Cómpeta, Málaga property and area FAQs

Cómpeta is a town and municipality in the comarca of Axarquía, and province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 18 kilometres from the coast (Costa del Sol), and 52 kilometres from Málaga, the provincial capital. It is situated at 638 metres above sea level in the foothills of La Maroma (the highest peak of the Sierra de Tejeda). The population is spread over the southern slopes of the Sierra de Almijara.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Cómpeta. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Cómpeta, at a recorded elevation of approximately 615 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

Cómpeta residents are diverse in both culture and nationality, with many residents originating from other countries across Europe such as the UK and other Northern European countries including Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and Norway.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 54.0 square kilometres for Cómpeta municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Cómpeta municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Cómpeta 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 latest imported INE population for Cómpeta municipality is 3,623, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Cómpeta municipality, recorded population changed by 2.8%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Cómpeta municipality is €10,330 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 48.7 years for Cómpeta municipality, for period 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.20 people per household for Cómpeta municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 44.2% for Cómpeta municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Cómpeta municipality records €1,386 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.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Andalucía changed by 11.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

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

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,991 buildings for Cómpeta municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 2,027 dwellings for Cómpeta 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 1,976 for Cómpeta municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 790 energy certificates for Cómpeta municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 1,013 buildings, or 34.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,013 recorded buildings for Cómpeta municipality, representing 34.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 1 listing for Cómpeta. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 1 town house. 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 €265,200 to €265,200. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Cómpeta 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 1 eligible public town house for Cómpeta, equal to 100.0% of the 1-listing area inventory.