📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€94,000
Price per m² (median)€580/m²
Half of the homes between €78,000 and €118,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 1,216 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 22% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
79% owned8% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal45% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€26,480
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.
Colmenar has 3,626 inhabitants, 81 more than a year ago. In percentage terms, 2.3%. By population it sits between Cómpeta, with 3,824, and Frigiliana, with 3,383. Its weight in the comarca: 1.6% of the population. In the change of its register it falls between Macharaviaya, +2.4%, and Frigiliana, +2.2%.
There is at least one pharmacy in Colmenar: Farmacia Sonsoles Tallón, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026). Supermarkets in the municipality include Alsara Supermercardos, Cash Familiar El Nogal and Covirán.
Energy certificates cover 67 of its buildings: 4.4%. The most common rating is E. Not a single one has an A or B rating. F or G, the worst ratings, account for 13% of the certificates. Its median year of construction is 1977. By the median year of its buildings it sits between Canillas de Albaida (1978) and Alfarnate (1975). The decades that left the most buildings are the 2000s (298) and the 1930s (205). Between 1960 and 1979, 23% went up. Before the NBE-CT-79 standard, 53% were built. Since 2000, 23% of today's buildings have gone up. From 2015 on, 37 new buildings. The mayor's office is held by José Martín García (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.