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Alajeró, Santa Cruz de Tenerife property and area FAQs

Alajeró is a municipality on the island of La Gomera in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is located on the south coast, SW of the capital San Sebastián de la Gomera. As well as being a municipality, Alajeró is also the name of the administrative town that governs that municipality. The valleys (barrancos) and Atlantic coastal strip are used for arable farming, with mountains and hills in the north covered by forest and scrub/grassland used for grazing sheep and goats.

Place and geography

What does the local overview record about Alajeró?

Alajeró is a municipality on the island of La Gomera in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is located on the south coast, SW of the capital San Sebastián de la Gomera. As well as being a municipality, Alajeró is also the name of the administrative town that governs that municipality.

How many settlement centres are recorded around Alajeró?

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 3 official population nuclei for Alajeró. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alajeró, at a recorded elevation of approximately 843 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Playa de Santiago (1,171 residents in the cited settlement record) and Imada (124 residents in the cited settlement record). Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

What else is documented about Alajeró?

The valleys (barrancos) and Atlantic coastal strip are used for arable farming, with mountains and hills in the north covered by forest and scrub/grassland used for grazing sheep and goats.

What is the recorded municipal area for Alajeró?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 49.4 square kilometres for Alajeró municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

How many other named localities are recorded for Alajeró?

The audited municipality record contains 7 additional named-place records for Alajeró municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

How does NLS avoid mixing Alajeró with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 38003 and keeps the province label Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Which province is Alajeró in?

Alajeró is in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

What is the official INE code used for Alajeró?

The official municipality context used for Alajeró has INE code 38003. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Alajeró?

The latest imported INE population for Alajeró municipality is 2,037, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Alajeró?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alajeró municipality, recorded population changed by 7.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Alajeró?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alajeró municipality is €14,306 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Alajeró?

INE records an average age of 47.0 years for Alajeró municipality, for period 2023.

What is the average household size in Alajeró?

The latest imported INE figure is 2.20 people per household for Alajeró municipality, for period 2023.

What is the simple mean of the published population observations used for Alajeró?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Alajeró municipality is 1,947 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

What share of residents in Alajeró is recorded as non-Spanish?

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 13.6% for Alajeró municipality, in period 2023.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Alajeró?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Alajeró municipality records €1,875 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Alajeró market?

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 29.3% for Canarias in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

Where does the published regional foreign-buyer share series for Alajeró begin?

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 27.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

When does the current regional foreign-buyer share series for Alajeró reach its maximum?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Canarias, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 30.0% in 2025Q2.

What share of recent transactions is resale housing in Alajeró?

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 95.2% of transactions for Alajeró municipality.

What is the latest quarterly housing transaction count for Alajeró?

The latest displayed MITMA point records 2 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Alajeró municipality.

What change separates the first and latest displayed regional foreign-buyer share values for Alajeró?

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Canarias changed by 7.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Alajeró?

Dirección General del Catastro records 1,048 buildings for Alajeró municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Alajeró?

The current Catastro building extract records 1,267 dwellings for Alajeró municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Alajeró?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,968 for Alajeró municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for Alajeró?

The current official administrative extract contains 125 energy certificates for Alajeró municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Which building-age band is largest in Alajeró?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 317 buildings, or 30.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

What share of cadastral buildings in Alajeró is labelled 1970–1989?

The 1970–1989 band contains 317 recorded buildings for Alajeró municipality, representing 30.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

What dwelling-to-building ratio is recorded for Alajeró?

The Catastro extract records 1,267 dwellings across 1,048 buildings for Alajeró municipality, or approximately 1.21 dwellings per recorded building.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Alajeró on NLS?

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Alajeró. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

How to read these answers

Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.