Los Realejos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife property and area FAQs

Los Realejos is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, which is the biggest town in the Canary Islands. It is part of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. The town is located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the north coast, 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of Puerto de la Cruz, 6 km (3.7 mi) west of La Orotava, and 34 km (21 mi) southwest of the island's capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The inhabitants are known in Spanish as realejeros.

For Los Realejos, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 20 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-21. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Realejo Alto, at a recorded elevation of approximately 327 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include San Agustín (4,547 residents in the cited settlement record), La Longuera (3,502 residents in the cited settlement record), Icod el Alto (3,378 residents in the cited settlement record), El Toscal (2,896 residents in the cited settlement record), and Cruz Santa (2,772 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 highest peak is 420 m (1,380 ft). Los Realejos is the western terminus of the TF-5 motorway.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 57.0 square kilometres for Los Realejos municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

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

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 420 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The official municipality context used for Los Realejos has INE code 38031. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

Los Realejos is in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

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

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 28.3500, -16.6000. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

Dividing the INE population of 37,530 by the recorded municipal area of 57.0 km² gives approximately 658.4 residents per km² for Los Realejos municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 38031 and keeps the province label Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

Los Realejos 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 latest imported INE population for Los Realejos municipality is 37,530, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Los Realejos municipality, recorded population changed by 2.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Los Realejos municipality is €11,695 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 44.3 years for Los Realejos municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Los Realejos municipality, the highest population value is 37,530 residents in 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.80 people per household for Los Realejos municipality, for period 2023.

The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 6.8% for Los Realejos 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.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Los Realejos municipality changed by 2.9%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

INE records 19.0% of residents aged 65 or over for Los Realejos municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Los Realejos municipality is 36,685 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The displayed series for Los Realejos municipality begins at 36,461 residents in 2015. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Los Realejos municipality records €1,564 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 29.3% for Canarias in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Canarias begins at 27.3% in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Canarias, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 30.0% in 2025Q2.

The latest displayed MITMA point records 92 housing transactions in 2026Q2 for Los Realejos municipality.

INE reports a house-price index of 110.4 for Canarias in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

Within the same displayed series for Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €2,399 per m² in 2024Q3.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Canarias, the highest regional house-price index value is 110.4 index points in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Canarias, the lowest regional house-price index value is 90.6 index points in 2024Q3.

Within the same displayed series for Canarias, the lowest regional foreign-buyer share value is 22.8% in 2026Q1.

Within the same displayed series for Los Realejos municipality, the lowest quarterly transaction count value is 65 transactions in 2025Q2.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed regional foreign-buyer share value for Canarias changed by 7.6%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Dirección General del Catastro records 9,737 buildings for Los Realejos municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 16,632 dwellings for Los Realejos 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 1,969 for Los Realejos municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 2,550 energy certificates for Los Realejos municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The Before 1950 band contains 1,455 recorded buildings for Los Realejos municipality, representing 15.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 3,394 buildings, or 35.0% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Los Realejos municipality, 10.2% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1970–1989 band contains 3,394 recorded buildings for Los Realejos municipality, representing 35.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 16,632 dwellings across 9,737 buildings for Los Realejos municipality, or approximately 1.71 dwellings per recorded building.

The 1990–2009 band contains 2,200 recorded buildings for Los Realejos municipality, representing 22.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 160 recorded buildings for Los Realejos municipality, representing 1.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 2,483 recorded buildings for Los Realejos municipality, representing 25.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Los Realejos. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.