Benaoján, Málaga property and area FAQs

Benaoján is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located within the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. Its surface area is 32 km2. The municipality is situated approximately 17 kilometers from Ronda and 116 km from the capital of the province. It is situated at an altitude of 524 meters. Its inhabitants are called benaojanos.

For Benaoján, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Benaoján, at a recorded elevation of approximately 562 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Its name is of Arab origin. Some believe it means children of Oján, from the Berber tribe, and others think "home of the baker."

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 32.0 square kilometres for Benaoján municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The official municipality context used for Benaoján has INE code 29028. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 524 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Benaoján 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 7 additional named-place records for Benaoján municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The latest imported INE population for Benaoján municipality is 1,433, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Benaoján municipality, recorded population changed by -4.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Benaoján municipality is €10,434 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.6 years for Benaoján municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Benaoján municipality begins at 1,495 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 3.6% for Benaoján municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Benaoján municipality, the highest population value is 1,498 residents in 2016.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Benaoján municipality records €444 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 price-informed transactions in the Notariado snapshot have an average recorded surface of 144 m² for Benaoján municipality.

Within the same displayed series for Benaoján municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 0 transactions in 2023Q4.

Within the same displayed series for Andalucía, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 12.5% in 2025Q4.

Dirección General del Catastro records 998 buildings for Benaoján municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 954 dwellings for Benaoján 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 1,965 for Benaoján municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 99 energy certificates for Benaoján municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The official extract lists 311 registered places across 48 active entries for Benaoján municipality, an arithmetic average of 6.5 places per entry. It is not an occupancy rate.

Among the imported certificates for Benaoján municipality, 13.1% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Before 1950 band contains 279 recorded buildings for Benaoján municipality, representing 28.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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