What rents in Altea actually are
Five years have added 25,6 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation. It rests on 1.653 declared leases. A flat in Altea rents at a reference of 7,06 €/m², the middle of the Spanish range and the level at which old and new contracts diverge most.
Rents declared on income-tax returns for main-residence leases, not asking prices. They lag the market and exclude holiday lets.
Put beside its neighbours
On share of dwellings that are not a main residence it is the tenth highest of the Alicante municipalities this guide covers.
Across the country, the median floor area of a let flat here belongs to the band just inside the top fifth.
Judged only against Alicante, the median declared monthly rent here is the third highest in the guide.
In context
Against every municipality in this guide, its five-year change in the reference rent lands in the band just below the top quarter.
Judged only against Alicante, the population here is the sixth lowest in the guide.
Across the country, the upper-quartile rent per square metre here belongs to the upper middle of the range.
Against the rest of the province
Take Alicante alone: among the municipalities here, its reference rent per square metre is the seventh highest.
Measured against the whole batch, that number of declared leases sits in the band just above the middle.
Ranked against its neighbours in Alicante, it holds the fifth highest lower-quartile rent per square metre of the group.
How much of the stock is rented
49,24 % of Altea dwellings are not a main residence, which is why long-term supply is thin in summer.
The census publishes tenure only for the larger municipalities and the provincial capitals, so no rented share is available for Altea.
The reference figures, and how far apart they sit
5,44 €/m² against 9,29 €/m² is a wide spread: in Altea the same nominal flat means very different things.
Anything between 5,44 €/m² and 9,29 €/m² is a normal contract; outside it, ask what explains the difference.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 5,44 €/m² |
| Median | 7,06 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 9,29 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 616,42 € |
| Median floor area | 93 m² |
Put a quoted rent in its place
A typical declared lease in Altea runs at 616,42 € a month.
Altea flats run large: the median declared area is 93 m².
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 299 € | 388 € | 511 € |
| 75 m² | 408 € | 530 € | 697 € |
| 100 m² | 544 € | 706 € | 929 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
Related guides
Sources and licences
- MIVAU, Sistema Estatal de Referencia del Precio del Alquiler de Vivienda (SERPAVI), base 2011-2024. Period: 2024; 2019-2024. Retrieved 16 September 2026. Licence: MIVAU legal notice: reuse "para usos comerciales y no comerciales" with the source and its last-update date cited. Values are rents declared on income-tax returns, not asking prices.
- INE, Censo de Población y Viviendas 2021, viviendas por tipo (tabla 59525). Period: 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (INE legal notice). Attribution: "Elaboración propia con datos extraídos del sitio web del INE".
- MIVAU, registro de zonas de mercado residencial tensionado (art. 18 Ley 12/2023). Period: 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026. Licence: MIVAU legal notice: reuse for commercial and non-commercial purposes with the source and its last-update date cited.