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Gáldar, Las Palmas property and area FAQs
Gáldar is a town and a Spanish municipality in the north of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. The town Gáldar is situated at the foot of the mountains, 2 km from the coast and 21 km (13 mi) west of Las Palmas. The GC-2 motorway passes south of the town. The municipality includes the settlements Puerto de Sardina, San Isidro, Los Quintanas, Barrial and Marmolejos. The main church is dedicated to Saint James.
Place and geography
What is Gáldar like?
Gáldar is a town and a Spanish municipality in the north of the island of Gran Canaria in the Province of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.
What does the official settlement record show for Gáldar?
The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 36 official population nuclei for Gáldar. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Gáldar, at a recorded elevation of approximately 114 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Puerto de Sardina (3,166 residents in the cited settlement record), Barrial (2,099 residents in the cited settlement record), Los Quintanas (1,761 residents in the cited settlement record), Marmolejos (1,484 residents in the cited settlement record), and San Isidro (1,266 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 further factual context is available for Gáldar?
The town Gáldar is situated at the foot of the mountains, 2 km from the coast and 21 km (13 mi) west of Las Palmas. The GC-2 motorway passes south of the town. The municipality includes the settlements Puerto de Sardina, San Isidro, Los Quintanas, Barrial and Marmolejos. The main church is dedicated to Saint James.
What is the recorded municipal area for Gáldar?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 61.6 square kilometres for Gáldar municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What geographic scope do the facts for Gáldar use?
The stated official-data scope is Gáldar municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.
What elevation is recorded for Gáldar?
The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 124 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.
How does NLS avoid mixing Gáldar with similarly named places?
NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 35009 and keeps the province label Las Palmas. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.
Where is Gáldar?
Gáldar is an official municipality in Las Palmas province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.
How many residents per square kilometre do the cited Gáldar figures imply?
Dividing the INE population of 24,681 by the recorded municipal area of 61.6 km² gives approximately 400.7 residents per km² for Gáldar municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.
Does Gáldar have a linked official website?
Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for Gáldar?
The latest imported INE population for Gáldar municipality is 24,681, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in Gáldar?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Gáldar municipality, recorded population changed by 2.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for Gáldar?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Gáldar municipality is €13,113 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in Gáldar?
INE records an average age of 44.7 years for Gáldar municipality, for period 2023.
When is the minimum in the current population series for Gáldar?
Within the same displayed series for Gáldar municipality, the lowest population value is 23,984 residents in 2015.
What is the earliest displayed Gáldar population observation?
The displayed series for Gáldar municipality begins at 23,984 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What is the average household size in Gáldar?
The latest imported INE figure is 2.60 people per household for Gáldar municipality, for period 2023.
What share of residents in Gáldar is recorded as non-Spanish?
The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 3.4% for Gáldar municipality, in period 2023.
What is the arithmetic average across the displayed population points for Gáldar?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Gáldar municipality is 24,253 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.
What period span does the displayed population evidence cover for Gáldar?
The page uses 9 published observations for Gáldar municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Gáldar?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Gáldar municipality records €1,068 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What foreign-buyer share is shown for the wider Gáldar market?
Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 29.3% for Canarias in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.
What does the first available regional foreign-buyer share point show for Gáldar?
The displayed series for Canarias begins at 27.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
Which published period has the largest regional foreign-buyer share value for Gáldar?
Within the 8 displayed observations for Canarias, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 30.0% in 2025Q2.
What is the lowest displayed registered sale-price benchmark point relevant to Gáldar?
Within the same displayed series for Las Palmas province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,274 per m² in 2024Q4.
What is the latest quarterly housing transaction count for Gáldar?
The latest displayed MITMA point records 47 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Gáldar municipality.
What is the arithmetic average across the displayed quarterly transaction count points for Gáldar?
The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Gáldar municipality is 45 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.
How large is the price-informed Notariado sample for Gáldar?
The published price measures use 138 price-informed sales from 151 total recorded transactions for Gáldar municipality.
What is the earliest displayed Gáldar quarterly transaction count observation?
The displayed series for Gáldar municipality begins at 30 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What is the lowest displayed regional house-price index point relevant to Gáldar?
Within the same displayed series for Canarias, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.6 index points in 2024Q3.
Housing stock and registrations
How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Gáldar?
Dirección General del Catastro records 7,872 buildings for Gáldar municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for Gáldar?
The current Catastro building extract records 11,068 dwellings for Gáldar municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in Gáldar?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,971 for Gáldar municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
How many energy certificates are recorded for Gáldar?
The current official administrative extract contains 1,289 energy certificates for Gáldar municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.
What share of recorded energy certificates in Gáldar is rated A to C?
Among the imported certificates for Gáldar municipality, 14.3% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.
What dwelling-to-building ratio is recorded for Gáldar?
The Catastro extract records 11,068 dwellings across 7,872 buildings for Gáldar municipality, or approximately 1.41 dwellings per recorded building.
What share of cadastral buildings in Gáldar is labelled 1990–2009?
The 1990–2009 band contains 2,128 recorded buildings for Gáldar municipality, representing 27.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How prominent is the 1970–1989 construction band in Gáldar?
The 1970–1989 band contains 2,469 recorded buildings for Gáldar municipality, representing 31.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
How much of the recorded Gáldar building stock falls in the 1950–1969 band?
The 1950–1969 band contains 1,584 recorded buildings for Gáldar municipality, representing 20.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in Gáldar on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Gáldar. 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.