Málaga property and area FAQs

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 18 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 36.7167, -4.4167. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

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

Málaga 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 official municipality context used for Málaga has INE code 29067. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Dividing the INE population of 584,203 by the recorded municipal area of 395.0 km² gives approximately 1,479.1 residents per km² for Málaga municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

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

The audited municipality record contains 684 additional named-place records for Málaga municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The stated official-data scope is Málaga 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 14 official population nuclei for Málaga municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

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.

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

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

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Málaga municipality changed by 4.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

Within the same displayed series for Málaga municipality, the lowest population value is 561,033 residents in 2016.

The displayed series for Málaga municipality begins at 561,602 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Málaga municipality is 570,601 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 10.4% for Málaga municipality, in 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.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Málaga municipality, the highest population value is 584,203 residents in 2023.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

From 2023Q2 to 2026Q1, the displayed appraised housing value value for Málaga municipality changed by 46.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The page uses 8 published observations for Málaga province, running from 2024Q3 to 2026Q2.

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.

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

Within the same displayed series for Málaga municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 1,426 transactions in 2023Q3.

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 latest displayed MITMA point records 1,546 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Málaga municipality.

The page uses 12 published observations for Málaga municipality, running from 2023Q3 to 2026Q2.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 82.4% of transactions for Málaga municipality.

The displayed Registradores series for Málaga province changed by 10.8% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Málaga.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Andalucía, the highest regional house-price index value is 110.9 index points in 2026Q2.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 90.6 index points in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Andalucía changed by 11.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

5,641 of 6,305 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Málaga municipality, equal to 89.5%.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional house-price index value for Andalucía changed by 22.4%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Andalucía changed by 11.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

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.

The displayed series for Andalucía begins at 14.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the same displayed series for Málaga municipality, the lowest appraised housing value value is €2,214 per m² in 2023Q2.

The published price measures use 5,641 price-informed sales from 6,305 total recorded transactions for Málaga municipality.

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

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

The current Catastro building extract records 261,271 dwellings for Málaga 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 1,975 for Málaga municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

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

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

The Catastro extract records 261,271 dwellings across 51,461 buildings for Málaga municipality, or approximately 5.08 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1970–1989 band contains 18,043 recorded buildings for Málaga municipality, representing 35.1% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 18,043 buildings, or 35.1% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

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

Among the imported certificates for Málaga municipality, 9.3% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1990–2009 band contains 13,609 recorded buildings for Málaga municipality, representing 26.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 2,292 recorded buildings for Málaga municipality, representing 4.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 96 listings for Málaga. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

No. The Málaga 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.