Rent in Lorca: what tenants actually declared
The reference rent for a flat in Lorca is 4,82 €/m², at the bottom of the national range, where a difference of a few euros a month separates very different buildings. 3.199 declared leases sit behind it: enough to inform, small enough that one street can sit outside the range. It is 20,5 % above the reference of five years earlier.
Rents declared on income-tax returns for main-residence leases, not asking prices. They lag the market and exclude holiday lets.
Against the rest of the province
Line the Murcia municipalities in this guide up by population and this one is the third highest.
Set the national range end to end and this median floor area of a let flat lands in the second-dearest twentieth.
Take Murcia alone: among the municipalities here, its number of declared leases is the third highest.
On a national view, its reference rent per square metre falls into the fourth-cheapest twentieth.
Where it sits against the rest
Of the Murcia municipalities covered here, this one comes ninth lowest on upper-quartile rent per square metre.
Taking every municipality covered here together, the lower-quartile rent per square metre is in the fourth-cheapest twentieth.
Ranked against its neighbours in Murcia, it holds the fourth highest median declared monthly rent of the group.
Against every municipality in this guide, its five-year change in the reference rent lands in the lower middle of the range.
In context
On share of main homes that are rented it is the highest of the Murcia municipalities this guide covers.
Against every municipality in this guide, its share of dwellings that are not a main residence lands in the band just above the middle.
Before you sign
- Confirm in writing who pays the community charge.
- Photograph the meters on the day you take the keys.
- Ask what the last tenant paid and why they left.
- Check the boiler, the windows and the damp before the price.
The reference figures
3,91 €/m² to 6,16 €/m² covers the middle half of declared leases in Lorca — ordinary dispersion.
3.199 declared leases sit behind it: enough to inform, small enough that one street can sit outside the range.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 3,91 €/m² |
| Median | 4,82 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 6,16 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 450,00 € |
| Median floor area | 102 m² |
Check a quoted rent against the reference
Lorca flats run large: the median declared area is 102 m².
Half of declared leases in Lorca are below 450,00 € a month.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 215 € | 265 € | 339 € |
| 75 m² | 293 € | 362 € | 462 € |
| 100 m² | 391 € | 482 € | 616 € |
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.