📊 Socioeconomic profile
💶 CasasValue · median home€96,000
Price per m² (median)€680/m²
Half of the homes between €71,000 and €120,000
CasasValue (CASAS.ES) of 1,487 buildings · not an official valuation
💼 24% unemployment (census)
🔑 Tenure
85% owned5.5% rented
🏖 2nd home / seasonal34% · many 2nd homes
Tenure and non-primary homes · 2021 Census (INE)
Average net household income€26,190
€25,630€26,690
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.
Villanueva del Rosario has 3,470 inhabitants, 69 more than a year ago. In percentage terms, 2%. By population it sits between Cuevas de San Marcos, with 3,647, and Sierra de Yeguas, with 3,418. Its weight in the comarca: 2.9% of the population. In the change of its register it falls between Villanueva del Trabuco, +2.1%, and Carratraca, +1.9%. For groceries, supermarkets in Villanueva del Rosario include Dia and La alacena, according to OpenStreetMap (July 2026).
It has homes on 116 streets, and none has as many buildings as Calle Arroyo: 69. Among them are 100 streets, 5 squares and 4 lanes. Behind it are Calle Carrera (53) and Calle Inés Molina (47). Calle Desengaño has the oldest buildings, with a median of 1942; Calle Guadalhorce, the most recent, at 2018. Calle Ribera del Cerezo is the street of pools: 11 houses have one. Its postcode is 29312. Beyond housing, the Land Registry counts 23 commercial buildings and 4 office buildings. The mayor is Ignacio Jesús Ramos Cano (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.