📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€89,000
Price per m² (median)€700/m²
Half of the homes between €77,000 and €107,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 964 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 24% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
75% owned11% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal59% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€25,280
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.
In one year, Gaucín has gained 29 residents and reached 1,620. That is a change of 1.8% in a year. In inhabitants it falls between El Burgo (1,761) and Cuevas del Becerro (1,617). Its weight in the comarca: 3% of the population. Only Cartajima grows faster in proportion in its comarca.
For schooling, options in Gaucín include Colegio Guzmán el Bueno, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026). There is at least one nursery in the municipality: Guarderia Los Peques. Supermarkets in the municipality include Alsara and Supermercado Ruiz Galan.
Its residential buildings stand on 33 streets; the one with the most is Calle Barrio Alto, with 111. Among them are 28 streets, 2 alleys and 2 roads. Next come Calle Luis de Armiñan (97) and Calle Alta (82). Calle Cañamaque has the oldest buildings, with a median of 1930; Calle Camino del Montoro, the most recent, at 2001. No street has as many houses with a pool as Calle Cañamaque, with 12. Its postcode is 29480. The town council is led by Pedro Godino Martín (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.