📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€74,000
Price per m² (median)€540/m²
Half of the homes between €49,000 and €87,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 214 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 24% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
72% owned10% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal61% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€23,360
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.
One in seven of the 226 inhabitants of Benadalid has a foreign nationality. In its comarca, only Gaucín has more foreign nationals in proportion. By number of residents, the leading foreign nationalities are Germany (13), the United Kingdom (4), Morocco (3), France (2) and Romania (2). Residents of German nationality, 13 of them, make up 38% of the foreign nationals. It holds 1.4% of the foreign population of its comarca.
Its households take home an average of about €23,360 net a year. By household income it sits between Montejaque (€23,520) and Alpandeire (€22,780). The 2021 census gave it an unemployment rate of 24%.
CasasValue puts the median home at €74,000, about €540/m². In the value of the square metre it falls between Parauta, with €550/m², and Júzcar, with €530/m². The middle 50% of its homes range from €49,000 to €87,000. By type, the median house is around €73,000 and the flat, €72,000. Of its 16 streets with five or more valued buildings, Calle Fuente is the most expensive (€590/m²) and Plaza Beni al Jali the cheapest (€510/m²). The square metre is worth €640 in 21st-century buildings and €540 in those from before 1979. The town council is led by Antonio Vera Vázquez (A.E.BENADALID UNIDO).
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.