What a flat in Elche really rents for
A flat in Elche rents at a reference of 5,45 €/m², cheap enough that the condition of the property, not its price, is what you are really choosing between. Five years have added 31,7 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation. With 9.481 declared leases behind it, the quartiles are stable from year to year.
Rents declared on income-tax returns for main-residence leases, not asking prices. They lag the market and exclude holiday lets.
A sense of scale
Ranked against its neighbours in Alicante, it holds the second highest population of the group.
Taking every municipality covered here together, the number of declared leases is in the second-dearest twentieth.
On five-year change in the reference rent it is the eighth highest of the Alicante municipalities this guide covers.
Measured against the whole batch, that share of main homes that are rented sits in the third-cheapest twentieth.
How it ranks
Among the Alicante towns and cities covered here, it records the eleventh highest median floor area of a let flat.
Taking every municipality covered here together, the reference rent per square metre is in the band just above the bottom quarter.
Within Alicante, that is the twelfth lowest lower-quartile rent per square metre among the municipalities this guide covers.
Country-wide, that upper-quartile rent per square metre is one of the band just above the bottom quarter.
The comparison that matters
Ranked against its neighbours in Alicante, it holds the thirteenth lowest median declared monthly rent of the group.
Taking every municipality covered here together, the share of dwellings that are not a main residence is in the band just above the middle.
Check a quoted rent against the reference
Five years have added 31,7 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation.
Elche 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 | 232 € | 300 € | 391 € |
| 75 m² | 316 € | 409 € | 533 € |
| 100 m² | 421 € | 545 € | 710 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
The reference figures, and how far apart they sit
4,21 €/m² against 7,10 €/m² is a wide spread: in Elche the same nominal flat means very different things.
With 9.481 declared leases behind it, the quartiles are stable from year to year.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 4,21 €/m² |
| Median | 5,45 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 7,10 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 482,50 € |
| Median floor area | 93 m² |
Who rents here
12,25 % of main homes in Elche are rented, below the national pattern.
23,76 % of the stock is not a main residence, a normal share for a town people live in year-round.
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".
- INE, Censo de Población y Viviendas 2021, régimen de tenencia en municipios de más de 50.000 habitantes y capitales (tabla 59529). 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.