📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€558,000
Price per m² (median)€2,640/m²
Half of the homes between €307,000 and €626,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 10 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 22% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
86% owned8% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal3% · mostly primary homes
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€50,020
Average net income · Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE), by census tract
🧬 Distinguishing features
Compared with the other areas of its level, in its municipality and in Spain. Its key data is elsewhere on this page.
According to the 2021 census, in La Cantera 8% of households rent and 86% own their home. Of its homes, 3% are nobody's usual residence: second homes or empty ones. Average household income is around €50,020 net a year. Its unemployment rate in the 2021 census was 22%.
La Cantera lies north of the centre of Marbella, about 1.4 km away. Its residential buildings spread over about 0.3 km from north to south and 0.3 km from east to west. To the east it reaches Calle Padre Paco Ostos; to the west, Calle Doña Francisca Carrillo. To the north-west lies Xarblanca, and to the north-east, El Trapiche.
No building has more than three storeys. The median building has two storeys. Of its buildings, 80% have no more than 2 storeys. Of its 40 residential buildings, 90% are single-family houses. There are 4 buildings with 10 homes or more. The largest block, with 37 homes, is at Avenida La Florida, 17. There is a pool at 89% of the houses (32 of 36). The median house has 467 m² built on a plot of 1,267 m².
Sources: Cadastre and CartoCiudad · CasasValue (CASAS.ES) · Household Income Atlas and 2021 Census (INE) · CASAS.ES measurements · boundary: IGR Poblaciones 2024, © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-19.