Mijas rents: the declared figures
3.391 declared leases sit behind it: enough to inform, small enough that one street can sit outside the range. At 8,68 €/m², Mijas is an expensive rental market by Spanish standards. Five years have added 27,8 % 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.
Put beside its neighbours
Take Málaga 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 population lands in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.
Set against the other Málaga municipalities in this guide, it has the sixth highest number of declared leases.
Set the national range end to end and this upper-quartile rent per square metre lands in the band just inside the top fifth.
Measured against its neighbours
On five-year change in the reference rent it is the eighth lowest of the Málaga municipalities this guide covers.
Put beside the rest of the country, its reference rent per square metre belongs to the top quarter.
Of the Málaga municipalities covered here, this one comes eighth highest on lower-quartile rent per square metre.
On a national view, its median declared monthly rent falls into the band just below the top quarter.
How it ranks
On median floor area of a let flat it is the sixth lowest of the Málaga municipalities this guide covers.
Measured against the whole batch, that share of main homes that are rented sits in the band just above the middle.
Put a quoted rent in its place
Five years have added 27,8 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation.
A typical declared lease in Mijas runs at 615,00 € a month.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 381 € | 477 € | 608 € |
| 75 m² | 520 € | 651 € | 829 € |
| 100 m² | 693 € | 868 € | 1.105 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
How much of the stock is rented
Renting accounts for 17,23 % of main homes in Mijas, close to the Spanish norm.
45,8 % of Mijas dwellings are not a main residence, which is why long-term supply is thin in summer.
The reference figures
3.391 declared leases sit behind it: enough to inform, small enough that one street can sit outside the range.
6,93 €/m² to 11,05 €/m² covers the middle half of declared leases in Mijas — ordinary dispersion.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 6,93 €/m² |
| Median | 8,68 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 11,05 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 615,00 € |
| Median floor area | 81 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.