Mijas Costa, Málaga property and area FAQs

Mijas is a municipality in the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located on the southeastern coast of Spain, Mijas belongs to the region of Costa del Sol Occidental. Its center is a typical Andalusian white-washed village, Mijas Pueblo, located on a mountainside about 430 metres or 1,476 feet above sea level, in the heart of the Costa del Sol region.

For Mijas, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 17 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Mijas, at a recorded elevation of approximately 415 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Las Lagunas (38,130 residents in the cited settlement record), Sitio de Calahonda (18,122 residents in the cited settlement record), Campo-Mijas (6,425 residents in the cited settlement record), La Cala (4,870 residents in the cited settlement record), and Chaparral (4,724 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.

The municipality has three nuclei, gathering the majority of its population:

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 148.8 square kilometres for Mijas municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Mijas municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

The official municipality context used for Mijas Costa has INE code 29070. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 29070 and keeps the province label Málaga. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Mijas Costa is treated as a property-search area. When an exact municipality can be resolved, official statistics retain the label Mijas municipality; no municipality figure is relabelled as neighbourhood-level evidence.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 428 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

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

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

Dividing the INE population of 91,293 by the recorded municipal area of 148.8 km² gives approximately 613.5 residents per km² for Mijas municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Mijas municipality is 91,293, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Mijas municipality, recorded population changed by 19.0%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Mijas municipality is €11,823 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 40.7 years for Mijas municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Mijas municipality changed by 19.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The displayed series for Mijas municipality begins at 76,749 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 Mijas municipality is 83,106 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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

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

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 31.8% for Mijas municipality, in period 2023.

INE records 15.0% of residents aged 65 or over for Mijas municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Mijas municipality, the lowest population value is 74,359 residents in 2016.

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 current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Mijas municipality records €2,948 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,235 per square metre for Mijas municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Mijas municipality begins at €2,325 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 Mijas municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,235 per m² in 2026Q1.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 78.9% of transactions for Mijas municipality.

Within the same displayed series for Málaga province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,714 per m² in 2024Q3.

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.

Within the same displayed series for Mijas municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 678 transactions in 2025Q3.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 16.0% for Andalucía in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

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.

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

From 2023Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed quarterly transaction count value for Mijas municipality changed by 45.5%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 19,262 buildings for Mijas municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 64,547 dwellings for Mijas 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 1,987 for Mijas municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 20,750 energy certificates for Mijas municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

Among the imported certificates for Mijas municipality, 6.6% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The Catastro extract records 64,547 dwellings across 19,262 buildings for Mijas municipality, or approximately 3.35 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1950–1969 band contains 1,898 recorded buildings for Mijas municipality, representing 9.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 1,045 recorded buildings for Mijas municipality, representing 5.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The active entries in the imported official register represent 59,792 registered places for Mijas municipality. Registered capacity does not measure actual occupancy.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1990–2009, with 7,922 buildings, or 41.5% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The official administrative extract contains 10,714 active tourism-register entries for Mijas municipality, with source update 2026-10-29. It is not an occupancy measure.

The Before 1950 band contains 582 recorded buildings for Mijas municipality, representing 3.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 189 listings for Mijas Costa. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 68 apartments; 66 villas; 23 penthouses; 16 town houses; 15 plots. 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 €145,000 to €7,500,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

No. The Mijas Costa 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 16 eligible public town houses for Mijas Costa, equal to 8.5% of the 189-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 23 eligible public penthouses for Mijas Costa, equal to 12.2% of the 189-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 66 eligible public villas for Mijas Costa, equal to 34.9% of the 189-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 15 eligible public plots for Mijas Costa, equal to 7.9% of the 189-listing area inventory.

The difference between the current published minimum of €145,000 and maximum of €7,500,000 is €7,355,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 68 eligible public apartments for Mijas Costa, equal to 36.0% of the 189-listing area inventory.