Fuengirola, Málaga property and area FAQs

Fuengirola (pronounced [fweŋxiˈɾola]) is a city on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located on the central coast of the province and integrated into the region of the Costa del Sol and the Commonwealth of Municipalities of the Costa del Sol Occidental.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 1 official population nucleus for Fuengirola. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Fuengirola, at a recorded elevation of approximately 6 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

The city is largely urban in character, with many high-rise apartment blocks, particularly near the seafront. There are some narrow streets with many low-rise villas. Considerable commercial and housing development is underway further inland.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 10.4 square kilometres for Fuengirola municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.5417, -4.6250. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The official municipality context used for Fuengirola has INE code 29054. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

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

Dividing the INE population of 84,517 by the recorded municipal area of 10.4 km² gives approximately 8,150.1 residents per km² for Fuengirola municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 6 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Fuengirola 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 Fuengirola municipality is 84,517, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Fuengirola municipality, recorded population changed by 12.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Fuengirola municipality is €12,115 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 45.9 years for Fuengirola municipality, for period 2023.

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Fuengirola municipality changed by 12.3%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 38.1% for Fuengirola municipality, in period 2023.

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

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 simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Fuengirola municipality is 78,959 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Fuengirola municipality records €3,852 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,669 per square metre for Fuengirola municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Fuengirola municipality begins at €2,531 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 Fuengirola municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,669 per m² in 2026Q1.

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

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 published price measures use 1,915 price-informed sales from 2,132 total recorded transactions for Fuengirola municipality.

The latest Registradores province average is €338,816 in 2026Q2 for Málaga. It remains labelled as province-level evidence.

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €383,337 for Fuengirola municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

Within the same displayed series for Fuengirola municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €2,531 per m² in 2023Q2.

Dirección General del Catastro records 6,203 buildings for Fuengirola municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 51,257 dwellings for Fuengirola 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 1,981 for Fuengirola municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 13,414 energy certificates for Fuengirola municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 3,021 buildings, or 48.9% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The official extract lists 32,039 registered places across 6,359 active entries for Fuengirola municipality, an arithmetic average of 5.0 places per entry. It is not an occupancy rate.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,314 recorded buildings for Fuengirola municipality, representing 21.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 67 recorded buildings for Fuengirola municipality, representing 1.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 294 recorded buildings for Fuengirola municipality, representing 4.8% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The official administrative extract contains 6,359 active tourism-register entries for Fuengirola municipality, with source update 2026-10-29. It is not an occupancy measure.

The current eligible public inventory contains 121 listings for Fuengirola. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 73 apartments; 21 penthouses; 19 villas; 3 town houses; 1 plot. 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 €1,700 to €3,890,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Fuengirola 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 73 eligible public apartments for Fuengirola, equal to 60.3% of the 121-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 3 eligible public town houses for Fuengirola, equal to 2.5% of the 121-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 19 eligible public villas for Fuengirola, equal to 15.7% of the 121-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 21 eligible public penthouses for Fuengirola, equal to 17.4% of the 121-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public plot for Fuengirola, equal to 0.8% of the 121-listing area inventory.

The difference between the current published minimum of €1,700 and maximum of €3,890,000 is €3,888,300. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.