Municipalities of Spain by average age

Name: Municipalities of Spain by average age, 2021
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Ferrol had the highest average age of 151 municipalities in 2021, at 49.5 years. Melilla had the lowest, at 36.1 years. The median was 42.9 years and the figure for Spain was 43.8 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest49.5Ferrol

Lowest36.1Melilla

Median42.9151 municipalities

Spain43.8History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 years	Change on 2020
1	Ferrol	49.5	+0.2
2	Avilés	48.7	+0.3
3	Gijón	48.6	+0.3
4	León	48.6	+0.2
5	Salamanca	48.3	+0.1
6	Zamora	48.2	+0.3
7	Valladolid	47.9	+0.2
8	Ourense	47.8	+0.3
9	Torrelavega	47.8	+0.4
10	Santander	47.6	+0.3
11	Ponferrada	47.6	+0.3
12	Oviedo	47.2	+0.4
13	A Coruña	47.2	+0.3
13	Bilbao	47.2	+0.2
15	Palencia	47.1	+0.3
16	Getxo	47.1	+0.4
17	Cádiz	47	+0.3
18	Donostia/San Sebastián	46.7	+0.2
19	Siero	46.6	+0.2
20	Barakaldo	46.3	+0.2
21	Vigo	46.2	+0.4
22	Lugo	46.1	+0.4
23	Segovia	46	+0.1
24	Santiago de Compostela	46	+0.3
25	Burgos	45.7	+0.3
25	Fuengirola	45.7	+0.4
27	Irun	45.3	+0.3
28	Orihuela	45.3	+0.4
29	Torrevieja	45.2	+0.3
30	Pontevedra	45.2	+0.3
31	Benidorm	45.1	+0.6
32	Pamplona/Iruña	44.9	+0.2
33	Alcoi/Alcoy	44.8	+0.2
34	Zaragoza	44.8	+0.2
35	València	44.8	+0.3
36	Elda	44.8	+0.2
37	Granada	44.7	+0.1
38	Logroño	44.7	+0.3
38	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	44.7	+0.4
40	Barcelona	44.6	+0.2
41	Vitoria-Gasteiz	44.6	+0.3
42	Sagunt/Sagunto	44.5	+0.3
43	Coslada	44.5	+0.4
44	Alcorcón	44.5	+0.2
45	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	44.5	+0.4
46	Soria	44.4	0
47	Leganés	44.4	+0.3
48	Madrid	44.3	+0.2
49	Ávila	44.2	+0.2
50	Vilanova i la Geltrú	44	+0.3
51	Linares	44	+0.2
52	Huesca	43.9	+0.2
53	Teruel	43.9	+0.1
54	Cerdanyola del Vallès	43.9	+0.4
55	Cuenca	43.8	+0.2
56	Córdoba	43.7	+0.4
57	Sevilla	43.7	+0.3
58	Móstoles	43.7	+0.4
59	Cornellà de Llobregat	43.6	+0.2
60	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	43.5	+0.7
61	Alacant/Alicante	43.5	+0.3
62	Cáceres	43.5	+0.3
63	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	43.4	+0.5
64	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	43.4	+0.3
65	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	43.4	+0.2
66	Jaén	43.2	+0.1
67	El Prat de Llobregat	43.2	+0.3
68	Huelva	43.2	+0.3
69	Torremolinos	43.2	+0.4
70	Sant Boi de Llobregat	43.2	+0.3
71	Talavera de la Reina	43.1	+0.2
72	Alcalá de Henares	43.1	+0.3
72	Manresa	43.1	0
74	Gandia	43	+0.3
75	Ciudad Real	43	+0.2
76	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	42.9	+0.2
77	Badalona	42.9	+0.3
78	Granollers	42.8	+0.3
79	Lleida	42.8	+0.3
80	Málaga	42.7	+0.3
80	San Fernando	42.7	+0.4
82	Getafe	42.7	+0.3
82	Tarragona	42.7	+0.3
84	Mollet del Vallès	42.7	+0.3
85	Sabadell	42.7	+0.2
86	Guadalajara	42.4	+0.1
87	Elx/Elche	42.4	+0.3
88	Albacete	42.3	+0.2
89	Mataró	42.3	+0.2
90	Badajoz	42.3	+0.4
90	Telde	42.3	+0.4
92	Jerez de la Frontera	42.1	+0.4
93	Toledo	42.1	+0.3
94	Reus	42	+0.1
95	Benalmádena	42	+0.5
96	Calvià	41.9	+0.5
97	Palma	41.9	+0.4
98	Vélez-Málaga	41.9	+0.4
98	Vila-real	41.9	+0.2
100	Mérida	41.9	+0.3
101	Viladecans	41.9	+0.4
102	Pozuelo de Alarcón	41.8	+0.2
103	El Puerto de Santa María	41.8	+0.4
104	Cartagena	41.7	+0.3
104	Terrassa	41.7	+0.3
106	La Línea de la Concepción	41.7	+0.3
107	Aranjuez	41.6	+0.3
108	Estepona	41.6	+0.3
109	Castelldefels	41.6	+0.4
110	Almería	41.5	+0.3
111	Marbella	41.5	+0.5
112	Fuenlabrada	41.4	+0.5
112	Utrera	41.4	+0.3
114	Alcobendas	41.4	+0.4
114	Collado Villalba	41.4	+0.5
114	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	41.4	+0.3
117	Rubí	41.3	+0.3
118	Majadahonda	41.3	+0.4
119	Torrent	41.2	+0.2
120	Motril	41.2	+0.4
121	Arona	41.1	+0.8
121	Murcia	41.1	+0.3
123	Algeciras	41.1	+0.3
124	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	41	+0.4
125	Girona	41	+0.4
126	Torrejón de Ardoz	40.7	+0.4
127	Eivissa	40.6	+0.3
128	Chiclana de la Frontera	40.5	+0.4
129	Alcalá de Guadaíra	40.4	+0.4
129	San Sebastián de los Reyes	40.4	+0.3
131	Mijas	40.4	+0.2
132	Lorca	40.1	+0.1
133	Paterna	40.1	+0.3
134	Colmenar Viejo	40	+0.1
135	Las Rozas de Madrid	40	+0.4
136	Dos Hermanas	40	+0.4
137	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	39.8	+0.5
138	Sant Cugat del Vallès	39.7	+0.2
139	Pinto	39.5	+0.3
140	Granadilla de Abona	39.5	+0.7
141	Molina de Segura	39.4	+0.3
142	Arganda del Rey	39.4	+0.3
143	Arrecife	39.3	+0.4
144	Parla	38.3	+0.5
145	Valdemoro	38	+0.4
146	Ceuta	38	+0.2
147	Boadilla del Monte	37.9	+0.1
148	Roquetas de Mar	37.8	+0.5
149	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	37.5	+0.4
150	El Ejido	37.2	+0.2
151	Melilla	36.1	+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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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 49.5 years in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest average age?

Melilla, with 36.1 years in 2021.

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. 4 municipalities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.