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El Faro, Málaga property and area FAQs

El Faro is an NLS property-search area in Málaga province within the Mijas municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 3 listings, including 2 apartments and 1 penthouse.

Place and geography

What is El Faro like?

Mijas is a municipality in the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located on the southeastern coast of Spain, Mijas belongs to the region of Costa del Sol Occidental. Its center is a typical Andalusian white-washed village, Mijas Pueblo, located on a mountainside about 430 metres or 1,476 feet above sea level, in the heart of the Costa del Sol region.

How is El Faro organised into official settlements?

For Mijas, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 17 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Mijas, at a recorded elevation of approximately 415 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Las Lagunas (38,130 residents in the cited settlement record), Sitio de Calahonda (18,122 residents in the cited settlement record), Campo-Mijas (6,425 residents in the cited settlement record), La Cala (4,870 residents in the cited settlement record), and Chaparral (4,724 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.

What else is documented about El Faro?

The municipality has three nuclei, gathering the majority of its population:

What is the recorded municipal area for El Faro?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 148.8 square kilometres for Mijas municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

How many official population nuclei are recorded for El Faro?

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Mijas municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

Where is El Faro?

El Faro is an NLS property-search area in Málaga province, Spain. Official municipality evidence on this page is labelled with the wider scope Mijas municipality.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for El Faro?

The latest imported INE population for Mijas municipality is 91,293, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in El Faro?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Mijas municipality, recorded population changed by 19.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for El Faro?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Mijas municipality is €11,823 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in El Faro?

INE records an average age of 40.7 years for Mijas municipality, for period 2023.

How extensive is the current population series used for El Faro?

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

What share of residents in El Faro is recorded as non-Spanish?

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 31.8% for Mijas municipality, in period 2023.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for El Faro?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Mijas municipality records €2,948 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What appraised housing value is available for El Faro?

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,235 per square metre for Mijas municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

Where does the published appraised housing value series for El Faro begin?

The displayed series for Mijas municipality begins at €2,325 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 El Faro?

Within the 12 displayed observations for Mijas municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,235 per m² in 2026Q1.

What does the first available quarterly transaction count point show for El Faro?

The displayed series for Mijas municipality begins at 726 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

What registered sale-price benchmark is shown for El Faro?

Colegio de Registradores reports €3,254 per square metre for Málaga province in 2026Q2. This is province context, not a local substitute.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for El Faro?

Dirección General del Catastro records 19,262 buildings for Mijas municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for El Faro?

The current Catastro building extract records 64,547 dwellings for Mijas municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in El Faro?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,987 for Mijas municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for El Faro?

The current official administrative extract contains 20,750 energy certificates for Mijas municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

How much of the recorded El Faro building stock falls in the Before 1950 band?

The Before 1950 band contains 582 recorded buildings for Mijas municipality, representing 3.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How do recorded dwellings compare with cadastral buildings in El Faro?

The Catastro extract records 64,547 dwellings across 19,262 buildings for Mijas municipality, or approximately 3.35 dwellings per recorded building.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in El Faro on NLS?

The current eligible public inventory contains 3 listings for El Faro. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

Which property types are currently available in El Faro?

The current public inventory is: 2 apartments; 1 penthouse. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

What is the current asking-price range in El Faro?

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €299,950 to €495,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

Are inactive or private listings included in the current El Faro inventory?

No. The El Faro 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.

What is the live NLS count for penthouses in El Faro?

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public penthouse for El Faro, equal to 33.3% of the 3-listing area inventory.

What separates the lowest and highest published asking prices in El Faro?

The difference between the current published minimum of €299,950 and maximum of €495,000 is €195,050. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

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.