Municipalities of Spain by average age

Name: Municipalities of Spain by average age, 2017
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Ferrol had the highest average age of 147 municipalities in 2017, at 48.5 years. Melilla had the lowest, at 35.2 years. The median was 42 years and the figure for Spain was 43 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48.5Ferrol

Lowest35.2Melilla

Median42147 municipalities

Spain43History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 years	Change on 2016
1	Ferrol	48.5	+0.3
2	León	47.8	+0.2
3	Gijón	47.6	+0.3
4	Salamanca	47.6	+0.3
5	Avilés	47.4	+0.3
6	Valladolid	46.9	+0.4
7	Ourense	46.7	+0.3
8	Santander	46.7	+0.3
8	Zamora	46.7	+0.4
10	Bilbao	46.7	+0.2
11	Torrelavega	46.6	+0.4
12	A Coruña	46.3	+0.2
13	Ponferrada	46.2	+0.5
14	Donostia/San Sebastián	46	+0.2
15	Palencia	46	+0.3
16	Oviedo	45.9	+0.3
17	Getxo	45.8	+0.3
18	Barakaldo	45.8	+0.2
19	Cádiz	45.6	+0.3
20	Siero	45.5	+0.4
21	Segovia	45.4	+0.4
22	Lugo	45	+0.3
22	Vigo	45	+0.3
24	Santiago de Compostela	45	+0.2
25	Burgos	44.5	+0.3
26	Barcelona	44.5	-0.1
27	Pamplona/Iruña	44.4	+0.1
28	Fuengirola	44.4	+0.2
29	Orihuela	44.4	-0.3
30	Irun	44.4	+0.3
31	Zaragoza	44.2	+0.2
32	Granada	44.1	+0.3
33	Torrevieja	44.1	+0.5
34	Alcoi/Alcoy	44	+0.2
34	Madrid	44	+0.1
34	València	44	+0.3
37	Soria	44	+0.3
38	Pontevedra	43.9	+0.3
39	Sagunt/Sagunto	43.8	+0.1
40	Vitoria-Gasteiz	43.8	+0.2
41	Elda	43.7	+0.2
42	Benidorm	43.7	+0.4
43	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	43.5	+0.3
44	Logroño	43.5	+0.4
45	Alcorcón	43.3	+0.3
46	Huesca	43.2	+0.3
46	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	43.2	0
48	Leganés	43.2	+0.4
49	Ávila	43.2	+0.2
50	Teruel	43.2	+0.3
51	Manresa	43.1	+0.2
52	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	43.1	+0.4
53	Cornellà de Llobregat	43	+0.2
54	Vilanova i la Geltrú	42.9	+0.3
55	Sevilla	42.7	+0.2
56	Alacant/Alicante	42.7	+0.3
57	Cuenca	42.7	+0.4
58	Coslada	42.6	+0.6
59	Linares	42.5	+0.4
60	Cerdanyola del Vallès	42.4	+0.3
61	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	42.4	+0.1
62	Córdoba	42.4	+0.3
63	Sant Boi de Llobregat	42.4	+0.3
64	Badalona	42.3	+0.2
65	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	42.3	+0.4
65	El Prat de Llobregat	42.3	+0.2
67	Móstoles	42.3	+0.3
68	Sabadell	42.1	+0.2
69	Cáceres	42.1	+0.4
70	Lleida	42	+0.3
71	Talavera de la Reina	42	+0.5
72	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	42	+0.4
72	Torremolinos	42	+0.2
74	Gandia	42	+0.3
74	Granollers	42	+0.3
76	Getafe	41.9	+0.2
77	Tarragona	41.9	+0.2
78	Jaén	41.9	+0.4
79	Huelva	41.8	+0.3
80	Ciudad Real	41.8	+0.1
80	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	41.8	+0.3
82	Alcalá de Henares	41.8	+0.5
83	Guadalajara	41.8	+0.3
84	Málaga	41.6	+0.3
85	Mataró	41.5	+0.2
86	Benalmádena	41.5	+0.4
87	Reus	41.3	+0.3
88	Elx/Elche	41.2	+0.4
89	Mollet del Vallès	41.1	+0.4
90	Albacete	41.1	+0.4
91	Toledo	41.1	+0.3
92	Palma	41	+0.2
93	San Fernando	40.9	+0.5
94	Vila-real	40.9	+0.3
95	Terrassa	40.9	+0.2
96	Badajoz	40.8	+0.3
97	La Línea de la Concepción	40.7	+0.2
98	Cartagena	40.7	+0.3
99	Mérida	40.6	+0.3
100	Jerez de la Frontera	40.6	+0.4
101	Vélez-Málaga	40.6	+0.3
102	Telde	40.5	+0.4
103	Almería	40.5	+0.3
104	Aranjuez	40.5	+0.3
104	Viladecans	40.5	+0.3
106	Pozuelo de Alarcón	40.5	+0.3
107	Rubí	40.4	+0.3
108	Castelldefels	40.3	+0.3
109	Estepona	40.3	+0.2
110	Torrent	40.2	+0.3
111	Murcia	40.2	+0.3
112	Girona	40.2	+0.2
113	Alcobendas	40.2	+0.2
113	El Puerto de Santa María	40.2	+0.4
115	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	40.1	+0.4
116	Marbella	40.1	+0.2
117	Utrera	40	+0.4
118	Motril	39.9	+0.3
119	Algeciras	39.9	+0.3
120	Collado Villalba	39.7	+0.4
121	Majadahonda	39.6	+0.4
122	Lorca	39.6	+0.1
123	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	39.5	+0.3
124	Fuenlabrada	39.4	+0.5
125	Torrejón de Ardoz	39.3	+0.4
126	San Sebastián de los Reyes	39.2	+0.3
127	Arona	39.2	+0.1
128	Mijas	38.9	-0.1
129	Paterna	38.9	+0.3
130	Chiclana de la Frontera	38.8	+0.4
131	Alcalá de Guadaíra	38.8	+0.4
132	Sant Cugat del Vallès	38.7	+0.2
133	Dos Hermanas	38.4	+0.4
134	Las Rozas de Madrid	38.3	+0.3
135	Molina de Segura	38.3	+0.3
136	Pinto	38.2	n/a
137	Arganda del Rey	38.2	+0.4
138	Arrecife	38.1	+0.3
139	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	38.1	+0.4
140	Boadilla del Monte	36.9	n/a
141	Ceuta	36.8	+0.2
142	Parla	36.8	+0.3
143	Roquetas de Mar	36.3	+0.4
144	Valdemoro	36.1	+0.5
145	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	36.1	+0.4
146	El Ejido	36	+0.4
147	Melilla	35.2	+0.2

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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. 8 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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 48.5 years in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest average age?

Melilla, with 35.2 years in 2017.

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. 8 municipalities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.