Cartagena, Murcia property and area FAQs

Cartagena is a city in the Region of Murcia in Spain. The city lies in a natural harbour of the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula.

For Cartagena, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 119 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Cartagena, at a recorded elevation of approximately 5 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Barrio de Peral (16,011 residents in the cited settlement record), San Antonio Abad (13,441 residents in the cited settlement record), Los Barreros (7,257 residents in the cited settlement record), Polígono de Santa Ana (6,984 residents in the cited settlement record), and Ensanche-Almarjal (5,818 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.

Qart-Hadast was founded around 227 BC by the Barcids of Ancient Carthage. Known as Carthago Nova under Roman rule, it was the capital of Hispania Carthaginensis. It was briefly held by the Byzantine Empire in late antiquity, before being raided by Visigoths circa 620–625. The Islamic city rebuilt around the Concepción Hill, mentioned as Qartayânnat al-Halfa, was noted by the 11th century as a great harbor.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 558.1 square kilometres for Cartagena municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 30016 and keeps the province label Murcia. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 37.6019, -0.9842. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 10 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Dividing the INE population of 216,385 by the recorded municipal area of 558.1 km² gives approximately 387.7 residents per km² for Cartagena municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 119 official population nuclei for Cartagena municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

The official municipality context used for Cartagena has INE code 30016. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Cartagena 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 497 additional named-place records for Cartagena municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

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

The latest imported INE population for Cartagena municipality is 216,385, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Cartagena municipality, recorded population changed by 3.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Cartagena municipality is €13,126 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.0 years for Cartagena municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Cartagena municipality begins at 208,567 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Cartagena municipality changed by 3.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 11.2% for Cartagena municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Cartagena municipality, the lowest population value is 208,004 residents in 2016.

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

The latest imported INE figure is 2.70 people per household for Cartagena municipality, for period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Cartagena municipality is 211,534 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE records 18.4% of residents aged 65 or over for Cartagena municipality, in period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Cartagena municipality, the highest population value is 216,385 residents in 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Cartagena municipality records €1,388 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €1,496 per square metre for Cartagena municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Cartagena municipality begins at €1,102 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 Cartagena municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €1,496 per m² in 2026Q1.

3,385 of 3,659 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Cartagena municipality, equal to 92.5%.

The current snapshot contains 3,659 recorded transactions for Cartagena municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

Within the same displayed series for Murcia, Región de, the lowest regional house-price index value is 88.9 index points in 2024Q3.

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

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 95.9% of transactions for Cartagena municipality.

The displayed series for Murcia province begins at €1,164 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for Cartagena municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €1,102 per m² in 2023Q2.

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

From 2023Q2 to 2026Q1, the displayed appraised housing value value for Cartagena municipality changed by 35.8%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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.

The displayed Registradores series for Murcia province changed by 16.2% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Cartagena.

The imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

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

Dirección General del Catastro records 53,885 buildings for Cartagena municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 125,558 dwellings for Cartagena 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 1,967 for Cartagena municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 11 energy certificates for Cartagena municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Catastro extract records 125,558 dwellings across 53,885 buildings for Cartagena municipality, or approximately 2.33 dwellings per recorded building.

Among the imported certificates for Cartagena municipality, 18.2% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 16,874 buildings, or 31.3% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 10,921 recorded buildings for Cartagena municipality, representing 20.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 1,630 recorded buildings for Cartagena municipality, representing 3.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 13,278 recorded buildings for Cartagena municipality, representing 24.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 16,874 recorded buildings for Cartagena municipality, representing 31.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 11,139 recorded buildings for Cartagena municipality, representing 20.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

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