Rent in Orihuela: what tenants actually declared
It rests on 1.339 declared leases. The reference rent for a flat in Orihuela is 4,89 €/m², at the bottom of the national range, where a difference of a few euros a month separates very different buildings. Five years have added 31,9 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation.
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
Take Alicante alone: among the municipalities here, its share of dwellings that are not a main residence is the third highest.
Set the national range end to end and this five-year change in the reference rent lands in the third-dearest twentieth.
Set against the other Alicante municipalities in this guide, it has the fourth highest population.
Against every municipality in this guide, its median floor area of a let flat lands in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.
How it ranks
Set against the other Alicante municipalities in this guide, it has the tenth lowest reference rent per square metre.
On a national view, its lower-quartile rent per square metre falls into the fourth-cheapest twentieth.
Within Alicante, that is the eleventh lowest upper-quartile rent per square metre among the municipalities this guide covers.
Against every municipality in this guide, its median declared monthly rent lands in the band just above the bottom quarter.
The comparison that matters
On share of main homes that are rented it is the fourth highest of the Alicante municipalities this guide covers.
Against every municipality in this guide, its number of declared leases lands in the band just below the middle.
How much of the stock is rented
Renting accounts for 15,59 % of main homes in Orihuela, close to the Spanish norm.
At 64,07 % not a main residence, the long-term rental stock in Orihuela is the leftover of a holiday market.
Check a quoted rent against the reference
Half of declared leases in Orihuela are below 450,00 € a month.
Five years have added 31,9 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 204 € | 269 € | 381 € |
| 75 m² | 278 € | 367 € | 520 € |
| 100 m² | 370 € | 489 € | 693 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
The reference figures, in a split market
A quote under 3,70 €/m² deserves a viewing before anything else; above 6,93 €/m² you are paying city money for a cheap market.
3,70 €/m² against 6,93 €/m² is a split market rather than a range; Orihuela effectively has two rental stocks.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 3,70 €/m² |
| Median | 4,89 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 6,93 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 450,00 € |
| Median floor area | 95 m² |
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.