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Alta, Málaga property and area FAQs
Alta is an NLS property-search area in Málaga province within the Mijas municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 1 listing, including 1 plot.
Place and geography
What is Alta like?
Mijas is a municipality in the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located on the southeastern coast of Spain, Mijas belongs to the region of Costa del Sol Occidental. Its center is a typical Andalusian white-washed village, Mijas Pueblo, located on a mountainside about 430 metres or 1,476 feet above sea level, in the heart of the Costa del Sol region.
How is Alta organised into official settlements?
For Mijas, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 17 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Mijas, at a recorded elevation of approximately 415 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Las Lagunas (38,130 residents in the cited settlement record), Sitio de Calahonda (18,122 residents in the cited settlement record), Campo-Mijas (6,425 residents in the cited settlement record), La Cala (4,870 residents in the cited settlement record), and Chaparral (4,724 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 Alta?
The municipality has three nuclei, gathering the majority of its population:
What is the recorded municipal area for Alta?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 148.8 square kilometres for Mijas municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What geographic scope do the facts for Alta use?
The stated official-data scope is Mijas municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.
Does Alta have a linked official website?
Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.
How many official population nuclei are recorded for Alta?
The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Mijas municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for Alta?
The latest imported INE population for Mijas municipality is 91,293, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in Alta?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Mijas municipality, recorded population changed by 19.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for Alta?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Mijas municipality is €11,823 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in Alta?
INE records an average age of 40.7 years for Mijas municipality, for period 2023.
How has the published population series moved across the displayed span for Alta?
From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Mijas municipality changed by 19.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.
How extensive is the current population series used for Alta?
The page uses 9 published observations for Mijas municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Alta?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Mijas municipality records €2,948 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What appraised housing value is available for Alta?
MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,235 per square metre for Mijas municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.
Where does the published appraised housing value series for Alta begin?
The displayed series for Mijas municipality begins at €2,325 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What is the highest displayed appraised housing value point relevant to Alta?
Within the 12 displayed observations for Mijas municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,235 per m² in 2026Q1.
What proportion of recorded Notariado sales for Alta carries price information?
2,807 of 3,150 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Mijas municipality, equal to 89.1%.
What province-level average sale price is shown for Alta?
The latest Registradores province average is €338,816 in 2026Q2 for Málaga. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.
Housing stock and registrations
How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Alta?
Dirección General del Catastro records 19,262 buildings for Mijas municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for Alta?
The current Catastro building extract records 64,547 dwellings for Mijas municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in Alta?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,987 for Mijas municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
How many energy certificates are recorded for Alta?
The current official administrative extract contains 20,750 energy certificates for Mijas municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.
What share of recorded energy certificates in Alta is rated A to C?
Among the imported certificates for Mijas municipality, 6.6% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.
How much of the recorded Alta building stock falls in the 1950–1969 band?
The 1950–1969 band contains 1,898 recorded buildings for Mijas municipality, representing 9.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in Alta on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 1 listing for Alta. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.
Which property types are currently available in Alta?
The current public inventory is: 1 plot. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.
What is the current asking-price range in Alta?
Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €12,250,000 to €12,250,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.
Are inactive or private listings included in the current Alta inventory?
No. The Alta 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.
What part of the current Alta inventory is plots?
NLS currently shows 1 eligible public plot for Alta, equal to 100.0% of the 1-listing area inventory.
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.