📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€113,000
Price per m² (median)€1,100/m²
Half of the homes between €94,000 and €188,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 804 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 22% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
79% owned8% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal46% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€30,000
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 42 buildings in Istán, 4.6% of those with homes. The most common rating is E. Only 3 have an A or B, the best ratings. Of the certificates, 14% carry an F or G. Its median year of construction is 1982. Its housing stock is newer than that of Torremolinos (1980) and older than that of Marbella (1983). By decade, the 2000s built the most, with 197 buildings; then the 1980s, with 161. Of its buildings, 24% date from the sixties and seventies. Before the NBE-CT-79 standard, 44% were built. Since 2000, 26% of today's buildings have gone up. From 2015 on, 13 new buildings. There is at least one school in Istán: Colegio Francisco Ruiz, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026).
In one year it has gained 85 residents, up to 1,707. In percentage terms, 5.2%. None of the municipalities in its comarca has fewer inhabitants. Next comes Ojén. Its weight in the comarca: 0.3% of the population. In its comarca, only Casares grows faster in proportion. It is the 4th fastest-growing of the 103 municipalities in its province. The town council is led by José Miguel Marín Marín (CON ANDALUCÍA).
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.