📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€87,000
Price per m² (median)€680/m²
Half of the homes between €60,000 and €111,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 639 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 39% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
80% owned7% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal46% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€24,760
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 37 of the 1,427 inhabitants of Benaoján has a foreign nationality. In proportion of foreign nationals it falls between Arriate, with 2.9%, and Cuevas del Becerro, with 2.3%. The most numerous foreign nationalities are the United Kingdom (13), Germany (4), Romania (3), Argentina (2) and France (1). Residents of British nationality, 13 of them, make up 33% of the foreign nationals. Benaoján is home to 1.6% of the foreign nationals of its comarca. One school in Benaoján is Nuestra Señora del Rodario, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026).
CasasValue puts the median home at €87,000, about €680/m². By CasasValue per m² it sits between Jimera de Líbar (€690/m²) and Cuevas del Becerro (€670/m²). The middle 50% of its homes range from €60,000 to €111,000. By type, the median house is around €87,000 and the flat, €81,000. Of its 24 streets with five or more valued buildings, Calle San Cristóbal is the most expensive (€860/m²) and Calle Cantillo the cheapest (€600/m²). The mayor's office is held by Guillermo Becerra Montes (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.