Benalmadena, Málaga property and area FAQs

Benalmádena is a town in Andalusia in southern Spain, 12 km west of Málaga, on the Costa del Sol between Torremolinos and Fuengirola.

For Benalmádena, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 8 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Benalmádena, at a recorded elevation of approximately 240 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Arroyo de la Miel-Benalmadena Costa (55,912 residents in the cited settlement record), Torrequebrada (9,694 residents in the cited settlement record), La Perla-Torremuelle (1,864 residents in the cited settlement record), La Capellanía (1,836 residents in the cited settlement record), and La Sierrezuela (1,565 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.

Benalmádena is rich in attractive beaches and interesting places like the Colomares Castle, the 33-metre-tall Buddhist Benalmádena Stupa, the largest Buddhist stupa in Europe, the Benalmádena Marina and the Benalmádena Cable Car.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 27.2 square kilometres for Benalmádena municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 8 official population nuclei for Benalmádena municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

Benalmadena 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 audited municipality record contains 72 additional named-place records for Benalmádena municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

Benalmadena is shown within Málaga province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The latest imported INE population for Benalmádena municipality is 77,455, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Benalmádena municipality, recorded population changed by 11.6%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Benalmádena municipality is €13,418 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.2 years for Benalmádena municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Benalmádena municipality begins at 69,394 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 28.8% for Benalmádena municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Benalmádena municipality is 70,209 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Benalmádena municipality changed by 11.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 16.9% of residents aged 65 or over for Benalmádena municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Benalmádena municipality records €3,134 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,761 per square metre for Benalmádena municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Benalmádena municipality begins at €2,517 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 12 displayed observations for Benalmádena municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,761 per m² in 2026Q1.

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

The published price measures use 1,659 price-informed sales from 1,860 total recorded transactions for Benalmádena municipality.

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

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Benalmádena municipality is 528 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest Registradores province average is €338,816 in 2026Q2 for Málaga. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

Dirección General del Catastro records 7,289 buildings for Benalmádena municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 49,798 dwellings for Benalmádena 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 1,985 for Benalmádena municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 16,019 energy certificates for Benalmádena municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 79 recorded buildings for Benalmádena municipality, representing 1.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The official extract lists 41,428 registered places across 8,688 active entries for Benalmádena municipality, an arithmetic average of 4.8 places per entry. It is not an occupancy rate.

The active entries in the imported official register represent 41,428 registered places for Benalmádena municipality. Registered capacity does not measure actual occupancy.

The 2010 onward band contains 392 recorded buildings for Benalmádena municipality, representing 5.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Benalmádena municipality, 6.5% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,084 recorded buildings for Benalmádena municipality, representing 28.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 74 listings for Benalmadena. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 27 villas; 25 apartments; 12 penthouses; 7 town houses; 1 plot. 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 €199,000 to €4,000,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Benalmadena 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 27 eligible public villas for Benalmadena, equal to 36.5% of the 74-listing area inventory.

The difference between the current published minimum of €199,000 and maximum of €4,000,000 is €3,801,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 25 eligible public apartments for Benalmadena, equal to 33.8% of the 74-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 12 eligible public penthouses for Benalmadena, equal to 16.2% of the 74-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public plot for Benalmadena, equal to 1.4% of the 74-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 7 eligible public town houses for Benalmadena, equal to 9.5% of the 74-listing area inventory.