Arafo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife property and area FAQs

Arafo is a municipality of the southeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands. The town Arafo is situated 5 km west of the coast town Candelaria and 22 km southwest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The TF-1 motorway passes through the eastern part of the municipality.

For Arafo, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 5 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Arafo, at a recorded elevation of approximately 463 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include La Hidalga (424 residents in the cited settlement record), Playa de Lima (90 residents in the cited settlement record), El Carretón (84 residents in the cited settlement record), and Polígono Industrial (50 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 33.9 square kilometres for Arafo municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 470 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 5 official population nuclei for Arafo municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 28.3404, -16.4173. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 38004 and keeps the province label Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Arafo is an official municipality in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The latest imported INE population for Arafo municipality is 5,786, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Arafo municipality, recorded population changed by 5.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Arafo municipality is €13,371 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.4 years for Arafo municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Arafo municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

INE records 18.9% of residents aged 65 or over for Arafo municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Arafo municipality changed by 5.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Arafo municipality begins at 5,482 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Arafo municipality is 5,599 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Arafo municipality records €1,248 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

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

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.

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

55 of 96 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Arafo municipality, equal to 57.3%.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Canarias changed by 11.0% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

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

The price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 123 m² for Arafo municipality.

The page uses 8 published observations for Canarias, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

The page uses 12 published observations for Arafo municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 3,107 buildings for Arafo municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 2,185 dwellings for Arafo 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 1,971 for Arafo municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 438 energy certificates for Arafo municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Among the imported certificates for Arafo municipality, 17.8% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Before 1950 band contains 629 recorded buildings for Arafo municipality, representing 20.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 678 recorded buildings for Arafo municipality, representing 22.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 2,185 dwellings across 3,107 buildings for Arafo municipality, or approximately 0.70 dwellings per recorded building.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 1,029 buildings, or 33.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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