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San Juan de la Costa

Región de Los Lagos7.424 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 20241.508 km² of area5 inh./km²$7.556M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Finance
92%
11th most dependent on the Municipal Common Fund in the country
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Society
39%
5th highest multidimensional poverty in the country
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Society
-20%
10th that lost the most population (since 2002)
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Livability
37.0/100
17th least liveable in the country
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Population
−17,7%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
38,9%
Multidimensional poverty · 5th highest of 346
Finance
$1 million
per inhabitant per year · rank 71 of 346
Finance
93,13%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Finance
8th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

34 Schools
7 Health centers
5 Squares and green areas
3 Kindergartens
3 Carabineros
1 Hospitals

San Juan de la Costa es una comuna chilena situada en la provincia de Osorno, en Los Lagos. Según el censo de 2024, tiene una población de 7776 habitantes.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

37.0 /100
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#330 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety39
Health18
Culture and environment37
Education64
Infrastructure40
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

José Muñoz U.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
2.142
votes (31.35%)
8.516
Electoral roll
86,07%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 8 terms
JM
José Muñoz U.
2024-2028 · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
2.142
votes
BC
Bernardo Candia Henriquez
2021-2024 · DC
1.583
votes
JO
Javier Oyarzo Ruiz
2008-2012 · RN
1.924
votes
JO
Javier Oyarzo Ruiz
2004-2008 · RN
2.332
votes
JO
Javier Oyarzo Ruiz
2000-2004 · RN
1.887
votes
JO
Javier Oyarzo Ruiz
1996-2000 · RN
1.267
votes
JO
Javier Oyarzo Ruiz
1994-1996 · RN
567
votes
PR
Ponciano Rumian Lemuy
1992-1994 · PPD
547
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

EO
Eduardo Ortega P.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
786
votes
LF
Luis Ferrada W.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
779
votes
MQ
Maria Queupuan C.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · INDEPENDIENTE
653
votes
CB
Carlos Becerra B.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
461
votes
EO
Eduardo Ojeda O.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
347
votes
JO
Jesica Ojeda G.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
289
votes

Sesiones

Última sesión4 de junio de 2026246 minWatch session

En una línea: Sesión extensa con múltiples aprobaciones presupuestarias y de obras, incluyendo la licitación de la plaza de Puaucho, el inicio del proyecto del centro productivo comunitario y el Plan de Acción Comunal de Cambio Climático.

Temas tratados

  • Acta anterior: Aprobación del acta del consejo del 20 de mayo.
  • Modificación presupuestaria de Salud: Redistribución para cubrir arriendo de vehículos en programas de salud.
  • Modificación presupuestaria de Educación: Incorporación de fondos del Mineduc para pagar bono de incentivo al retiro de un asistente de la educación.
  • Licitación plaza educativa cultural de Puaucho: Adjudicación a empresa Asemón SPA (unión temporal de proveedores).
  • Centro Productivo Comunitario de Puaucho: Aprobación del aporte municipal de $50 millones y costos de operación para postular a financiamiento FRIL.
  • Comodatos: Cinco sedes comunitarias entregadas en comodato a organizaciones locales.
  • Plan de Acción Comunal de Cambio Climático 2026–2030: Presentación y aprobación del plan con 8 amenazas identificadas y 46 medidas.
  • Asociación de Criadores Raza Cunco (APROCUM AG): Exposición sobre proyectos en curso y solicitud de apoyo municipal para certificación y capacitación.
  • Puntos varios: Caballo deambulando en Puaucho, estado del departamento de tránsito, condiciones en oficina del Registro Civil, subsidios habitacionales pendientes, entre otros.

Acuerdos y votaciones

  • Acta anterior: aprobada de forma unánime.
  • Modificación presupuestaria de Salud: aprobada de forma unánime.
  • Modificación presupuestaria de Educación (bono retiro Patricio Pérez, $3.530.610): aprobada de forma unánime.
  • Adjudicación licitación plaza Puaucho a Asemón SPA por $87.483.222: aprobada de forma unánime.
  • Aporte municipal de $50 millones para equipamiento del Centro Productivo Comunitario: aprobado de forma unánime.
  • Costos de operación y mantención del Centro Productivo (estimados en $129 millones a 10 años): aprobados de forma unánime.
  • Cinco comodatos de sedes (Comunidad Toki Leutraro, Junta de Vecinos de Wali, Puninque, Coliguería y Puaucho), todos por 2 años: aprobados de forma unánime.
  • Plan de Acción Comunal de Cambio Climático: aprobado con abstención del concejal Luis Ferrada, quien condicionó su voto a que se cortaran los pinos de la escuela de Pulotre antes de las vacaciones de invierno.

Plata y obras

  • Salud: Incremento de ingresos por $15.137.000 (aportes Minsal y municipio) destinados íntegramente a arriendo de vehículos para programas de salud.
  • Educación: $3.530.610 transferidos por Mineduc para bono de retiro de asistente de educación.
  • Plaza educativa cultural Puaucho: $87.483.222 IVA incluido; financiamiento SUBDERE ($83.136.466) más aporte municipal ($4.350.000); plazo 120 días corridos. Segunda licitación: la primera fue declarada desierta.
  • Centro Productivo Comunitario Puaucho: Costo total $170 millones; FRIL aporta $120 millones (~70%) y municipio $50 millones (~30%). El FRIL solo financia obras civiles; el municipio financia equipamiento (cámaras de frío, cocinas industriales, autoclaves, etc.).
  • Plaza Valle Manza: Mencionada como proyecto FRIL de seguridad ya aprobado por el Consejo Regional, financiado con $180 millones del total de $300 millones disponibles.

Puntos de debate o controversia

  • Licitación Asemón (unión temporal de proveedores): Varios concejales expresaron dudas sobre la modalidad UTP —figura nueva para el concejo—, la corta trayectoria de la empresa y el riesgo de abandono de obra. El asesor jurídico y la alcaldía explicaron que la figura está regulada por la ley de compras públicas y que la constitución por escritura pública garantiza responsabilidad solidaria. Se aprobó igualmente de forma unánime.
  • Plan de Cambio Climático: El concejal Luis Ferrada se abstuvo, exigiendo fecha concreta para la tala de pinos en la escuela de Pulotre como condición previa; el alcalde indicó que la acción ya está en curso.
  • Registro Civil en sede de Puaucho: El concejal Eduardo Ojeda reportó aglomeración de adultos mayores de pie por falta de sillas y techo insuficiente en la entrada; la administración se comprometió a coordinar mejoras.
  • Subsidios habitacionales pendientes: El concejal Carlos Becerra alertó que adjudicatarios del año 2025 aún no tienen inicio de obra; se convocó reunión de vivienda para el miércoles siguiente con informe de estado.

Para seguir

  • Próximo miércoles: Reunión de vivienda con informe detallado de adjudicatarios 2025 y estado de cada subsidio; además, exposición de programas del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y de la biblioteca municipal.
  • Próximo martes: Lanzamiento oficial de la Escuela de Dirigentes (convenio con U. Santo Tomás) e inauguración de oficina del Registro Civil en Puaucho.
  • Departamento de Tránsito: Pendiente pronunciamiento de la Secretaría Regional de Transporte; el alcalde estimó resolución en el plazo de una semana.
  • Convenio U. de Los Lagos (fomento productivo): Se solicitó informe detallado del estado de entregas y se abrió evaluación de continuidad del convenio.
  • Modelo de administración del Centro Productivo: Queda pendiente definir gobernanza, tarifas y reglamento de uso antes de la inauguración.
  • Gala del Cordero Cunco: En evaluación para realizarse en Puerto Montt con apoyo municipal y U. Santo Tomás.

Summary generated by AI (claude-sonnet-4-6) from the official broadcast transcript · may contain inaccuracies

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

Este municipio tiene carpetas de actas del concejo en su Transparencia Activa, pero SIN documentos publicados (incumplimiento de la Ley 20.285).

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
145
Highly complex
23
Audit reports
6
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20219181
20195141
20151312173354

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Ancapan
    Lobby / interest management · 11 audiencias · 2022–2025
  • SS
    Saesa S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 9 audiencias · 2017–2025
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Choroy Traiguen
    Lobby / interest management · 9 audiencias · 2021–2025
  • AD
    Agrupacion de Propietarios Rio Sur
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2020–2025
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Maicolpue Rio Sur
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2020–2024
  • CD
    Comite de Adelanto Bahia Mansa Alto
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • AC
    Afusam Costa
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2022–2025
  • CA
    Comite Agua Potable Rural Bahia Mansa
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2015–2021
  • AA
    Asociacion Asistentes de la Educacion San Juan de la Costa
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2022–2025
  • AI
    Asociacion Indigena de Mujeres Mapuche Huilliche del Territorio Kunko
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2022–2025
  • UC
    Union Comunal de Junta de Vecinos de San Juan de la Costa
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2022–2025
  • FC
    Fundacion Coaniquem
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2019–2025
  • CB
    Cuerpo Bomberos San Juan de la Costa
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2020–2024
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos Alianza Costeña
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • AD
    Ag de Productores Ovinos de San Juan de la Costa
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2021–2025
  • CD
    Corporación de Emprendedores de Turismo Rural Región de los Lagos
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2021–2025
  • AM
    Apr Maicolpue
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2020–2025
  • AD
    Agrupacion de Emprendedores Molgen Wuentru Mapu
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2022–2025
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Antu Wilef
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Trafunco los Bados
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2023
and 153 more organizations that requested meetings

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

9.172
inhabitants
7.379
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-20%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
6.034
-13% vs. 2035 (6.948)
Over 60 · 2050
52,46%
39,77% in 2035 · +13 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)17,18 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,9 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment55 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment50 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)551,6 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)531,2 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo7.776 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)12,9 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)38,9 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples75,59 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 36 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
9.875
5.123 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
3.883
76% of RSH households
Female-headed households
42%
2.171
Elderly (60+)2.75828%
Children and adolescents (<18)1.63917%
Foreign nationals410%
Belonging to indigenous peoples7.38475%
People with moderate/severe dependency1371%
Single-person households2.53149%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

School enrollment
1.087
23 schools
Students per teacher
6,7
162 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
91,2%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
89,6%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 46%Private subsidized 54%
Pass rate
98,7%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,05%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
2
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
5
FONASA enrollees
9.875
133% of the population
Doctors employed
15
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 106Contract staff: 84Fee contracts: 1
Primary-care medical visits · per year
14.976
25.733
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
378
842
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (9.886 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar PuauchoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal5.10270%
Centro de Salud Familiar Bahía MansaFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal3.30775%
Posta de Salud Rural AleucapiRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal51087%
Posta de Salud Rural PurrehuínRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal44481%
Posta de Salud Rural CuincoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal27683%
Posta de Salud Rural ChamilcoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal16984%
Hospital Misión San Juan de la CostaHospitalHealth Service5580%
Posta PucatrihueRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal2391%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $5.070.968.000 ($513.516/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.619.728.000Municipal contribution: $208.905.000

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
5.878
75.6% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
102
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
Land grants
10
indigenous lands registry 2022
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche5.83499.3%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

3 Local media · FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
AANTILLANCAFM89.5 FM
SCSoc. Comercial Itrachi Ltda. · holderFM104.7 FM
SdSoc. de Comunicaciones Vargas Rodriguez Ltda. · holderFM88.9 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
42
0,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Perú
12 people · 29% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
12 Perú
10 Argentina
3 Bolivia
2 Colombia

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Encampments
0
no encampments registered
Housing deficit
177
5,3% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
34
2.400 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
122
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
169
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
4
paid · 2015–2024

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

8.638homes · by type (2017)
House
5.074 · 95.6%
House
3.228 · 97%
Shack/hut/shanty
191 · 3.6%
Other private
71 · 2.1%
Shack/improvised dwelling
27 · 0.8%
Other private
25 · 0.5%
Room in old house/tenement
12 · 0.2%
Indigenous dwelling
6 · 0.1%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
2 · 0.1%
Apartment
1 · 0%
Mobile
1 · 0%
83%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
2.147 · 82.1%
Provided for work
266 · 10.2%
Free of charge
144 · 5.5%
Rented
37 · 1.4%
Owned, being paid off
20 · 0.8%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Benefits under special regimesSource: Laws/SII/BCN/MTT/Treasury · deep-research verified

Fiscal or economic treatments that apply only to this comuna or its zone, not the rest of Chile. The chip color shows who it reaches: municipality, community, residents, companies or workers.

Others
Asignación de zona 15% (DL 249)workerspreliminary data
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 15% del sueldo base (art. 7 DL 249). A los funcionarios municipales llega vía art. 25 del DL 3.551/1980 y el monto se aumenta en 40% (Ley 19.354) — salud primaria municipal (Ley 19.378) la percibe sin ese aumento; asistentes de la educación y personal de corporaciones no la perciben (Código del Trabajo). El %/territorio usa la división de 1974: dentro de una comuna pueden regir % mayores en localidades específicas (retenes, islas, cordillera) no reflejados acá; la CGR resuelve caso a caso. Comunas sin asignación no aparecen.

15% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$7.555.761.000
Own revenue
$427.617.000
6% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$5.797.137.000
77% of the total
State transfers
$922.650.000
12% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$777.248.000
$7.555.761.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

24.3%
7.8%
45.0%
22.1%
Property tax$103.971.000
Business licenses$33.212.000
Vehicle permits$192.326.000
Cleaning fees$3.630.000
Other own revenue$94.478.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
48.6%
20.5%
30.9%
Municipal$7.555.761.000
Education$3.194.009.000
Health$4.807.065.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $5.478.961.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$45.010.000
$427.617.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$652.783.000
$5.797.137.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$26.330.000
$922.650.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$9.160.731.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$7.363.141.000
Execution rate
80.4%
Unexecuted: $1.797.590.000
Medium execution: it executed 80.4%. Left unspent: $1.797.590.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$719.804.000
$7.363.141.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

74.1%
20.8%
Internal management$5.458.317.000
Community services$1.533.822.000
Social programs$187.934.000
Municipal activities$21.000.000
Recreational programs$49.410.000
Cultural programs$112.658.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$5.070.968.00068.9%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.469.242.00033.5%
Investment (works and projects)$1.458.625.00019.8%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.147.649.00015.6%
Transfers to education$510.510.0006.9%
Transfers to health$208.905.0002.8%
Electricity (facilities)$107.537.0001.5%
Councillor stipends$103.594.0001.4%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$75.179.0001.0%
Travel allowances$48.013.0000.7%
Water (facilities)$33.426.0000.5%
Street lighting$1.208.0000.0%
Commissions and representation$744.0000.0%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

33.5%
15.6%
50.9%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.469.242.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.147.649.000
Others$3.746.250.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

25.1%
17.3%
25.6%
18.7%
13.3%
Permanent staff$911.564.000
Contract staff$627.972.000
Fee contracts$929.706.000
Labor Code$679.149.000
Community progs.$482.918.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

41.2%
51.0%
7.8%
Permanent staff21
Contract staff26
Fee contracts4
Total: 51 staffFee contracts: 7.8% of the headcountWomen: 42.5%Professionalization: 40.4%
Cost/staffer permanent: $41.737.286/yearCost/staffer contract: $18.786.308/yearCost/staffer fees: $102.664.750/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $1.458.625.000 (19.8% of spending)Councillor stipends: $103.594.000Travel allowances: $48.013.000Commissions and representation: $744.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $75.179.000Street lighting: $1.208.000Electricity: $107.537.000Water: $33.426.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

47
62
20032025

Building permits issued · per year

9
139
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
4 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
0
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
8
Security/patrol pickups
2
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
2
Primary-care medical visits
25.733
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
93,13%
of own revenue
Security drones
0
Permanent staff
22
Permanent own revenue
5,66%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
15
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
139
Health staff
84
contract
Health staff
1
fee-based
Health staff
106
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
9.875
municipal health
Rural health posts
5
Street-market stalls
66
Final works approvals
62

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$53.756.277.871
Purchase orders
29.517

Purchase-order amount · trend

$380.140.763
$2.379.873.357
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Renta Nacional Cia de Seguros Generales S a$12.690.786.666105
Importadora y Distribuidora Arquimed Ltda.$5.162.104.33617
Salinas y Fabres Sociedad Anonima$1.604.636.022155
Constructora Terranova Ltda.$1.131.696.24615
Coop Agricola y de Servicios Limitada$1.020.559.476329
Esmax Distribucion Limitada$931.411.183834
Constructora e Inmobiliaria Axial Limitada$918.782.03611
Mag Construcciones SpA$809.541.7546

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.231.364.30652%
Agile Purchase $789.842.62133%
Framework Agreement $275.821.19012%
Direct award discretionary$82.845.2403%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
351
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
808

Pyramid by sales bracket

68.9%
6.3%
24.2%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)242 companies
Small (≤25k UF)22 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)2 companies
No sales/no info85 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad Agricola Horst Ruhe y Compania LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 124
Soc Agricola y Forestal Degenfeld LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 118
I Municipalidad de San Juan de la CostaADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SNo sales605

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

Environment and air qualitySource: MMA · SINCA + PPDA + RETC

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
0 t SO₂
0 t MP10
0 t MP2,5

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
Alerce CosteroNatural Monumentat 30.9 km

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

16
Species
16
Fauna
9
In conservation status
Species in conservation category
Musola moteadaMustelus mentoCRZarapito de pico recto, aguja café, becasina de mar, hudsonian godwit (inglés)Limosa haemasticaVUChorlo de doble collar, chorlito de doble collarCharadrius falklandicusVUPingüino de humboldt, pingüino, pájaro niño, patranka, humboldt penguin (inglés), peruvian penguin (inglés)Spheniscus humboldtiENPetrel de barba blanca, fardela negra grande, petrel negro, pardela gorgiblanca, petrel mentón blanco comúnProcellaria aequinoctialisVUPingüino de magallanesSpheniscus magellanicusNTPilpilén, pilpilén común, american oystercatcher (inglés)Haematopus palliatusNTCarpintero negro, gallos del monte, rere (mapudungún)Campephilus magellanicusNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNT

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

3 Wetlands · 3 urban · 618 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-10-55Rio Rahue - Damas y Trib. (Rio Negro)urban505 /2.409
HUR-14-01Sist. Rios Llollelhue- Bueno- Radimadiurban98 /4.325
HUR-10-59Rio Muicolpueurban16

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
SAESA · also Luz Osorno
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Osorno at 37.3 km

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
4 m²
40% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero Curaco (Osorno) · 3.780 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
15
Area affected
136 ha
mostly forest
Cumulative last 5 seasons
188 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
33
At high or very high risk
11
4 very high
Main threat
Inundación por desborde de c…
Inundación por desborde de cauce

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)

No scarcity decree in force today.
Years under decree since 2008
1
latest: 2021 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
10,39°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,14°C
Annual precipitation
2.290 mm
projection: 0%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +1 days
Frost days
13

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
485
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
6.533
Police cases · trend
401
485
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Domestic violence1111.495
Property damage961.293
Threats861.158
Minor injuries45606
Larceny27364
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces24323
Other burglaries (forcible entry)19256
Burglary of an inhabited place19256
Threats or brawls (misdemeanor)8108
Sexual abuse8108
Less serious injuries8108
Burglary of an uninhabited place794

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 25.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
8
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 7.424 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
8
20202025