Arico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife property and area FAQs

Arico is the name of a municipality and a village in the southeastern part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, Spain. It is part of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The municipality is located in the southeastern part of the island, and extends for 178,76 square kilometers from the mountainous interior to the beaches on the Atlantic. The TF-1 motorway passes through the eastern part of the municipality.

Arico’s current IGN settlement record contains 30 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Arico, at a recorded elevation of approximately 384 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Porís de Abona (1,237 residents in the cited settlement record), Los Abriguitos (928 residents in the cited settlement record), El Río (815 residents in the cited settlement record), La Jaca (676 residents in the cited settlement record), and Barranco del Río (643 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 city administration is located in Villa de Arico. The other villages located on this municipality are: Arico Nuevo, Arico Viejo, Abades, La Jaca, Tajao and Poris de Abona.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 178.8 square kilometres for Arico municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 9,007 by the recorded municipal area of 178.8 km² gives approximately 50.4 residents per km² for Arico municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

Arico 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 official municipality context used for Arico has INE code 38005. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 556 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 38005 and keeps the province label Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The latest imported INE population for Arico municipality is 9,007, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Arico municipality, recorded population changed by 21.5%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Arico municipality is €12,195 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.3 years for Arico municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Arico municipality, the highest population value is 9,007 residents in 2023.

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Arico municipality changed by 21.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Arico municipality is 8,116 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The displayed series for Arico municipality begins at 7,411 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.30 people per household for Arico municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Arico municipality records €1,795 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.

Colegio de Registradores reports €2,807 per square metre for Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2026Q2. The comparison retains its published province scope.

Within the same displayed series for Canarias, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 22.8% in 2026Q1.

The displayed series for Canarias 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.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Canarias changed by 21.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The published price measures use 120 price-informed sales from 128 total recorded transactions for Arico municipality.

Within the same displayed series for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,399 per m² in 2024Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 5,797 buildings for Arico municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 6,336 dwellings for Arico 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 1,979 for Arico municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 1,091 energy certificates for Arico municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Among the imported certificates for Arico municipality, 6.0% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Catastro extract records 6,336 dwellings across 5,797 buildings for Arico municipality, or approximately 1.09 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 710 recorded buildings for Arico municipality, representing 12.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,644 recorded buildings for Arico municipality, representing 28.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,420 recorded buildings for Arico municipality, representing 42.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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