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Gibralfaro, Málaga property and area FAQs

Gibralfaro is an NLS property-search area in Málaga province within the Málaga municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 1 listing, including 1 town house.

Place and geography

What kind of place is Gibralfaro?

Málaga is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It lies in Southern Iberia on the Costa del Sol ('Coast of the Sun') of the Mediterranean, primarily on the left bank of the Guadalhorce. The urban core originally developed in the space between the Gibralfaro Hill and the Guadalmedina.

How is Gibralfaro organised into official settlements?

For Málaga, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 14 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Málaga, at a recorded elevation of approximately 6 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Churriana (13,365 residents in the cited settlement record), Campanillas (7,499 residents in the cited settlement record), Santa Rosalía-Maqueda (4,865 residents in the cited settlement record), Cortijo de Maza-El Olivar (3,863 residents in the cited settlement record), and Guadalmar-San Julián (3,598 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 Gibralfaro?

According to most scholars, it was founded about 770 BC by the Phoenicians from Tyre as Malaka. From the 6th century BC the city was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage, and from 218 BC, it was under Roman rule, economically prospering owing to garum production. In the 8th century, after a period of Visigothic and Byzantine rule, it was placed under Islamic rule. In 1487, the Crown of Castile gained control in the midst of the Granada War. In the 19th century, the city underwent a period of industrialisation followed by a decay in all socioeconomic parameters in the last third of the century.

What is the recorded municipal area for Gibralfaro?

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 395.0 square kilometres for Málaga municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Does Gibralfaro 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.

Where is Gibralfaro?

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

How does NLS avoid mixing Gibralfaro with similarly named places?

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 29067 and keeps the province label Málaga. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

People and households

What is the latest official population shown for Gibralfaro?

The latest imported INE population for Málaga municipality is 584,203, for period 2023.

How has the recorded population changed in Gibralfaro?

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Málaga municipality, recorded population changed by 4.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

What net income per person is recorded for Gibralfaro?

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Málaga municipality is €13,847 net income per person, for period 2023.

What is the recorded average age in Gibralfaro?

INE records an average age of 42.9 years for Málaga municipality, for period 2023.

What share of residents in Gibralfaro is aged 65 or over?

INE records 19.2% of residents aged 65 or over for Málaga municipality, in period 2023.

What is the average household size in Gibralfaro?

The latest imported INE figure is 2.60 people per household for Málaga municipality, for period 2023.

Property market evidence

What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Gibralfaro?

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Málaga municipality records €3,143 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

What appraised housing value is available for Gibralfaro?

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,241 per square metre for Málaga municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

What is the earliest displayed Gibralfaro appraised housing value observation?

The displayed series for Málaga municipality begins at €2,214 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Which published period has the largest appraised housing value value for Gibralfaro?

Within the 12 displayed observations for Málaga municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,246 per m² in 2025Q4.

Across the shown periods, what does the quarterly transaction count series average for Gibralfaro?

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Málaga municipality is 1,633 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

How has the published registered sale-price benchmark series moved across the displayed span for Gibralfaro?

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Málaga province changed by 19.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Housing stock and registrations

How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Gibralfaro?

Dirección General del Catastro records 51,461 buildings for Málaga municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

How many dwellings are recorded for Gibralfaro?

The current Catastro building extract records 261,271 dwellings for Málaga municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

What is the average recorded build year in Gibralfaro?

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,975 for Málaga municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

How many energy certificates are recorded for Gibralfaro?

The current official administrative extract contains 55,707 energy certificates for Málaga municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

What share of cadastral buildings in Gibralfaro is labelled 1950–1969?

The 1950–1969 band contains 10,933 recorded buildings for Málaga municipality, representing 21.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

How prominent is the Before 1950 construction band in Gibralfaro?

The Before 1950 band contains 6,459 recorded buildings for Málaga municipality, representing 12.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Current property inventory

How many properties are currently listed in Gibralfaro on NLS?

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

Which property types are currently available in Gibralfaro?

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

What is the current asking-price range in Gibralfaro?

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €650,000 to €650,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

Are inactive or private listings included in the current Gibralfaro inventory?

No. The Gibralfaro 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 townhouses in Gibralfaro?

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public town house for Gibralfaro, equal to 100.0% of the 1-listing area inventory.

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.