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Costa Blanca, Alicante property and area FAQs

Costa Blanca is an NLS property-search area in Alicante province within the Orihuela municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 0 listings.

Place and geography

Where is Costa Blanca?

Costa Blanca is an NLS property-search area in Alicante province, Spain. Official municipality evidence on this page is labelled with the wider scope Orihuela municipality.

What geographic level does the Costa Blanca page cover?

Costa Blanca is treated as a property-search area. When an exact municipality can be resolved, official statistics retain the label Orihuela municipality; no municipality figure is relabelled as neighbourhood-level evidence.

Which province is Costa Blanca in?

Costa Blanca is shown within Alicante province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

What is the official INE code used for Costa Blanca?

The official municipality context used for Costa Blanca has INE code 03099. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

What geographic scope do the facts for Costa Blanca use?

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

How does NLS avoid mixing Costa Blanca with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03099 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Costa Blanca?

The latest imported INE population for Orihuela municipality is 82,981, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Costa Blanca?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Orihuela municipality, recorded population changed by 10.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Costa Blanca?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Orihuela municipality is €11,512 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Costa Blanca?

INE records an average age of 44.7 years for Orihuela municipality, for period 2023.

What is the average household size in Costa Blanca?

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Orihuela municipality, for period 2023.

How many published population observations are shown for Costa Blanca?

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

What is the lowest displayed population point relevant to Costa Blanca?

Within the same displayed series for Orihuela municipality, the lowest population value is 73,214 residents in 2016.

When does the current population series for Costa Blanca reach its maximum?

Within the 9 displayed observations for Orihuela municipality, the highest population value is 82,981 residents in 2023.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Costa Blanca?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Orihuela municipality records €2,309 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What appraised housing value is available for Costa Blanca?

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,166 per square metre for Orihuela municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

What does the first available appraised housing value point show for Costa Blanca?

The displayed series for Orihuela municipality begins at €1,347 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

What is the highest displayed appraised housing value point relevant to Costa Blanca?

Within the 12 displayed observations for Orihuela municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,166 per m² in 2026Q1.

How has the regional house-price index changed for the wider Costa Blanca market?

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Comunitat Valenciana changed by 13.0% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

What average registered sale price is shown for Costa Blanca?

The latest Registradores average is €202,776 in 2026Q2 for Alicante. It remains labelled as province evidence.

How large is the price-informed Notariado sample for Costa Blanca?

The published price measures use 4,295 price-informed sales from 4,525 total recorded transactions for Orihuela municipality.

What is the highest displayed regional foreign-buyer share point relevant to Costa Blanca?

Within the 8 displayed observations for Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 31.0% in 2026Q2.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Costa Blanca?

Dirección General del Catastro records 23,418 buildings for Orihuela municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Costa Blanca?

The current Catastro building extract records 87,675 dwellings for Orihuela municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Costa Blanca?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,972 for Orihuela municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for Costa Blanca?

The current official administrative extract contains 27,380 energy certificates for Orihuela municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Which building-age band is largest in Costa Blanca?

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 7,495 buildings, or 32.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded Costa Blanca building stock falls in the 1970–1989 band?

The 1970–1989 band contains 7,495 recorded buildings for Orihuela municipality, representing 32.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How much of the recorded Costa Blanca building stock falls in the Before 1950 band?

The Before 1950 band contains 4,585 recorded buildings for Orihuela municipality, representing 19.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Costa Blanca on NLS?

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

How to read these answers

Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.