📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€86,000
Price per m² (median)€560/m²
Half of the homes between €70,000 and €104,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 867 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 18% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
83% owned7% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal19% · many 2nd homes
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€24,900
€23,990€25,730
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.
The 2021 census counts in Benamocarra 7% of households renting and 83% owning. Of its homes, 19% are nobody's usual residence: second homes or empty ones. None of the municipalities in its comarca has so few second and empty homes in proportion. The next one is Vélez-Málaga. That share runs from 19% to 20% depending on the census tract. Of its 1,044 residential buildings, 91% are single-family houses. In the weight of single-family houses it falls between Almáchar, with 93%, and Vélez-Málaga, with 86%. In the blocks, the median is 2 homes per building. There are 5 buildings with 10 homes or more. No building holds as many homes as the one at Calle La Libertad, 42, with 31. There is a pool at 1.7% of the houses (16 of 951).
Compared with the previous register it adds 85 inhabitants: it has 3,200. It amounts to 2.7% on the previous register. By population it sits between Periana, with 3,367, and Riogordo, with 2,839. Benamocarra is home to 1.4% of the inhabitants of its comarca. Of the 31 municipalities in its comarca, only Árchez and Algarrobo grow faster in proportion. The mayor's office is held by Abdeslam Jesús Aoulad Ben Salem Lucena (POR MI PUEBLO).
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.