Tarifa, Cádiz property and area FAQs

Tarifa is a Spanish municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located at the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula, it is famous as one of the world's most popular destinations for windsports. Tarifa lies on the Costa de la Luz ('coast of light') and across the Strait of Gibraltar facing Morocco.

Tarifa’s current IGN settlement record contains 8 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Tarifa, at a recorded elevation of approximately 16 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Atlanterra (272 residents in the cited settlement record), El Lentiscal (214 residents in the cited settlement record), El Cuartón (199 residents in the cited settlement record), El Almarchal (146 residents in the cited settlement record), and Bolonia (82 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.

Besides the city proper, the municipality also comprises several villages, including Tahivilla, Facinas, and Bolonia.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 419.7 square kilometres for Tarifa municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 8 official population nuclei for Tarifa municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 11035 and keeps the province label Cádiz. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The audited municipality record contains 156 additional named-place records for Tarifa municipality. This count describes geographic records, not neighbourhood boundaries or properties for sale.

Dividing the INE population of 18,256 by the recorded municipal area of 419.7 km² gives approximately 43.5 residents per km² for Tarifa municipality. This is a transparent calculation from the two cited values.

The latest imported INE population for Tarifa municipality is 18,256, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Tarifa municipality, recorded population changed by 4.1%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Tarifa municipality is €13,049 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 43.1 years for Tarifa municipality, for 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.

INE records 17.0% of residents aged 65 or over for Tarifa municipality, in period 2023.

The simple arithmetic mean across the 9 displayed population observations for Tarifa municipality is 17,842 residents. It is calculated from the published points and is not a separate official benchmark.

The latest imported INE figure is 2.50 people per household for Tarifa municipality, for period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Tarifa municipality records €3,152 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

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.

Within the 8 displayed observations for Andalucía, the highest regional foreign-buyer share value is 16.0% in 2026Q2.

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

The current Notariado snapshot records an average completed sale price of €320,092 for Tarifa municipality. An aggregate average is not a valuation of an individual home.

The displayed series for Tarifa municipality begins at 48 transactions in 2023Q3. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

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.

Dirección General del Catastro records 4,509 buildings for Tarifa municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 12,636 dwellings for Tarifa 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 1,976 for Tarifa municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 1,905 energy certificates for Tarifa municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The 1990–2009 band contains 1,233 recorded buildings for Tarifa municipality, representing 27.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1950–1969 band contains 662 recorded buildings for Tarifa municipality, representing 14.7% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 1970–1989 band contains 1,871 recorded buildings for Tarifa municipality, representing 41.6% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The 2010 onward band contains 331 recorded buildings for Tarifa municipality, representing 7.4% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.

The current eligible public inventory contains 8 listings for Tarifa. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 6 villas; 1 apartment; 1 plot. 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 €301,000 to €2,652,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €301,000 and maximum of €2,652,000 is €2,351,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public plot for Tarifa, equal to 12.5% of the 8-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 6 eligible public villas for Tarifa, equal to 75.0% of the 8-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public apartment for Tarifa, equal to 12.5% of the 8-listing area inventory.

No. The Tarifa 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.