Algarrobo, Málaga property and area FAQs

Algarrobo is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated in the coastal area of La Axarquía, 32 kilometers from the city of Málaga. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of Arenas and Sayalonga, to the east and west by Vélez-Málaga and to the south by the Mediterranean Sea. It is situated at an altitude of 86 meters. Other towns in the municipality are Algarrobo Costa, Mezquitilla and Trayamar.

Algarrobo’s current IGN settlement record contains 6 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Algarrobo, at a recorded elevation of approximately 79 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Algarrobo-Costa (3,567 residents in the cited settlement record), Trayamar (284 residents in the cited settlement record), Los Llanos (194 residents in the cited settlement record), and Camarillas (22 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.

Natives of the town are called Algarrobeños.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 10.0 square kilometres for Algarrobo municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 29005 and keeps the province label Málaga. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

The audited municipality record contains 19 additional named-place records for Algarrobo municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Dividing the INE population of 6,868 by the recorded municipal area of 10.0 km² gives approximately 686.8 residents per km² for Algarrobo municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

Algarrobo 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 Algarrobo municipality is 6,868, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Algarrobo municipality, recorded population changed by 11.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Algarrobo municipality is €10,851 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.1 years for Algarrobo municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 21.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Algarrobo municipality, in period 2023.

The displayed series for Algarrobo municipality begins at 6,160 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Algarrobo municipality, the highest population value is 6,868 residents in 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Algarrobo municipality changed by 11.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Algarrobo municipality records €2,228 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.

Within the same displayed series for Andalucía, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.6 index points in 2024Q3.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 90.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The displayed series for Málaga province begins at €2,714 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for Málaga province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,714 per m² in 2024Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,206 buildings for Algarrobo municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 5,766 dwellings for Algarrobo 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 1,976 for Algarrobo municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 1,141 energy certificates for Algarrobo municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1970–1989 band contains 643 recorded buildings for Algarrobo municipality, representing 29.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 680 recorded buildings for Algarrobo municipality, representing 31.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The active entries in the imported official register represent 1,756 registered places for Algarrobo municipality. Registered capacity does not measure actual occupancy.

The Catastro extract records 5,766 dwellings across 2,206 buildings for Algarrobo municipality, or approximately 2.61 dwellings per recorded building.

The current eligible public inventory contains 6 listings for Algarrobo. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 5 villas; 1 town house. 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 €40,000 to €595,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €40,000 and maximum of €595,000 is €555,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 5 eligible public villas for Algarrobo, equal to 83.3% of the 6-listing area inventory.

No. The Algarrobo 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.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public town house for Algarrobo, equal to 16.7% of the 6-listing area inventory.