Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears property and area FAQs

Palma, also known as Palma de Mallorca, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma.

For Palma de Mallorca, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 34 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Palma, at a recorded elevation of approximately 23 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Son Rapinya (18,379 residents in the cited settlement record), Sant Agustí (16,018 residents in the cited settlement record), es Coll d'en Rabassa (11,021 residents in the cited settlement record), Son Ferriol (7,501 residents in the cited settlement record), and s'Arenal (7,213 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 Cabrera Archipelago, though widely separated from Palma proper, is part of the municipality.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 208.6 square kilometres for Palma de Mallorca municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 425,745 by the recorded municipal area of 208.6 km² gives approximately 2,040.7 residents per km² for Palma de Mallorca municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 07040 and keeps the province label Illes Balears. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The official municipality context used for Palma de Mallorca has INE code 07040. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Palma de Mallorca is an official municipality in Illes Balears province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

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

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 39.5667, 2.6497. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 34 official population nuclei for Palma de Mallorca municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

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

Palma de Mallorca 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.

Palma de Mallorca is in Illes Balears province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The audited municipality record contains 344 additional named-place records for Palma de Mallorca municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 13 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The latest imported INE population for Palma de Mallorca municipality is 425,745, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Palma de Mallorca municipality, recorded population changed by 6.7%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Palma de Mallorca municipality is €16,181 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.2 years for Palma de Mallorca municipality, for period 2023.

The displayed series for Palma de Mallorca municipality begins at 398,959 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 19.4% for Palma de Mallorca municipality, in period 2023.

Within the same displayed series for Palma de Mallorca municipality, the lowest population value is 398,959 residents in 2015.

INE records 17.3% of residents aged 65 or over for Palma de Mallorca municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Palma de Mallorca municipality is 408,858 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

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 page uses 9 published observations for Palma de Mallorca municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Palma de Mallorca municipality, the highest population value is 425,745 residents in 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.80 people per household for Palma de Mallorca municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Palma de Mallorca municipality changed by 6.7%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Palma de Mallorca municipality records €4,072 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,789 per square metre for Palma de Mallorca municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Palma de Mallorca municipality begins at €2,627 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 Palma de Mallorca municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,789 per m² in 2026Q1.

INE reports a house-price index of 112.0 for Balears, Illes in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Balears, Illes, the highest regional house-price index value is 112.0 index points in 2026Q2.

4,120 of 4,619 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Palma de Mallorca municipality, equal to 89.2%.

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

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed registered sale-price benchmark observations for Illes Balears province is €3,839 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the same displayed series for Palma de Mallorca municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 1,080 transactions in 2026Q1.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional house-price index observations for Balears, Illes is 100.3 index points. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 12 displayed appraised housing value observations for Palma de Mallorca municipality is €3,116 per m². It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The current snapshot contains 4,619 recorded transactions for Palma de Mallorca municipality. The price sample may be smaller because not every transaction carries a publishable price measure.

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 page uses 12 published observations for Palma de Mallorca municipality, running from 2023Q2 to 2026Q1.

The displayed Registradores series for Illes Balears changed by 9.7% year on year at its latest point. This is a historical aggregate trend, not a forecast for Palma de Mallorca.

Dirección General del Catastro records 39,525 buildings for Palma de Mallorca municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 179,573 dwellings for Palma de Mallorca 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 1,959 for Palma de Mallorca municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 49,721 energy certificates for Palma de Mallorca municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Catastro extract records 179,573 dwellings across 39,525 buildings for Palma de Mallorca municipality, or approximately 4.54 dwellings per recorded building.

The 2010 onward band contains 2,094 recorded buildings for Palma de Mallorca municipality, representing 5.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 8,070 recorded buildings for Palma de Mallorca municipality, representing 20.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Before 1950 band contains 12,012 recorded buildings for Palma de Mallorca municipality, representing 30.5% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Palma de Mallorca municipality, 7.9% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is Before 1950, with 12,012 buildings, or 30.5% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 7,837 recorded buildings for Palma de Mallorca municipality, representing 19.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 9,407 recorded buildings for Palma de Mallorca municipality, representing 23.9% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 29 listings for Palma de Mallorca. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

No. The Palma de Mallorca 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.