Carratraca, Málaga property and area FAQs

Carratraca is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 56 km from Ronda and from the provincial capital of Málaga. It is located between the northeastern foothills of the Serrania de Ronda.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Carratraca. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Carratraca, at a recorded elevation of approximately 527 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

It is one of the northern gates to the Guadalhorce Valley and border territory between these two comarcas and that of Antequera, which connects with Ardales. The landscape has very steep slopes in the Sierras of Alcaparín and is milder in the Sierras of Baños and Aguas, covered with pine trees and scrub pine and the occasional olive grove where the terrain permits. In the valley that runs through the town from north to south, and through which flows the stream of las Cañas, the field contains orchards on the banks of the streams and cereal crops and olive groves between them and the beginning of the mountains. Within the town of Carratraca, the architectural ensemble is shaped by the house of Doña Trinidad Grund, turned into the City Hall, and the tower next to said house. The terraces of these buildings offer views of the surroundings.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 23.0 square kilometres for Carratraca municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The audited municipality record contains 10 additional named-place records for Carratraca municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The official municipality context used for Carratraca has INE code 29036. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.8515, -4.8191. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 550 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The latest imported INE population for Carratraca municipality is 763, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Carratraca municipality, recorded population changed by 2.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Carratraca municipality is €11,911 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 48.2 years for Carratraca municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Carratraca municipality begins at 746 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

INE records 23.6% of residents aged 65 or over for Carratraca municipality, in period 2023.

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

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Carratraca municipality records €734 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 displayed series for Andalucía 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.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Andalucía is 100.2 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Málaga province is €2,973 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Dirección General del Catastro records 605 buildings for Carratraca municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 449 dwellings for Carratraca 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 Carratraca municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 51 energy certificates for Carratraca municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The official extract lists 202 registered places across 29 active entries for Carratraca municipality, an arithmetic average of 7.0 places per entry. It is not an occupancy rate.

The Catastro extract records 449 dwellings across 605 buildings for Carratraca municipality, or approximately 0.74 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 118 recorded buildings for Carratraca municipality, representing 19.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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