📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€71,000
Price per m² (median)€550/m²
Half of the homes between €52,000 and €90,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 204 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 26% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
62% owned14% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal53% · highly seasonal
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€22,320
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.
Parauta has 271 inhabitants, 10 fewer than a year ago. It amounts to 3.6% on the previous register. By population it sits between Faraján, with 285, and Alpandeire, with 242. Parauta is home to 0.5% of the inhabitants of its comarca. By population loss, it ranks 6th of the 103 municipalities in its province. In the change of its register it falls between Benadalid, −3.4%, and Igualeja, −5.3%. There is at least one school in Parauta: Colegio Público Rural Alto Genal, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026).
CasasValue puts the median home at €71,000, about €550/m². By CasasValue per m² it sits between Jubrique (€560/m²) and Benadalid (€540/m²). The middle 50% of its homes range from €52,000 to €90,000. By type, the median house is around €70,000 and the flat, €70,000. The square metre is worth €590 in 21st-century buildings and €550 in those from before 1979.
There are no buildings of more than three storeys. The median height is two storeys. One or two storeys: that is the case for 81% of its buildings. Renters make up 14% of households (2021 census). Some 53% of homes are not the main home of any household. The mayor is Katrin Ortega Márquez (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.