Roquetas de Mar rents against the official reference
With 5.062 declared leases behind it, the quartiles are stable from year to year. Roquetas de Mar carries a reference rent of 6,06 €/m², below the Spanish middle but no longer at the floor. Five years have added 28,1 % 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.
Where this one stands
Judged only against Almería, the population here is the second highest in the guide.
Set the national range end to end and this number of declared leases lands in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.
Among the Almería towns and cities covered here, it records the second highest share of dwellings that are not a main residence.
Over the whole guide, the five-year change in the reference rent recorded here falls within the band just inside the top fifth.
In context
Ranked against its neighbours in Almería, it holds the highest share of main homes that are rented of the group.
Against every municipality in this guide, its median floor area of a let flat lands in the band just above the bottom quarter.
Compared with the rest of Almería in this guide, it sits second highest on median declared monthly rent.
Nationally, that upper-quartile rent per square metre falls in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.
Measured against its neighbours
Set against the other Almería municipalities in this guide, it has the second highest reference rent per square metre.
Nationally, that lower-quartile rent per square metre falls in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.
The reference figures
With 5.062 declared leases behind it, the quartiles are stable from year to year.
4,81 €/m² to 7,54 €/m² covers the middle half of declared leases in Roquetas de Mar — ordinary dispersion.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 4,81 €/m² |
| Median | 6,06 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 7,54 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 450,00 € |
| Median floor area | 77 m² |
A sizeable rental sector
20,08 % of Roquetas de Mar main homes are rented, more than the national pattern.
With 39,99 % of dwellings not a main home, long leases compete directly with seasonal use.
Check a quoted rent against the reference
Half of declared leases in Roquetas de Mar are below 450,00 € a month.
Five years have added 28,1 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 265 € | 333 € | 415 € |
| 75 m² | 361 € | 454 € | 566 € |
| 100 m² | 481 € | 606 € | 754 € |
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".
- 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.