Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia property and area FAQs

Caravaca de la Cruz , often shortened to Caravaca, is a town and municipality of Spain belonging to the Region of Murcia. The town is located on the left (northern) bank of the Argos, a tributary of the Segura in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 25 official population nuclei for Caravaca de la Cruz. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Caravaca de la Cruz, at a recorded elevation of approximately 628 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Archivel (1,039 residents in the cited settlement record), Barranda (693 residents in the cited settlement record), Singla (286 residents in the cited settlement record), La Encarnación (250 residents in the cited settlement record), and Navares (245 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.

It is the fifth Holy City of Catholic Christianity, having been granted the papal privilege of celebrating a jubilee year in perpetuity in 1998. It celebrates its jubilee every seven years.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 859.0 square kilometres for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Caravaca de la Cruz is an official municipality in Murcia province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 25 official population nuclei for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.1075, -1.8600. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 30015 and keeps the province label Murcia. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 800 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Dividing the INE population of 25,741 by the recorded municipal area of 859.0 km² gives approximately 30.0 residents per km² for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

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

Caravaca de la Cruz is in Murcia province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The latest imported INE population for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality is 25,741, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, recorded population changed by 1.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality is €11,819 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.9 years for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, for period 2023.

INE records 19.1% of residents aged 65 or over for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, in period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality changed by 1.3%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 9.2% for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, in period 2023.

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 displayed series for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality begins at 25,410 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, the highest population value is 25,741 residents in 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, the lowest population value is 25,262 residents in 2020.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality is 25,398 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality records €741 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €862 per square metre for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality begins at €722 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 Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €862 per m² in 2026Q1.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Murcia, Región de, the highest regional house-price index value is 113.2 index points in 2026Q2.

The displayed Registradores series for Murcia changed by 16.2% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for Caravaca de la Cruz.

The page displays 12 quarterly MITMA observations for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, up to the latest published period in the chart.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Murcia province changed by 25.1%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

The displayed series for Murcia, Región de begins at 88.9 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current snapshot contains 372 recorded transactions for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 85.6% of transactions for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Murcia, Región de changed by 27.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 10,165 buildings for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 13,426 dwellings for Caravaca de la Cruz 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 Caravaca de la Cruz municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 3,049 buildings, or 30.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 13,426 dwellings across 10,165 buildings for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, or approximately 1.32 dwellings per recorded building.

The 2010 onward band contains 440 recorded buildings for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, representing 4.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,718 recorded buildings for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, representing 26.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 3,049 recorded buildings for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, representing 30.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 2,011 recorded buildings for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, representing 19.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,924 recorded buildings for Caravaca de la Cruz municipality, representing 19.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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