Alcaucín, Málaga property and area FAQs

Alcaucin is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It borders with the province of Granada. The municipality is situated approximately 54 kilometers to the city of Málaga. It is 507 km from the capital of Madrid. The name was derived from al-kautín, the Arabic of "the arches." Natives of the town are called Alcaucineños and have the nickname of tiznaos.

Alcaucín’s current IGN settlement record contains 8 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Alcaucín, at a recorded elevation of approximately 504 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include El Puente (670 residents in the cited settlement record), Venta Baja (269 residents in the cited settlement record), El Cerro (45 residents in the cited settlement record), Cortijillos (35 residents in the cited settlement record), and El Toril (34 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.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 46.0 square kilometres for Alcaucín municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 518 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The stated official-data scope is Alcaucín municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.

Alcaucín is an official municipality in Málaga province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The latest imported INE population for Alcaucín municipality is 2,677, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Alcaucín municipality, recorded population changed by 15.8%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Alcaucín municipality is €11,024 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 50.5 years for Alcaucín municipality, for period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Alcaucín municipality, the lowest population value is 2,175 residents in 2016.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Alcaucín municipality changed by 15.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Alcaucín municipality records €992 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 14.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Andalucía changed by 11.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €120,285 for Alcaucín municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,191 buildings for Alcaucín municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 2,402 dwellings for Alcaucín municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,985 for Alcaucín municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 685 energy certificates for Alcaucín municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 1,309 buildings, or 60.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Alcaucín municipality, 4.2% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The current eligible public inventory contains 3 listings for Alcaucín. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 3 villas. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €191,000 to €355,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Alcaucín count includes only active listings that are eligible for the public NLS catalogue at the time the page is generated. Draft, withdrawn, private and feed-private records do not create a public area or property-type page.

The difference between the current published minimum of €191,000 and maximum of €355,000 is €164,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 3 eligible public villas for Alcaucín, equal to 100.0% of the 3-listing area inventory.