📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€55,000
Price per m² (median)€430/m²
Half of the homes between €37,000 and €78,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 342 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 24% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
70% owned8% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal52% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€22,170
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 energy certificate register lists 10 buildings in Benarrabá, 2.4% of those with homes. The rating that appears most is C. Not a single one has an A or B rating. F or G, the worst ratings, account for 30% of the certificates. Its median building dates from 1940. By the median year of its buildings it sits between Benadalid (1950) and Benalauría (1930). By decade, the 1930s built the most, with 58 buildings; then the 1950s, with 55. Of its buildings, 13% date from the sixties and seventies. Before the NBE-CT-79 standard, 86% were built. Since 2000, 5% of today's buildings have gone up. There is at least one school in Benarrabá: Colegio Público Sierra del Espino, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026).
CasasValue puts the median home at €55,000, about €430/m². Within its comarca, none has a cheaper square metre. Cartajima follows. Half of its homes are worth between €37,000 and €78,000. A median house is worth €55,000; a flat, €61,000. By street, the most expensive square metre is in Plaza Cabildo (€460/m²) and the cheapest in Calle Saucal (€420/m²). The square metre is worth €460 in 21st-century buildings and €430 in those from before 1979. The town council is led by Silvestre Barroso Jarillo (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.