Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante property and area FAQs

Sant Joan d'Alacant, in Valencian (known in Spanish as San Juan de Alicante), or simply Sant Joan (or San Juan), is a town and municipality belonging to Alicante (Alacant) metropolitan area, in the southeast of Valencian Community, Spain. It is the geographic centre of the Old Garden of Alicante. Its limits are with the settled areas of Alicante (7 km), Mutxamel (1 km) and El Campello (3 km). It is within the Alicante metropolitan area and shares the same fire department and metro services. Its population growth is due to its function as a bedroom community, as well as in recent years, its isolation from tourist areas, its cultural and academic activities, and because has part of the campus of the University Miguel Hernández of Elche (Elx). It comprises two zones: the town of Sant Joan (Sant Joan Poble) and Benimagrell, which is now joined through its urban expansion.

For Sant Joan d'Alacant, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 10 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-11-27. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Sant Joan d'Alacant, at a recorded elevation of approximately 36 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Font-Mezquitas (859 residents in the cited settlement record), Urbanització Cabiscol (704 residents in the cited settlement record), Salafranca (352 residents in the cited settlement record), la Santa Faç (196 residents in the cited settlement record), and Urbanització El Franc i Espinós (132 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 linked structured municipality record gives an area of 9.6 square kilometres for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 40 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

Sant Joan d'Alacant 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.

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

Sant Joan d'Alacant is an official municipality in Alicante province, Spain. Its exact municipality identity is used for the official evidence on this page.

Sant Joan d'Alacant is in Alicante province. Province-level figures are explicitly labelled when a municipality-level series is unavailable.

The linked structured record gives a municipal reference coordinate of 38.4014, -0.4367. It is not a listing coordinate, parcel boundary or search radius.

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

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 03119 and keeps the province label Alicante. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The audited municipality record contains 9 additional named-place records for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

The official municipality context used for Sant Joan d'Alacant has INE code 03119. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.

The latest imported INE population for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality is 25,119, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, recorded population changed by 12.2%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality is €18,480 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.5 years for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, for period 2023.

The page uses 9 published observations for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, running from 2015 to 2023.

The displayed series for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality begins at 22,385 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 Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality is 23,548 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, the highest population value is 25,119 residents in 2023.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.60 people per household for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, for period 2023.

From 2015 to 2023, the displayed population value for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality changed by 12.2%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

Within the same displayed series for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, the lowest population value is 22,385 residents in 2015.

INE records 18.0% of residents aged 65 or over for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality records €2,487 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

Registradores reports a foreign-buyer share of 31.0% for Comunitat Valenciana in 2026Q2. It is regional context, not a municipality estimate.

The displayed series for Comunitat Valenciana begins at 28.5% 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 Comunitat Valenciana, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 31.0% in 2026Q2.

Within the same displayed series for Alicante province, the lowest registered sale-price benchmark value is €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 8 displayed regional foreign-buyer share observations for Comunitat Valenciana is 28.5%. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

INE reports a house-price index of 111.7 for Comunitat Valenciana in 2026Q2. An index is not a euro price per square metre.

From 2024Q3 to 2026Q2, the displayed registered sale-price benchmark value for Alicante province changed by 21.0%. This is a historical comparison between two published points, not a forecast.

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

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €264,179 for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

The displayed series for Alicante province begins at €1,813 per m² in 2024Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

685 of 731 recorded transactions inform the published price measures for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, equal to 93.7%.

Dirección General del Catastro records 2,801 buildings for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 12,712 dwellings for Sant Joan d'Alacant 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 Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 3,886 energy certificates for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 2010 onward band contains 150 recorded buildings for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, representing 5.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The Catastro extract records 12,712 dwellings across 2,801 buildings for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, or approximately 4.54 dwellings per recorded building.

The Before 1950 band contains 513 recorded buildings for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, representing 18.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,228 recorded buildings for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, representing 44.2% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

Among the imported certificates for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, 10.9% are rated A, B or C. The share applies only to registered certificates in the dataset.

The 1950–1969 band contains 416 recorded buildings for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, representing 15.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1990–2009 band contains 474 recorded buildings for Sant Joan d'Alacant municipality, representing 17.0% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 1,228 buildings, or 44.2% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 0 listings for Sant Joan d'Alacant. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.