

2005–2024 · Source SII
200520243Public administration1Public administration▲211Administrative services2Administrative services▲98Manufacturing3Manufacturing▲51Construction4Construction▼34Retail and wholesale5Retail and wholesale▼17Accommodation and food6Accommodation and food▲15Transport7Transport▼214Professional services8Professional services▲612Information and communications9Information and communications▲39Mining10Mining▼16Education11Education▼513Other services12Other services▲12Electricity and gas15Electricity and gas▼1310Agriculture and fishing17Agriculture and fishing▼7
2005202431Public administration▲2112Administrative services▲983Manufacturing▲514Construction▼345Retail and wholesale▼176Accommodation and food▲157Transport▼2148Professional services▲6129Information and communications▲3910Mining▼1611Education▼51312Other services▲1215Electricity and gas▼131017Agriculture and fishing▼7

The ten branches that employ most of Tocopilla

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.

3 k4 k5 k6 k7 kprojection →6 k2029 · central2005201520242029
3 k4 k5 k6 k7 kprojection →6 k2029 · central2005201520242029
observed 2005–2024central projection80% interval1.7% a year observed · -0.2% projected

Annual sales in UF, projected

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

010 M20 M30 Mprojection →02029 · central2005201520242029
010 M20 M30 Mprojection →02029 · central2005201520242029
observed 2005–2024central projection80% interval-2.7% a year observed

What Tocopilla is specialised in

2024 · SII

Of the 672 activities the tax register files firms under, Tocopilla employs more people in 60 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.

60
activities it is specialised in
6,156
formal workers
19/53
by the complexity of what it is specialised in
0%20%40%60%-2.5-0.63.7Actividades de la administración …Terminación y acabado de edificiosOtras actividades de telecomunica…Explotación de otras minas y cant…Fabricación de otros productos el…Transporte de pasajeros en buses …Actividades de residenciales para…Venta al por mayor de productos q…Producción de aguas minerales y o…How much of what surrounds the activity is already hereComplexity of the activity
0%20%40%60%-2.5-0.63.7Transporte de carga por carreteraActividades de restaurantes y de …Fabricación de otros productos el…Venta al por mayor de productos q…How much of what surrounds the activity is already hereComplexity of the activity

Most over-represented in Tocopilla

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
Actividades de residenciales para estudiantes y trabajadoresOtras actividades de alojamiento4624.5×
Suministro de vapor y de aire acondicionadoSuministro de vapor y de aire acondicionado1820.2×
Venta al por menor de telas, lanas, hilos y similares en comercios especializadosVenta al por menor de otros enseres domésticos en comercios especializados3115.6×
Alquiler de otros tipos de maquinarias y equipos sin operario n.c.p.Alquiler y arrendamiento de otros tipos de maquinaria, equipo y bienes tangibles34914.1×
Producción de aguas minerales y otras aguas embotelladasElaboración de bebidas alcohólicas y no alcohólicas1813.3×
Reparación de otro tipo de maquinaria y equipos industriales n.c.p.Reparación de productos elaborados de metal, maquinaria y equipo2269.4×
Recuperación y reciclamiento de desperdicios y desechos metálicosRecuperación de materiales178.8×
Actividades de discotecas y cabaret (night club), con predominio del servicio de bebidasActividades de servicio de bebidas157.6×
Venta al por mayor de productos químicosOtras actividades de venta al por mayor especializada326.9×
Suministro de comidas por encargo (servicios de banquetería)Suministro de comidas por encargo y otras actividades de servicio de comidas225.9×
Otras actividades de telecomunicaciones n.c.p.Otras actividades de telecomunicaciones2095.6×
Cultivo, reproducción y manejo de algas marinasAcuicultura95.5×

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.

The land and who works it

Agricultural census · INE · 2020/2021
1,191,148
hectares in holdings
0.0%
of them under a named use
100.0%
of the crop land is irrigated
Not farmed 100%Scrub, barren ground and buildings100%
Not farmed 100%Scrub, barren ground and buildings100%
Woodlandhover a tile for its count; click a group to open itFive families of land use, grouped by PuroChile from the fourteen categories the census publishes. The fifteenth tile is not a category: it is the censused surface less the fourteen.

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
TocopillaChile% of each territory's own population · 30,234 people counted herehover a cohort for its countsCenso de Población y Vivienda 2024, INE (cuadro D1)
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Census population
30,234
635,41618,480,43245th of 56
Average age
36.5 yrs
35.1 yrs38.1 yrs45th of 56
Ageing index · People aged 65 or over per 100 under 15.
62.1
49.379.042nd of 56
Population density · Inhabitants per square kilometre, over the area of the census cartography.
1.8/km²
5.0/km²24.7/km²46th of 56
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Households
10,325
213,7476,596,52746th of 56
Dwellings
13,811
231,8297,642,71648th of 56
People per household
2.93
2.972.8012th of 56
Women
50.2%
50.6%51.5%44th of 56
Men per 100 women
99.3
97.794.313th of 56
Under 15
20.3%
19.7%17.7%8th of 56
65 and over
12.6%
9.7%14.0%40th of 56
Dependency ratio · Population outside working age per 100 of working age.
49.0
41.646.527th of 56
One-person households
22.0%
21.0%21.8%29th of 56
Households with children
38.5%
38.4%33.2%8th of 56
Indigenous peoples
9.1%
14.4%11.4%30th of 56
Female-headed households
49.8%
46.6%49.9%24th of 56
Land area
16,473 km²
126,131 km²748,041 km²14th of 56

Migration

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When the migrant population arrived

Tocopilla41%Arrived since 202059%Arrived before 2020Chile34%Arrived since 202066%Arrived before 2020
Tocopilla41%Arrived since 202059%Arrived before 2020Chile34%Arrived since 202066%Arrived before 2020
Arrived since 2020Arrived before 2020% of the foreign-born population
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Foreign-born share
11.8%
19.5%8.7%9th of 56
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.
67.9%
57.9%50.5%10th of 54
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.
11.0%
7.5%23.9%43rd of 54
Came from another region · Of those who live here, the ones born in a comuna of another region.
13.7%
17.3%17.2%46th of 54
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Foreign-born population
3,572
124,0061,608,65036th of 56
Average age, foreign-born
30.0 yrs
31.9 yrs33.5 yrs56th of 56
Women among foreign-born
52.9%
53.6%51.7%14th of 56
Foreign-born of working age
82.2%
83.7%83.1%21st of 56
Arrived since 2020 · Share of the migrant population that arrived in the country in 2020 or later.
41.4%
34.9%34.4%17th of 56
Foreign-born share of working-age population · Foreign-born people aged 15 to 64, over everyone aged 15 to 64 in the comuna.
14.5%
23.1%10.6%9th of 56
Average schooling, foreign-born
11.2 yrs
11.7 yrs12.9 yrs53rd of 56
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.
-21,189
-43,855037th of 54
Net internal migration per 100 residents · The balance above, over the population living in the territory.
-60.8
-6.10.052nd of 54

Education

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How far schooling went

Tocopilla20%Higher47%Secondary25%Primary only5.5%Chile31%Higher37%Secondary24%Primary only5.0%
Tocopilla20%47%Secondary25%Primary onlyChile31%Higher37%Secondary24%Primary only
HigherSecondaryPrimary onlyNever attendedOther or unclassified% of people aged 25 and over
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Average years of schooling
9.7 yrs
10.5 yrs10.4 yrs33rd of 56
Reached higher education
19.7%
29.8%31.1%48th of 56
School attendance, ages 6-17
99.4%
97.8%98.6%20th of 54
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.
52.4%
59.5%55.6%40th of 56
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
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.
99.7%
98.4%99.8%44th of 56
Literacy rate
98.7%
99.0%97.8%11th of 56
Reached secondary education
46.8%
41.0%36.7%1st of 56
Primary education only
25.4%
21.0%24.1%36th of 56
Never attended school
2.52%
3.20%3.01%49th of 56
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.
11.5 yrs
12.6 yrs12.1 yrs27th of 56
Average years of schooling, women · Same weight and same caveat as the figure for men.
11.5 yrs
12.4 yrs12.1 yrs33rd of 56
Illiteracy · People aged 15 or over who say they cannot read or write.
1.27%
0.99%2.18%48th of 56
Households lacking schooling
13.0%
13.0%15.1%44th of 54
Secondary school leavers · Secondary education for children and young people, by the comuna of the school where they took it. Adults are counted apart.
443
8,407217,56545th of 56
Leaves from technical-vocational school · Commercial, industrial, technical, agricultural and maritime tracks.
48.8%
41.3%33.9%7th of 56
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%
0.2%3.1%41st of 56
Of those continuing, enters a university · The three destinations split the same total and add up to 100.
61.2%
58.9%67.2%45th of 56
Of those continuing, enters a professional institute · The three destinations split the same total and add up to 100.
20.3%
22.4%19.7%17th of 56
Of those continuing, enters a technical training centre · The three destinations split the same total and add up to 100.
18.5%
18.7%13.1%19th of 56
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.
26.3%
19.9%13.0%25th of 56
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.
50.9%
49.8%49.7%25th of 56

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.

443left secondary school in 2024
232enrolled in a first-year programme in 2025
52.4%continued immediately
61%of those, to a university
26%of those, outside their region

The ten programmes they enrolled in most

0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%Ingenieria ComercialDerechoKinesiologiaIngenieria Civil IndustrialIngenieria en Maquinaria Pesada y Vehiculos AutomotricesTerapia OcupacionalQuimica y FarmaciaTecnico en Electricidad IndustrialTecnico en Metalurgia ExtractivaTrabajo Social
0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%Ingenieria ComercialDerechoKinesiologiaIngenieria Civil IndustrialIngenieria en Maquinaria Pesada y Vehiculos AutomotricesTerapia OcupacionalQuimica y FarmaciaTecnico en Electricidad IndustrialTecnico en Metalurgia ExtractivaTrabajo Social
TocopillaChile

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%20.0%40.0%Engineering and industryHealth and welfareBusiness and lawEducationArts and humanitiesServicesNatural sciencesSocial sciencesInformation technologyAgriculture and veterinary
0.0%20.0%40.0%Engineering and industryHealth and welfareBusiness and lawEducationArts and humanitiesServicesNatural sciencesSocial sciencesInformation technologyAgriculture and veterinary
TocopillaChile

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

0200400600200620152024443232
0200400600200620152024443232
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 Tocopilla'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 Tocopilla 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

Tocopilla87%Fonasa9.4%IsapreChile83%Fonasa13%Isapre
Tocopilla87%FonasaChile83%Fonasa
FonasaIsapreNo coverOther system or undeclared% of the population counted
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Disability prevalence
10.8%
7.8%10.6%30th of 56
Public health insurance
87.0%
78.4%82.6%38th of 54
Hospital discharges per 1,000 residents · Not age-adjusted. It mixes how much illness there is with how much hospital there is nearby.
59.1
87.882.545th of 52
In-hospital mortality, standardised ratio · Chile = 100, adjusting for this comuna's age and sex.
117
1231008th of 52
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
People with a disability
3,262
49,8761,950,38845th of 56
Average age, people with a disability
53.3 yrs
51.5 yrs56.4 yrs46th of 56
Disability among 65+
37.5%
35.2%43.0%47th of 56
Difficulty walking
4.33%
3.17%4.92%37th of 56
Difficulty seeing
5.18%
3.55%4.58%21st of 56
Difficulty hearing
2.39%
1.59%2.16%22nd of 56
Difficulty concentrating
2.35%
1.92%2.70%39th of 56
Private health insurance
9.4%
16.2%13.2%11th of 54
No health coverage
2.48%
3.27%1.98%18th of 54
Sought care when ill · Of those who had an illness or accident in the last three months.
81.1%
92.3%92.1%54th of 54
Households lacking health access
3.1%
4.8%6.0%50th of 54
Hospital discharges · Episodes, not people: someone hospitalised three times counts three times.
1,788
55,7691,523,71645th of 52
Deaths during a hospital stay · Only those that happen in hospital; the rest do not go through this register.
61
1,13536,69844th of 52
In-hospital case fatality · Of every 100 hospital stays, how many end in death.
3.41%
2.04%2.41%7th of 52
Average length of stay · Bed-days over discharges, averaged after adding up.
9.0 days
5.5 days6.1 days2nd of 52
In-hospital deaths per 10,000 residents · Not age-adjusted, and therefore high where the population is older.
20.2
17.919.922nd of 52
Hospitalisation, standardised ratio · Chile = 100, adjusting for this comuna's age and sex.
74
11310044th of 52
Cancer hospitalisations · Discharges with a malignant tumour (C00-C97) as the main diagnosis. Episodes, not people.
90
2,99389,72346th of 54
Share of hospitalisations that are for cancer · Of every 100 discharges in the comuna, how many are for a malignant tumour.
5.0%
5.4%5.9%34th of 54
Cancer hospitalisations per 10,000 residents · Not age-adjusted: above all it compares how old the comuna is.
29.8
47.148.645th of 54
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.
64
11410043rd of 54

What people are hospitalised for

Heart and lungs 24%Digestive and urinary tract 18%Injuries, bones and… 16%Tumours, blood… 13%Pregnancy, bi… 13%Infections and othe… 8.7%Mind, nerves and se… 8.3%Respiratorysystem13%Circulatorysystem11%Genitourinarysystem9.9%Digestivesystem7.9%Injuries andpoisoning11%Musculoskel…2.6%Skin2.3%Cancers andtumours7.0%EndocrineandmetabolicBloodandimmuni…2.2%Pregnancy andchildbirth11%Ill-defi…symptoms4.1%Contactwithhealth…2.9%Inf…andpar…Mental andbehavioural5.4%Nervoussystem2.3%
Heart and lungs 24%Digestive and u… 18%Injuries, bones and… 16%Tumours, blood and … 13%Pregnancy, birth and… 13%Infec… 8.7%Mind… 8.3%Respiratorysystem13%Circulatorysystem11%Genitour…system9.9%Digesti…system7.9%Injuries andpoisoning11%Muscul…2.6%Skin2.3%Cancers andtumours7.0%Endoc…andmetab…3.4%Blo…andimm…Pregnancy andchildbirth11%Ill-definedsymptomsConta…with…Inf…andpar…Mental andbehavioural5.4%Nervous…
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 digestivos47%Sitios reservados14%Mama13%Sangre y sistemalinfático13%Vías urinarias12%
Órganos digestivos47%Sitios reservados14%Mama13%Sangre y sistemalinfático13%Vías urinarias12%
Órganos digestivosSitios reservadosMamaSangre y sistema linfáticoVías urinariashover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile

Economy and poverty

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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Income poverty · People in households whose income does not cover the poverty line.
18.1%
16.4%17.3%35th of 54
Average monthly pay · Reported net pay in UF divided by workers weighted by months worked.
22.3 UF
35.1 UF32.0 UF34th of 54
Women's pay as share of men's · 100 means parity; below 100, women earn less per full-time-equivalent job.
96.2%
77.2%78.9%23rd of 54
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.
61.5
69.785.655th of 56
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Employment rate · Employed people over the population aged 15 or over.
49.2%
57.7%54.4%45th of 56
Census unemployment · Measured by the Census, not by Casen: the two ask differently.
10.8%
8.0%8.6%5th of 56
Self-employed
44.1%
34.7%33.8%4th of 56
Extreme poverty
6.9%
7.1%6.9%33rd of 54
Multidimensional poverty · Households with deprivations in education, health, work, housing or networks.
20.4%
17.3%17.7%13th of 54
Unemployment rate
6.1%
7.8%8.8%47th of 54
Household income per capita · Chilean pesos per month, corrected total income.
CLP 567,549
CLP 806,072CLP 783,12433rd of 54
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.
0.454
0.4440.48825th of 53
Registered firms
1,858
44,2881,582,39050th of 56
Annual sales
7,953,480 UF
594,510,665 UF34,347,683,688 UF50th of 54
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.
6,156
230,6089,699,16449th of 56
Sales per firm
4,281 UF
13,424 UF21,706 UF35th of 54
Employees per firm · Workers weighted by months worked, so two half-year jobs are not counted as two positions.
2.3
3.43.933rd of 56
Women among employees
39.7%
32.8%40.6%30th of 56
Independent contractors
2,132
76,9443,958,26950th of 56
Contractors as share of workers
25.7%
25.0%29.0%30th of 56

Employment by industry

Trade and logistics 26%Natural resources 21%State and social services 21%Industry and constr… 20%Advanced… 7.6%Other se… 4.5%Retail andwholesale13%Accommodationand food6.7%Transport6.2%Mining17%Agricu…andfishing4.5%Education9.1%Publicadministr…6.6%Health5.0%Construction8.6%Manufactur…6.0%Electric…and gas3.6%Water and…Administrat…services4.7%Profes…servic…Financ…Info…Otherservi…2.4%Domest…workArts an…
Trade and logistics 26%Natural resources 21%State and soci… 21%Industry and… 20%Adv… 7.6%Oth… 4.5%Retail andwholesale13%Accommodat…and food6.7%Transport6.2%Mining17%Agr…andfis…Education9.1%Publicadminist…6.6%Health5.0%Construction8.6%Manufac…6.0%Electr…and gas3.6%Water…Administr…services4.7%Profe…servi…Fin…Otherserv…Dome…Arts…
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 59%Managers and professionals 26%Elementary occupations 16%Service and sales20%Craft and trades18%Plant and machineoperators13%Clericalsupport5.8%Technicians12%Professiona…11%Elementary occupations16%
Skilled occupations 59%Managers and professionals 26%Elementary oc… 16%Service andsales20%Craft andtrades18%Plant andmachineoperators13%Clericalsupport5.8%Technicians12%Professionals11%ManagersElementaryoccupations16%
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

Tocopilla88%House8.0%FlatChile79%House20%Flat
Tocopilla88%HouseChile79%House20%
HouseFlatOther dwelling type% of private dwellings
IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Overcrowded dwellings
7.4%
7.6%5.7%6th of 56
Internet access
93.1%
96.5%93.2%21st of 56
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.
3.3
1.52.330th of 56
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.
2.9
1.11.627th of 56
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IndicatorValueAgainst its peersRegionChileRank
Occupied dwellings with residents
10,101
202,0656,408,17246th of 56
Critically overcrowded
0.59%
0.94%0.57%8th of 56
Irrecoverable dwellings
4.32%
2.66%1.13%4th of 56
Public water network
93.6%
95.9%92.3%15th of 56
Electricity access
99.4%
99.5%99.6%33rd of 56
Detached houses
88.4%
78.3%78.7%44th of 56
Apartments
8.0%
19.2%19.9%18th of 56
Precarious wall materials
0.48%
0.53%0.23%13th of 56
Unoccupied private dwellings
21.5%
8.2%11.9%16th of 56
Quantitative housing deficit
1,121
27,028491,90445th of 56
Housing deficit as share of households
10.9%
12.6%7.5%7th of 56
Renting households
25.8%
34.6%26.2%13th of 56
Owner-occupiers
50.4%
48.6%61.1%51st of 56
Households heating with wood · Firewood is the main source of urban air pollution in the south.
0.2%
0.7%24.4%55th of 56
Commute by public transport
42.3%
40.8%42.1%8th of 56
Walks to work
22.7%
10.7%10.2%12th of 56
Households with a computer
46.2%
57.7%54.9%34th of 56
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.
2.2
0.91.111th of 56
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.
95.9%
98.5%97.0%24th of 56
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.
95.9%
99.4%99.9%51st of 56
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.
98.5%
99.7%100.0%52nd of 56
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.
95.8%
97.3%89.4%10th of 56
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.
95.9%
98.9%98.1%33rd of 56
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.
96.8%
99.4%99.7%47th of 56
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.
13.0
5.55.916th of 56
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.
80.6%
94.1%80.3%21st of 56
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.
80.7%
95.1%90.0%28th of 56
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.
81.6%
95.3%96.2%42nd of 56
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.
1.8
0.70.69th of 56
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.
95.9%
98.8%99.0%41st of 56
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.
95.9%
99.4%99.9%54th of 56
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.
98.5%
99.7%100.0%52nd of 56
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.
95.9%
98.3%91.6%14th of 56
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.
95.9%
99.1%98.5%35th of 56
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.
96.8%
99.3%99.8%48th of 56

How people commute

Public transport 42%Private vehicle 26%On foot or by bicycle 23%Othe… 8.7%Public transport42%Car26%Walking23%Other8.6%
Public transport 42%Private vehic… 26%On foot or by bicycle 23%Other … 8.7%Public transport42%Car26%Walking23%Other8.6%
Public transporthover a tile for its count and its distance from Chile; click a group to open itFour modes, grouped by PuroChile.

Housing tenure

Owned 50%Rented 26%Provided rent-free 18%Owned outright48%Rented, withcontract16%Rented, nocontract10.0%Provided byfamily10%Providedbyemployer7.6%Otherarrang…5.9%
Owned 50%Rented 26%Provided rent-free 18%Owned outright48%Rented,withcontract16%Rented,nocontract10.0%Provided byfamily10%Providedbyemployer7.6%Other 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

No heating 76%Fossil fuels 17%Electricity 7.1%No heating76%Gas17%Electricity7.1%
No heating 76%Fossil fuels 17%Electri… 7.1%No heating76%Gas17%Electricity7.1%
No heatingElectricityOther 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
77.1%
of the registered voted in the first round
76.5%
voted in the runoff
26,468
registered voters on the roll
12.2%
of runoff ballots were null or blank

Presidential runoff · 14 December

Jeannette Jara Roman49.8%41.7%
Jose Antonio Kast Rist50.2%58.3%
TocopillaChileshare of the valid vote

Presidential, first round · 16 November

Franco Parisi Fernandez41.4%19.8%
Jeannette Jara Roman25.9%26.7%
Marco Antonio Enriquez-Ominami Gumucio1.2%1.2%
Johannes Kaiser Barents-Von Hohenhagen10.0%13.9%
Jose Antonio Kast Rist15.0%24.0%
Eduardo Antonio Artes Brichetti0.6%0.7%
Evelyn Matthei Fornet5.1%12.4%
Harold Mayne-Nicholls Secul0.9%1.3%
TocopillaChileshare of the valid vote

Chamber of Deputies · 16 November

CUnidad por Chile24.7%30.6%
KCambio por Chile15.2%23.0%
JChile Grande y Unido10.7%21.1%
IPartido de la Gente26.9%12.0%
BVerdes, Regionalistas y Humanistas7.3%6.9%
DIzquierda Ecologista Popular Animalista y Humanista3.6%2.6%
APartido Ecologista Verde—0.8%
EMovimiento Amarillos por Chile—0.8%
GPartido Alianza Verde Popular—0.6%
FPartido de Trabajadores Revolucionarios9.8%0.6%
HPopular1.7%0.2%
Independents outside a pact—0.7%
TocopillaChileshare of the valid vote

Territories within

2
CommuneCensus populationForeign-born shareAverage years of schoolingIncome poverty
Tocopilla25,40011.0%9.6 yrs20.0%
María Elena4,83415.9%10.1 yrs6.9%
Tocopilla30,23411.8%9.7 yrs18.1%