📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€77,000
Price per m² (median)€600/m²
Half of the homes between €51,000 and €107,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 200 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 19% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
72% owned11% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal62% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€28,230
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.
Of the 285 residents of Faraján, one in seven is a foreign national (14%). In its comarca, only Gaucín and Benadalid have more foreign nationals in proportion. The most numerous foreign nationalities are Morocco (11), the United Kingdom (6), France (3), Colombia (2) and Germany (1). Residents of Moroccan nationality, 11 of them, make up 28% of the foreign nationals. Faraján is home to 1.6% of the foreign nationals of its comarca.
Of its 15 streets with homes, Calle El Corchuelo has the most buildings: 38. Among them are 13 streets and 2 squares. Next come Calle Roque Ayala (21) and Calle Romeral (20). Its postcode is 29461.
Its unemployment rate in the 2021 census was 19%. Only Igualeja had less unemployment in its comarca. A household takes home an average of about €28,230 net a year. In household income it falls between Cartajima, with €28,540, and Igualeja, with €28,070. The town council is led by Rogelio Eduardo Barragán Sierra (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.