📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€66,000
Price per m² (median)€550/m²
Half of the homes between €41,000 and €89,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 546 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 29% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
76% owned11% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal57% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€21,350
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.
In Arenas, 16 residential buildings have a registered energy certificate: 2.2%. The rating that appears most is E. Only one has an A or B rating. Of the certificates, 31% carry an F or G. Its median year of construction is 1955. By the median year of its buildings it sits between Alfarnatejo (1960) and El Borge (1953). By decade, the 1930s built the most, with 169 buildings; then the 1940s, with 149. Between 1960 and 1979, 15% went up. Of its buildings, 67% predate the 1979 thermal standard. Since 2000, 14% of today's buildings have gone up. From 2015 on, 7 new buildings. There is at least one school in Arenas: Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Ramón María del Valle Inclán, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026).
According to CasasValue, the median home is worth €66,000 (€550/m²). In the value of the square metre it falls between Benamocarra, with €560/m², and Almáchar, with €530/m². The middle 50% of its homes range from €41,000 to €89,000. By type, the median house is around €68,000 and the flat, €76,000. The square metre is worth €580 in 21st-century buildings and €550 in those from before 1979. The mayor's office is held by Manuel Ríos Sánchez (PP).
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.