Municipalities of Spain by average age

Name: Municipalities of Spain by average age, 2016
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Ferrol had the highest average age of 145 municipalities in 2016, at 48.2 years. Melilla had the lowest, at 35 years. The median was 41.7 years and the figure for Spain was 42.7 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48.2Ferrol

Lowest35Melilla

Median41.7145 municipalities

Spain42.7History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 years	Change on 2015
1	Ferrol	48.2	+0.4
2	León	47.6	+0.3
3	Gijón	47.3	+0.2
4	Salamanca	47.2	+0.3
5	Avilés	47.1	+0.3
6	Valladolid	46.5	+0.4
7	Bilbao	46.5	+0.2
8	Ourense	46.5	+0.3
9	Santander	46.4	+0.3
10	Zamora	46.3	+0.4
11	Torrelavega	46.2	+0.4
12	A Coruña	46.1	+0.2
13	Donostia/San Sebastián	45.8	+0.2
14	Oviedo	45.7	+0.3
14	Ponferrada	45.7	+0.3
16	Palencia	45.6	+0.3
17	Barakaldo	45.6	+0.2
18	Getxo	45.5	+0.3
19	Cádiz	45.3	+0.5
20	Siero	45.1	+0.4
21	Segovia	45	+0.4
22	Santiago de Compostela	44.8	+0.2
23	Vigo	44.7	+0.4
24	Lugo	44.7	+0.2
25	Orihuela	44.7	+0.2
26	Barcelona	44.5	+0.1
27	Pamplona/Iruña	44.3	+0.2
28	Burgos	44.2	+0.3
29	Fuengirola	44.2	+0.4
30	Irun	44	+0.3
31	Zaragoza	44	+0.3
32	Madrid	43.9	+0.1
33	Granada	43.8	+0.2
34	Alcoi/Alcoy	43.8	+0.3
35	València	43.7	+0.2
36	Soria	43.7	+0.3
37	Sagunt/Sagunto	43.7	+0.1
38	Torrevieja	43.6	-0.3
38	Vitoria-Gasteiz	43.6	+0.2
40	Pontevedra	43.6	+0.4
41	Elda	43.5	+0.4
42	Benidorm	43.3	+0.2
43	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	43.2	+0.1
44	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	43.2	+0.3
45	Logroño	43.1	+0.4
46	Alcorcón	43	+0.4
46	Huesca	43	+0.2
48	Ávila	42.9	+0.4
48	Manresa	42.9	+0.1
50	Teruel	42.9	+0.3
51	Cornellà de Llobregat	42.9	+0.3
52	Leganés	42.8	+0.3
53	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	42.7	+0.4
54	Vilanova i la Geltrú	42.6	+0.3
55	Sevilla	42.5	+0.3
56	Alacant/Alicante	42.4	+0.3
57	Cuenca	42.3	+0.4
58	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	42.3	+0.2
59	Linares	42.2	+0.5
60	Cerdanyola del Vallès	42.1	+0.4
61	Badalona	42.1	+0.2
62	Córdoba	42.1	+0.3
63	Sant Boi de Llobregat	42.1	+0.3
64	El Prat de Llobregat	42	+0.2
65	Coslada	42	+0.7
66	Móstoles	42	+0.4
66	Sabadell	42	+0.2
68	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	41.9	+0.3
69	Torremolinos	41.8	+0.3
70	Cáceres	41.7	+0.3
71	Granollers	41.7	+0.2
71	Lleida	41.7	+0.3
73	Ciudad Real	41.7	+0.5
73	Getafe	41.7	+0.3
75	Gandia	41.7	+0.4
76	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	41.6	+0.4
76	Tarragona	41.6	+0.3
78	Talavera de la Reina	41.6	+0.5
79	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	41.5	+0.2
80	Jaén	41.5	+0.4
81	Guadalajara	41.5	+0.2
82	Huelva	41.5	+0.4
83	Málaga	41.3	+0.3
84	Mataró	41.3	+0.3
85	Alcalá de Henares	41.3	+0.4
86	Benalmádena	41.1	0
87	Reus	41	+0.3
88	Elx/Elche	40.8	+0.3
89	Toledo	40.8	+0.2
90	Mollet del Vallès	40.8	+0.5
91	Palma	40.8	+0.2
92	Albacete	40.7	+0.4
93	Terrassa	40.7	+0.3
94	Vila-real	40.6	+0.3
95	Badajoz	40.6	+0.3
96	La Línea de la Concepción	40.5	+0.2
97	San Fernando	40.4	+0.4
98	Cartagena	40.4	+0.2
99	Mérida	40.3	+0.3
100	Vélez-Málaga	40.3	+0.3
101	Jerez de la Frontera	40.3	+0.4
102	Almería	40.2	+0.3
103	Aranjuez	40.2	+0.3
104	Viladecans	40.2	+0.4
105	Rubí	40.2	+0.3
106	Pozuelo de Alarcón	40.1	+0.4
107	Telde	40.1	+0.4
108	Castelldefels	40	+0.3
108	Estepona	40	+0.3
110	Alcobendas	40	+0.4
110	Girona	40	+0.2
112	Murcia	39.9	+0.3
113	Torrent	39.9	+0.3
114	Marbella	39.9	+0.1
115	El Puerto de Santa María	39.8	+0.4
116	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	39.7	+0.3
117	Utrera	39.7	+0.4
118	Motril	39.6	+0.3
119	Algeciras	39.6	+0.2
120	Lorca	39.4	+0.2
121	Collado Villalba	39.3	+0.4
122	Majadahonda	39.2	+0.4
123	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	39.2	+0.3
124	Arona	39.1	-0.1
125	Mijas	39	-0.3
126	Torrejón de Ardoz	38.9	+0.4
127	Fuenlabrada	38.9	+0.5
128	San Sebastián de los Reyes	38.9	+0.2
129	Paterna	38.6	+0.3
130	Sant Cugat del Vallès	38.5	+0.3
131	Chiclana de la Frontera	38.4	+0.4
132	Alcalá de Guadaíra	38.3	+0.3
133	Dos Hermanas	38	+0.4
134	Molina de Segura	38	+0.3
135	Las Rozas de Madrid	38	+0.4
136	Arganda del Rey	37.8	+0.4
136	Arrecife	37.8	+0.3
138	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	37.7	+0.5
139	Ceuta	36.6	+0.2
140	Parla	36.4	+0.3
141	Roquetas de Mar	35.9	+0.4
142	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	35.7	+0.3
143	El Ejido	35.6	+0.4
143	Valdemoro	35.6	+0.5
145	Melilla	35	+0.1

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About this ranking

Mean age of the resident population on 1 January.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 10 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Indicadores demográficos básicos: edad media de la población (tablas 3197, 3198, 3199 y 30699). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=30699. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which municipality has the highest average age?

Ferrol, with 48.2 years in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest average age?

Melilla, with 35 years in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Indicadores demográficos básicos: edad media de la población (tablas 3197, 3198, 3199 y 30699). Retrieved 2026-10-07. 10 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.