Madrid property and area FAQs

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. Madrid is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), after Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU, after Paris. The municipality covers an area of 605.77 square kilometres (233.89 sq mi). Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about 660 metres (2,170 ft) above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid, it is the political, economic and cultural centre of the country.

For Madrid, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 1 official population nucleus. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Madrid, at a recorded elevation of approximately 645 metres. Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.

The primitive core of Madrid, a walled military outpost, dates back to the late 9th century, under the Emirate of Córdoba. Conquered by Christians in 1083 or 1085, it consolidated in the Late Middle Ages as a sizeable town of the Crown of Castile. The development of Madrid as an administrative centre was fostered after 1561, as it became the permanent seat of the court of the Hispanic Monarchy. The following centuries were characterised by the reinforcement of Madrid's status within the framework of a centralised form of state-building.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 604.5 square kilometres for Madrid municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 663 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Madrid 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 linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 40.4169, -3.7033. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 28079 and keeps the province label Madrid. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

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

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

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

The audited municipality record contains 142 additional named-place records for Madrid municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Dividing the INE population of 3,362,335 by the recorded municipal area of 604.5 km² gives approximately 5,562.6 residents per km² for Madrid municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The official municipality context used for Madrid has INE code 28079. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Yes. The structured municipality record includes an official website field. NLS treats that as identity context and not as property-market evidence.

Madrid is an official municipality in Madrid province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

The latest imported INE population for Madrid municipality is 3,362,335, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Madrid municipality, recorded population changed by 7.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Madrid municipality is €19,632 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.9 years for Madrid municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Madrid municipality changed by 7.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The population figure uses INE period 2023. The page shows the period beside the value so it is not mistaken for a live counter.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Madrid municipality, the highest population value is 3,362,335 residents in 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 17.4% for Madrid municipality, in period 2023.

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

The displayed series for Madrid municipality begins at 3,121,185 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Madrid municipality is 3,227,668 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE records 20.2% of residents aged 65 or over for Madrid municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Madrid municipality, the lowest population value is 3,121,185 residents in 2015.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Madrid municipality records €5,185 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €5,466 per square metre for Madrid municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Madrid municipality begins at €3,728 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 Madrid municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €5,466 per m² in 2026Q1.

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Madrid municipality changed by 20.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Madrid municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €3,728 per m² in 2023Q2.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Madrid, Comunidad de changed by 12.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Madrid, Comunidad de, the highest regional house-price index value is 111.9 index points in 2026Q2.

The imported Notariado snapshot states a fetch timestamp of 2026-08-03 21:39:29. It is a current snapshot, not a historical quarterly series.

Within the same displayed series for Madrid province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €3,400 per m² in 2024Q3.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed quarterly transaction count observations for Madrid municipality is 10,585 transactions. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE reports a house-price index of 111.9 for Madrid, Comunidad de in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

The published price measures use 35,302 price-informed sales from 39,510 total recorded transactions for Madrid municipality.

From 2023Q2 to 2026Q1, the displayed appraised housing value value for Madrid municipality changed by 46.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

35,302 of 39,510 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Madrid municipality, equal to 89.3%.

The current snapshot contains 39,510 recorded transactions for Madrid municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

The displayed Registradores series for Madrid province changed by 12.1% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Madrid.

The displayed series for Madrid municipality begins at 8,579 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Madrid province, the highest registered sale-price benchmark value is €4,305 per m² in 2026Q2.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Madrid, Comunidad de is 100.0 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 10,343 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Madrid municipality.

The displayed series for Madrid, Comunidad de begins at 89.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Colegio de Registradores reports €4,305 per square metre for Madrid province in 2026Q2. This is province context, not a local substitute.

Within the same displayed series for Madrid municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 8,579 transactions in 2023Q3.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Madrid province changed by 26.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Madrid, Comunidad de, the lowest regional house-price index value is 89.6 index points in 2024Q3.

Dirección General del Catastro records 124,338 buildings for Madrid municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 1,528,943 dwellings for Madrid 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 1,968 for Madrid municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 438,752 energy certificates for Madrid municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Catastro extract records 1,528,943 dwellings across 124,338 buildings for Madrid municipality, or approximately 12.30 dwellings per recorded building.

The 2010 onward band contains 6,819 recorded buildings for Madrid municipality, representing 5.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 28,979 recorded buildings for Madrid municipality, representing 23.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 22,348 recorded buildings for Madrid municipality, representing 18.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Madrid municipality, 6.1% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1950–1969, with 44,660 buildings, or 36.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 44,660 recorded buildings for Madrid municipality, representing 36.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 21,296 recorded buildings for Madrid municipality, representing 17.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 36 listings for Madrid. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

No. The Madrid 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.