📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€71,000
Price per m² (median)€570/m²
Half of the homes between €54,000 and €86,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 681 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 22% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
76% owned10% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal38% · many 2nd homes
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€19,840
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.
A household in Benamargosa takes home an average of about €19,840 net a year. Only Salares has a lower household income in its comarca. In household income, it ranks 2nd from the bottom among the 103 municipalities of its province. Its unemployment rate in the 2021 census was 22%.
There is at least one health centre in Benamargosa: Centro de Salud Benamargosa, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026). One supermarket in the municipality is Covirán.
It has homes on 60 streets, and none has as many buildings as Calle Nueva: 40. By type, they include 52 streets, 3 roads and one avenue. Behind it are Calle Ermita (33) and Calle Manga (29). Calle Carabineros has the oldest buildings, with a median of 1935; Calle José Beltran Ortega, the most recent, at 2006. Its postcode is 29718.
Energy certificates cover 21 of its buildings: 2.6%. The most common rating is E. Not a single one has an A or B rating. F or G, the worst ratings, account for 29% of the certificates. Its median building dates from 1968. By the median year of its buildings it sits between Moclinejo (1970) and Macharaviaya (1963). The mayor's office is held by Salvador Arcas Sánchez (PSOE-A).
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.