Municipalities of Spain by average age

Name: Municipalities of Spain by average age, 2018
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Ferrol had the highest average age of 147 municipalities in 2018, at 48.8 years. Melilla had the lowest, at 35.4 years. The median was 42.3 years and the figure for Spain was 43.2 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest48.8Ferrol

Lowest35.4Melilla

Median42.3147 municipalities

Spain43.2History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 years	Change on 2017
1	Ferrol	48.8	+0.3
2	León	48	+0.2
3	Gijón	47.9	+0.3
4	Salamanca	47.8	+0.3
5	Avilés	47.8	+0.4
6	Valladolid	47.2	+0.3
7	Zamora	47.1	+0.4
8	Ourense	47	+0.3
9	Torrelavega	46.9	+0.3
10	Santander	46.9	+0.2
11	Bilbao	46.8	+0.1
12	Ponferrada	46.6	+0.4
13	A Coruña	46.5	+0.2
14	Oviedo	46.2	+0.3
14	Palencia	46.2	+0.3
16	Donostia/San Sebastián	46.2	+0.2
17	Getxo	46.1	+0.3
18	Cádiz	45.9	+0.3
19	Barakaldo	45.9	+0.1
20	Siero	45.7	+0.2
21	Segovia	45.6	+0.2
22	Santiago de Compostela	45.2	+0.3
22	Vigo	45.2	+0.3
24	Lugo	45.2	+0.2
25	Burgos	44.8	+0.3
26	Orihuela	44.6	+0.3
27	Irun	44.6	+0.2
28	Barcelona	44.5	0
29	Pamplona/Iruña	44.5	+0.1
30	Torrevieja	44.5	+0.4
31	Zaragoza	44.4	+0.2
32	Granada	44.3	+0.3
33	Alcoi/Alcoy	44.2	+0.2
34	Fuengirola	44.2	-0.2
35	València	44.2	+0.2
36	Pontevedra	44.2	+0.3
37	Soria	44.1	+0.1
38	Madrid	44	0
39	Sagunt/Sagunto	44	+0.2
40	Elda	44	+0.3
41	Benidorm	44	+0.3
42	Vitoria-Gasteiz	43.9	+0.2
43	Logroño	43.8	+0.3
44	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	43.7	+0.3
45	Alcorcón	43.7	+0.4
46	Ávila	43.5	+0.3
46	Huesca	43.5	+0.2
46	Leganés	43.5	+0.3
49	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	43.4	+0.3
50	Teruel	43.4	+0.2
51	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	43.2	-0
52	Cornellà de Llobregat	43.2	+0.1
53	Coslada	43.2	+0.5
53	Manresa	43.2	0
55	Vilanova i la Geltrú	43.1	+0.2
56	Sevilla	43	+0.2
57	Linares	42.9	+0.4
58	Alacant/Alicante	42.9	+0.2
58	Cuenca	42.9	+0.3
60	Cerdanyola del Vallès	42.8	+0.4
61	Córdoba	42.7	+0.3
61	Móstoles	42.7	+0.4
63	Sant Boi de Llobregat	42.6	+0.2
64	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	42.5	+0.3
65	El Prat de Llobregat	42.5	+0.2
66	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	42.5	+0.1
67	Badalona	42.5	+0.1
68	Cáceres	42.4	+0.3
69	Talavera de la Reina	42.3	+0.3
70	Torremolinos	42.3	+0.3
71	Gandia	42.3	+0.3
72	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	42.3	+0.3
73	Lleida	42.3	+0.2
73	Sabadell	42.3	+0.1
75	Huelva	42.2	+0.4
76	Jaén	42.2	+0.4
77	Alcalá de Henares	42.2	+0.4
78	Granollers	42.2	+0.2
79	Ciudad Real	42.1	+0.3
80	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	42.1	+0.3
81	Tarragona	42.1	+0.2
82	Getafe	42	+0.1
83	Guadalajara	42	+0.2
84	Málaga	41.9	+0.3
85	Mataró	41.7	+0.2
86	Mollet del Vallès	41.6	+0.4
87	Reus	41.5	+0.3
88	Elx/Elche	41.5	+0.3
89	Albacete	41.4	+0.3
90	San Fernando	41.4	+0.5
91	Toledo	41.3	+0.2
92	Badajoz	41.2	+0.4
93	Palma	41.1	+0.2
94	Vila-real	41.1	+0.3
95	Terrassa	41.1	+0.2
96	Benalmádena	41.1	-0.4
97	Jerez de la Frontera	41	+0.4
98	La Línea de la Concepción	41	+0.3
99	Cartagena	40.9	+0.2
99	Telde	40.9	+0.4
101	Mérida	40.9	+0.3
102	Viladecans	40.9	+0.4
103	Vélez-Málaga	40.9	+0.3
104	Pozuelo de Alarcón	40.8	+0.3
105	Aranjuez	40.8	+0.3
106	Almería	40.8	+0.3
107	Rubí	40.6	+0.2
108	Castelldefels	40.6	+0.3
109	El Puerto de Santa María	40.6	+0.4
110	Estepona	40.6	+0.3
111	Torrent	40.5	+0.3
112	Utrera	40.5	+0.5
113	Alcobendas	40.4	+0.3
114	Murcia	40.4	+0.2
115	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	40.4	+0.2
116	Marbella	40.4	+0.3
117	Girona	40.3	+0.1
118	Motril	40.3	+0.4
119	Algeciras	40.2	+0.3
120	Collado Villalba	40.1	+0.4
121	Majadahonda	40	+0.4
122	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	39.9	+0.4
123	Fuenlabrada	39.9	+0.5
124	Lorca	39.7	+0.2
125	San Sebastián de los Reyes	39.6	+0.4
125	Torrejón de Ardoz	39.6	+0.3
127	Mijas	39.6	+0.7
128	Arona	39.4	+0.2
129	Chiclana de la Frontera	39.2	+0.4
130	Alcalá de Guadaíra	39.2	+0.4
130	Paterna	39.2	+0.3
132	Sant Cugat del Vallès	39	+0.2
133	Dos Hermanas	38.8	+0.4
134	Las Rozas de Madrid	38.7	+0.4
135	Molina de Segura	38.6	+0.4
136	Arganda del Rey	38.5	+0.4
137	Pinto	38.5	+0.3
138	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	38.4	+0.4
139	Arrecife	38.3	+0.2
140	Boadilla del Monte	37.2	+0.3
141	Parla	37.1	+0.3
142	Ceuta	37.1	+0.3
143	Valdemoro	36.7	+0.6
144	Roquetas de Mar	36.6	+0.3
145	El Ejido	36.4	+0.4
146	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	36.4	+0.3
147	Melilla	35.4	+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 2018 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 48.8 years in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest average age?

Melilla, with 35.4 years in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.