📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€91,000
Price per m² (median)€670/m²
Half of the homes between €77,000 and €113,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 1,139 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 25% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
82% owned6.8% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal35% · many 2nd homes
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€26,680
€26,370€27,180
Average net income · Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE), by census tract
🧬 Distinguishing features
Compared with the other municipalities nearby and in Spain. Its key data is elsewhere on this page.
According to the 2021 census, unemployment in Ardales stood at 25%. Only Carratraca and Valle de Abdalajís had more unemployment in its comarca. Across its census tracts, unemployment ranged from 25% to 26%. A household takes home an average of about €26,680 net a year. In household income it falls between Villanueva de la Concepción, with €27,030, and Fuente de Piedra, with €26,670. Its most modest census tract stays at €26,370 per household; the highest reaches €27,180.
One school in Ardales is Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026). There is at least one supermarket in the municipality: Coviran.
One in 23 residents has a foreign nationality (4.3%). By share of foreign nationals it sits between Alameda (4.9%) and Villanueva de Tapia (3.9%). Heading the list of nationalities are Paraguay (22), the United Kingdom (16), Morocco (15), Argentina (7) and Colombia (6). Residents of Paraguayan nationality, 22 of them, make up 20% of the foreign nationals. It holds 1.6% of the foreign population of its comarca. The mayor's office is held by Juan Alberto Naranjo Moral (CON ANDALUCÍA).
Sources: Municipal register (INE) · Cadastre · CasasValue (CASAS.ES) · Household Income Atlas and 2021 Census (INE) · PVGIS (sunshine) · Register of local officials · Ministry of the Interior (crime). Data as of 2026-10-17.