What rents in Vilafranca del Penedès actually are
A flat in Vilafranca del Penedès rents at a reference of 7,44 €/m², the middle of the Spanish range and the level at which old and new contracts diverge most. Five years have added 24,9 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation. 3.097 declared leases sit behind it: enough to inform, small enough that one street can sit outside the range.
Rents declared on income-tax returns for main-residence leases, not asking prices. They lag the market and exclude holiday lets.
How it ranks
Compared with the rest of Barcelona in this guide, it sits nineteenth highest on number of declared leases.
Over the whole guide, the share of dwellings that are not a main residence recorded here falls within the band just above the bottom quarter.
Compared with the rest of Barcelona in this guide, it sits eighth lowest on median declared monthly rent.
Put beside its neighbours
Over the whole guide, the five-year change in the reference rent recorded here falls within the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.
Set against the other Barcelona municipalities in this guide, it has the fifth highest median floor area of a let flat.
Nationally, that reference rent per square metre falls in the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.
In context
Judged only against Barcelona, the lower-quartile rent per square metre here is the fifth lowest in the guide.
Country-wide, that population is one of the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.
Judged only against Barcelona, the upper-quartile rent per square metre here is the fifth lowest in the guide.
Put a quoted rent in its place
Five years have added 24,9 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation.
A typical declared lease in Vilafranca del Penedès runs at 614,10 € a month.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 323 € | 409 € | 493 € |
| 75 m² | 440 € | 558 € | 673 € |
| 100 m² | 587 € | 744 € | 897 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
The reference figures, and how narrow the range is
3.097 declared leases sit behind it: enough to inform, small enough that one street can sit outside the range.
5,87 €/m² to 8,97 €/m² is a narrow spread, so the address matters less here than the size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 5,87 €/m² |
| Median | 7,44 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 8,97 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 614,10 € |
| Median floor area | 87 m² |
A declared stressed rental market
Vilafranca del Penedès 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.