Zona el Palmeral
230.000 - 540.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is priced above the municipal asking figure, and it is rising faster than the municipality over the year.
Coastal
7.680
Population
49.3%
Foreign residents
€2,620
Avg €/m²
Updated 19 Sept 2026How we source our data →
Living in Mojácar
Mojácar is a small municipality on the Almería coast, near the Murcia border, and the most useful thing to know is who lives there. Close to half of its registered residents are foreign nationals, and just over half of those are British. Almería city and Adra are Moroccan-led and Roquetas de Mar is Romanian-led; Almuñécar is also British-led, but its leading nationality is under a sixth of its foreign residents against just over half here. A reader arriving from Benidorm or Torrevieja should adjust for scale first.
The INE padron recorded seven thousand six hundred and eighty people on 1 January 2025. On the same date the Andalusian statistics office counted three thousand seven hundred and sixty seven foreign nationals, with the United Kingdom the leading origin; only the first-ranked nationality is published. The population is old: the average age is just over fifty and close to a third of residents are over sixty five.
Idealista's July 2026 asking price is up by about a sixth over the year, and Mojácar is dearer per square metre than Almería city or Roquetas de Mar, though below Almuñécar on the Granada coast. Mojácar Pueblo is by far the cheapest district. A buyer should also weigh the gaps: no railway station, no weather station with published normals, and a reference hospital in Huércal-Overa.
The verdict
Honestly considered, both sides.
The upside is real. So is the downside. Both matter more than any brochure will admit.
The case for
A British majority among foreign residents
Just over half of Mojácar's foreign residents are British. Almería city and Adra are Moroccan-led and Roquetas de Mar is Romanian-led. Almuñécar is also British-led, but its leading nationality is under a sixth of foreign residents there against just over half here.
Not listed in the Junta's greenhouse mapping
The regional government's 2021 greenhouse cartography lists Roquetas de Mar, Adra and Almería city with well over a thousand hectares each. Mojácar is not listed in the municipal table, which records even Almuñécar's single hectare, so plastic does not shape the landscape here.
Untolled A-7 motorway access along the coast
The A-7 Mediterranean motorway serves the municipality and appears nowhere on the Ministry of Transport's list of state toll roads. No tolled motorway exists anywhere in Almería or Granada province, so coastal driving carries no toll cost.
Almería airport lists several UK routes
Aena's business data records twenty six routes from Almería airport in 2025 and just over eight hundred thousand passengers. Its undated destinations list includes Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Southend and three London airports, which matters for a British-led town.
The village district costs far less than the coast
Idealista's July 2026 table puts Mojácar Pueblo at little more than half the price per square metre of Zona el Palmeral or the Pueblo Indalo, Ventanicas and El Cantal district, and its annual rise of about a tenth was the gentlest of the three.
The case against
No railway station in the municipality
Mojácar has no station. The only passenger railway in Almería province runs inland to Almería city, and even there trains have terminated at Huércal-Viator since 5 March 2024, with the last section into the city operated by road during high-speed integration works.
The reference hospital is in another municipality
Mojácar sits in the Norte de Almería health management area, whose reference hospital is the Hospital La Inmaculada in Huércal-Overa. No hospital was found inside the municipality, which has one health centre and one smaller consultorio clinic.
No weather station publishes climate normals
AEMET publishes normals only for its principal stations, and the only one in Almería province is at Almería airport, in a different climatic zone. We do not print a climate table for Mojácar because no figure exists that describes it.
A small municipality with an old population
Under eight thousand people were registered on 1 January 2025, with an average age just over fifty. Close to a third are over sixty five and about one in seven under twenty. There is one primary and one secondary school.
Two of five districts have no published price
Idealista lists five districts for Mojácar but prices only three. Zona Urb. Marina de la Torre and Zona Vista de los Angeles show no figure and no annual change, so a buyer in either is working without a neighbourhood benchmark.
Editor's note
Where you might be better off elsewhere
Mojácar is for a buyer who wants a small, British-led town and accepts what small means: under eight thousand residents, an average age over fifty, one secondary school, no station, no published climate normals and a reference hospital in Huércal-Overa. If that list gives you pause, look elsewhere on this coast. Almuñécar, on the Costa Tropical, is also British-led but far more mixed, with the leading nationality at only about a sixth of foreign residents, three and a half times the population, a British-curriculum school authorised in 1993 and higher prices per square metre; its reference hospital is in Motril and it has no railway either. Almería city offers what Mojácar lacks: two hospitals in the municipality, an AEMET station, the airport within its boundary and a railway, though trains have stopped at Huércal-Viator since March 2024 and the long-distance Intercity pauses from 6 September 2026. Roquetas de Mar is fourteen times the size, cheaper per square metre and Romanian-led, but sits in the greenhouse belt. For rail, Cartagena has Larga Distancia, Media Distancia and Proximidad trains to Murcia.
Mojácar on the map
Lifestyle data
Property market
€2,620
/m²
+17.2% year on year
Updated 31 Aug 2026
Access
ALMERÍA AIRPORT
Almería · LEI
0+ direct routes
Top direct
BarcelonaBirminghamBratislavaBristolBrnoBrussels
Community
49.3%
Foreign residents
INE Annual Population Census, nationality basis, 1 January 2025
Leading nationality among foreign residents: United Kingdom, 51.8%
IECA/SIMA municipal register, nationality basis, 1 January 2025
Amenities
0
Int. schools
0
Hospitals
Mojácar neighborhoods
Where to live and what to expect at each price point.
Pueblo Indalo - Ventanicas - El Cantal
230.000 - 540.000 €Indicative guide pricesIts asking prices sit close to the municipal figure.
CoastalBeach
Mojácar Pueblo
130.000 - 310.000 €Indicative guide pricesThe village district. Asking prices are below the municipal figure.
Village
Mojácar FAQ
Honest answers to the questions buyers actually ask.
How many British people live in Mojácar?+
The Andalusian statistics office counted three thousand seven hundred and sixty seven foreign nationals on the padron at 1 January 2025, against a total population of seven thousand six hundred and eighty on the INE padron at the same date, so close to half of residents are foreign. The United Kingdom is the leading nationality, at just over half of those foreign residents, which works out at roughly nineteen hundred and fifty people. The office publishes only the first-ranked nationality, so the second and later groups are not known.
Does Mojácar have a hospital?+
No hospital was found in the municipality in any health service source we checked. Mojácar belongs to the Levante and Alto Almanzora district, now run as the Norte de Almería health management area, and its reference hospital is the Hospital La Inmaculada in Huércal-Overa. Within the municipality the Andalusian statistics office records one health centre and one consultorio for 2025. We state the assigned reference hospital rather than the closest one, and we do not publish journey times because no official source gives them.
Is there a train to Mojácar?+
No. Mojácar has no railway station. The only passenger line in Almería province runs inland to Almería city, and since 5 March 2024 those trains have terminated at Huércal-Viator, with the final section into the city operated by road while the high-speed line is integrated. From 6 September 2026 the Intercity from Almería to Madrid also stops running for a period, leaving the two Alvia services via Granada. Cartagena, in Murcia, has Larga Distancia, Media Distancia and Proximidad trains to Murcia. We publish no journey times or frequencies because no operator does.
What is the climate in Mojácar?+
We do not print a climate table for Mojácar, and that is deliberate. AEMET, the state meteorological agency, publishes long-term normals only for its principal stations, and the only one in Almería province is Almería airport, which sits in a different climatic zone and does not describe Mojácar. Borrowing its figures would be misleading, so we leave the table empty rather than fill it with a number from somewhere else. If a brochure gives you Mojácar sunshine hours or rainfall, ask which station they came from.
Which part of Mojácar is cheapest to buy in?+
On the July 2026 figures, Mojácar Pueblo is the cheapest of the three priced districts, at little more than half the price per square metre of Zona el Palmeral or the Pueblo Indalo, Ventanicas and El Cantal district, which are within a whisker of each other. Palmeral rose fastest, by about a quarter over the year, against roughly an eighth for Pueblo Indalo and a tenth for the Pueblo. Zona Urb. Marina de la Torre and Zona Vista de los Angeles are listed but carry no price, so nothing can be said about them.
Is Mojácar in the greenhouse belt?+
Not on the official mapping. The regional government's 2021 greenhouse cartography records about thirty three thousand hectares of plastic in Almería province. El Ejido leads, and Níjar, Almería city, Roquetas de Mar and Adra each have more than a thousand hectares. Mojácar is not listed in the municipal table, which records even a single hectare at Almuñécar. The regional employment service puts roughly one in six registered jobs in the province in the agricultural special regime, about seven in ten of them held by foreign nationals, but that is provincial and nothing is published for Mojácar's own workforce.
Is there a marina or port in Mojácar?+
The Andalusian ports agency lists no port in Mojácar. Its Almería-province ports are Adra, Roquetas de Mar, Garrucha, Villaricos and Carboneras, and Almería city has a separate state port. Marina de la Torre appears on Idealista as a Mojácar district name, but we could not find it in any official port register, so we do not describe it as a marina. If berths matter to you, verify the facility directly rather than relying on the district name.
Are there international or British schools in Mojácar?+
None was found. A search of the regional gazette for authorised foreign-curriculum schools teaching the British system returned nothing in Almería province at all; the only Andalusian hits were in Almuñécar, in Granada province, and Marbella. That is an absence in a keyword search rather than proof that no such school exists, and the education department's full centre directory was not checked. What the municipality does have, for the 2023 to 2024 course, is two infant centres, one primary school, one secondary school and a public library.
What are the costs of buying property in Mojácar?+
When buying property in Mojácar, budget for property transfer tax (ITP) of 7%, plus roughly 3-4% in notary, land registry and legal fees. Agency commission is usually paid by the seller. On the mainland and the Balearics, new builds pay VAT (IVA) of 10% plus AJD stamp duty instead of ITP. Transfer tax is set by Andalucía rather than nationally, and reduced rates can apply for main homes and younger buyers.
What are the ongoing costs of owning property in Mojácar?+
Annual property ownership costs in Mojácar include IBI (property tax) of 0.4-1.1% of cadastral value, community fees (for apartments), rubbish collection tax (basura), utility bills, and property insurance. Budget approximately 2-4% of property value per year for all running costs. IBI is set by the town hall of Mojácar within a national band, so it is municipal rather than regional.
What taxes do I pay when selling property in Mojácar?+
When selling property in Mojácar, you pay capital gains tax (plusvalía) on the profit at rates of 19-26% depending on the gain amount. Non-residents have 3% of the sale price withheld at completion. You may also pay municipal capital gains tax. Main residence exemptions may apply for residents over 65. Capital gains tax is national, so it is the same in Andalucía as anywhere in Spain. Plusvalia municipal is set by the town hall of Mojácar and has had two calculation methods since the 2021 reform, so ask your lawyer which one is cheaper for you.
Can I still get a Golden Visa by buying property in Spain?+
No. Spain withdrew the Golden Visa property investment route in April 2025, so buying in Mojácar no longer leads to residency. Non-EU buyers who want to live in Spain apply for a separate permit instead, most often the non-lucrative visa (proof of income and private health insurance) or the digital nomad visa (remote work for non-Spanish clients). Ask an immigration lawyer which route fits your situation before you buy.
Transfer tax rates as of August 2026. Rates are set per autonomous community and do change. Confirm the current figures with a Spanish lawyer or tax adviser before you budget.
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