What a flat in Manlleu really rents for
It is 23 % above the reference of five years earlier. It rests on 953 declared leases. A flat in Manlleu rents at a reference of 5,33 €/m², cheap enough that the condition of the property, not its price, is what you are really choosing between.
Rents declared on income-tax returns for main-residence leases, not asking prices. They lag the market and exclude holiday lets.
How it ranks
On upper-quartile rent per square metre it is the lowest of the Barcelona municipalities this guide covers.
Measured against the whole batch, that reference rent per square metre sits in the bottom quarter.
Of the Barcelona municipalities covered here, this one comes ninth highest on share of dwellings that are not a main residence.
Put beside its neighbours
Across the country, the lower-quartile rent per square metre here belongs to the bottom quarter.
Of the Barcelona municipalities covered here, this one comes lowest on median declared monthly rent.
Country-wide, that population is one of the second-cheapest twentieth.
In context
Among the Barcelona towns and cities covered here, it records the fourth highest median floor area of a let flat.
Nationally, that number of declared leases falls in the band just above the bottom quarter.
Among the Barcelona towns and cities covered here, it records the fourth highest five-year change in the reference rent.
The reference figures
4,11 €/m² to 6,59 €/m² covers the middle half of declared leases in Manlleu — ordinary dispersion.
Below 4,11 €/m² expect compromises, above 6,59 €/m² expect to be shown something genuinely better.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 4,11 €/m² |
| Median | 5,33 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 6,59 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 458,33 € |
| Median floor area | 87 m² |
Check a quoted rent against the reference
Half of declared leases in Manlleu are below 458,33 € a month.
At a median of 87 m², Manlleu flats are a little larger than the Spanish average.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 226 € | 293 € | 362 € |
| 75 m² | 308 € | 400 € | 494 € |
| 100 m² | 411 € | 533 € | 659 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
A declared stressed rental market
Manlleu has been declared a zona de mercado residencial tensionado by its comunidad autónoma, which is the trigger for the rent limits in the Housing Act: a new lease on a home that was let in the previous five years is generally held to the previous rent as updated, and a large holder is additionally held to the reference index. The declaration is made regionally and listed by the ministry, it runs for a fixed term and it can be extended, so check it is still current before relying on it. The declaring norm is named in the sources below.
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".
- RESOLUCIO TER/800/2024, de 13 de marc, del Departament de Territori (DOGC num. 9122, de 14 de marc de 2024). Period: 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2026. Licence: Official regional legal text, published in the journal named above.