📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€317,000
Price per m² (median)€2,600/m²
Half of the homes between €214,000 and €475,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 36,055 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 24% unemployment (census)
Average net household income€38,510
Highest: Málaga€38,600
Lowest: Almogía€26,590
Average net income · Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE), by census tract
🔑 Tenure
81% owned13% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal15% · mostly primary homes
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
🧬 Distinguishing features
Compared with the other comarcas in its province and in Spain. Its key data is elsewhere on this page.
In the Málaga comarca, the 2021 census counted 81% of households in a home they own and 13% renting. Of all homes, 15% are not a main residence: they are second homes or stand empty. Municipality by municipality, the weight of second and empty homes: Málaga (15%) and Almogía (40%). It is the comarca in its province with the lowest share of homes that are not a main residence.
In the 2021 census, its unemployment was 24%. By municipality, census unemployment was: Málaga (24%) and Almogía (28%).
Compared with the previous register it adds 7,563 residents. This is how each municipality changed in a year: Málaga (+1.3%) and Almogía (+3.3%).
A household takes home an average of about €38,510 net a year. No other comarca in its province has a higher income per household. By municipality, average household income is: Málaga (€38,600) and Almogía (€26,590). In the richest census tract, in Málaga, households reach about €103,970.
It receives on average 7.9 kWh/m² of sunshine a day in July and 2.5 in December. The yearly average of sunshine, in kWh/m² a day, runs: Málaga (5.1) and Almogía (5.2). It only goes above 6 kWh/m² a day from May to August. Spread over the whole year, it comes to 5.1 kWh/m² a day.
Sources: Municipal register (INE) · Household Income Atlas (INE) · PVGIS (sunshine) · Ministry of the Interior (crime). Data as of 2026-10-17.