Benahavis, Málaga property and area FAQs

Benahavís is a Spanish town (pueblo) and municipality in the province of Malaga. It is a mountain village between Marbella, Estepona, and Ronda, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the coast.

Benahavís’ 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 Benahavís, at a recorded elevation of approximately 157 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Artola (3,443 residents in the cited settlement record), La Alquería-El Paraíso (2,058 residents in the cited settlement record), Parque Botánico las Lomas del Guadalmina (174 residents in the cited settlement record), Montemayor (89 residents in the cited settlement record), and La Zagaleta (72 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.

Its terrain is traversed by the Guadalmina, Guadaiza and Guadalmansa Rivers. Places of great natural and historic interest are to be found within its boundaries, such as El Cerro del Duque, Daidin and the Montemayor Castle.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 145.0 square kilometres for Benahavís municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 6 official population nuclei for Benahavís municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 150 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Benahavis is treated as an official municipality. The page is joined to institutional datasets by its five-digit INE identity, not by a loose name match.

The latest imported INE population for Benahavís municipality is 9,170, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Benahavís municipality, recorded population changed by 29.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Benahavís municipality is €14,248 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 39.8 years for Benahavís municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Benahavís municipality changed by 29.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 13.6% of residents aged 65 or over for Benahavís municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Benahavís municipality, the highest population value is 9,255 residents in 2022.

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 Benahavís municipality records €4,529 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.

The page displays 12 quarterly MITMA observations for Benahavís municipality, up to the latest published period in the chart.

The published price measures use 533 price-informed sales from 619 total recorded transactions for Benahavís municipality.

Colegio de Registradores reports €3,254 per square metre for Málaga province in 2026Q2. This is province context, not a local substitute.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Benahavís municipality is 198 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,555 buildings for Benahavís municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 9,890 dwellings for Benahavís 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 2,001 for Benahavís municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 4,205 energy certificates for Benahavís municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Catastro extract records 9,890 dwellings across 2,555 buildings for Benahavís municipality, or approximately 3.87 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 27 recorded buildings for Benahavís municipality, representing 1.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Benahavís municipality, 12.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The active entries in the imported official register represent 14,469 registered places for Benahavís municipality. Registered capacity does not measure actual occupancy.

The current eligible public inventory contains 387 listings for Benahavis. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 184 villas; 90 apartments; 42 penthouses; 40 plots; 25 town houses. 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 €1,200 to €39,000,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Benahavis 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 €1,200 and maximum of €39,000,000 is €38,998,800. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 184 eligible public villas for Benahavis, equal to 47.5% of the 387-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 25 eligible public town houses for Benahavis, equal to 6.5% of the 387-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 42 eligible public penthouses for Benahavis, equal to 10.9% of the 387-listing area inventory.