Living in Alfafar
In Alfafar, the statutory reference rent is €5.00 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 7.1% (2026).
Alfafar is in Spain; its population was 22,270 at the start of 2025. Gigabit broadband availability was 99.7% in June 2025.
Higher unemployment than 86% of Spanish cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 96% of Spanish cities that publish it and dirtier air than 90% of Spanish cities that publish it.
Which Spain-wide rules apply when you move to Alfafar?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Alfafar?
Average net cold rent is 5 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 5 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es2
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 20 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | DIGI 300 Mbps fibre4Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 12 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | DIGI 100GB mobile plan3Official · national market |
| Dwellings | 9,645 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain14Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 8,430 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain14Official |
| Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings | 1,212 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain14Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 5 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 | 31 Dec 2022 | cdn.mivau.gob.es2Official |
Is Alfafar a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 300 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
The unemployment rate was 7.08% in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Alfafar?
The unemployment rate is about 7.1 % (June 2026).
- Unemployment rate: 7.08 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202631
Alfafar 7.1%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 99.72 % | 30 Jun 2025 | SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202520Official |
| People in employment | 8,016 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain14Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 1,888 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)10Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 7.08 %country median 4.4% | 30 Jun 2026 | SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202631Independent |
What does a salary buy in Alfafar?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions. | €1,527 |
| Rent, 60 m²€5.00/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31 | − €300 |
| Internet€20 · official · DIGI 300 Mbps fibre · 2026-09-30 | − €20 |
| Mobile plan€12 · official · DIGI 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30 | − €12 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €1,195 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Alfafar. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Alfafar. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Alfafar?
Police recorded about 7,727 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.15
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 7,727 incidents per 100,000country median 4,281 | 31 Dec 2024 | MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.15Official |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was VLC, 10.8 km away, with 57 listed destinations in June 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Alfafar. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas — public language education network — State Language Course
Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports / autonomous education authorities
For adult language learners, residents.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Alfafar?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station VALÈNCIA-CENTRE)7
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Alfafar 12.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 20 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station VALÈNCIA-CENTRE)5Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 27 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station VALÈNCIA-CENTRE)6Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 12 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station VALÈNCIA-CENTRE)7Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 16.7 · Feb 17.4 · Mar 19.3 · Apr 21.1 · May 23.9 · Jun 27.3 · Jul 29.7 · Aug 30.3 · Sep 27.8 · Oct 24.5 · Nov 20.1 · Dec 17.3 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station VALENCIA21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 7.7 · Feb 8.2 · Mar 10 · Apr 12 · May 15.1 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 21.7 · Aug 22.2 · Sep 19.2 · Oct 15.6 · Nov 11.1 · Dec 8.5 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station VALENCIA21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 12.2 · Feb 12.8 · Mar 14.7 · Apr 16.6 · May 19.5 · Jun 23.1 · Jul 25.7 · Aug 26.2 · Sep 23.5 · Oct 20 · Nov 15.6 · Dec 12.9 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station VALENCIA21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 38.6 · Feb 29.8 · Mar 39.5 · Apr 32.7 · May 36.2 · Jun 26.3 · Jul 6.7 · Aug 14.7 · Sep 72.2 · Oct 63.4 · Nov 51.6 · Dec 46.2 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station VALENCIA21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 168 · Feb 174.2 · Mar 210.5 · Apr 232.7 · May 260.2 · Jun 276.7 · Jul 307.6 · Aug 282.6 · Sep 231.4 · Oct 201.2 · Nov 166.2 · Dec 151.8 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station VALENCIA21Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Spain: Castellón de la Plana ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Downey (United States) ±1.5 °C, Round Rock (United States) ±2.7 °C, Cagliari (Italy) ±1.7 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.0 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±3.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Alfafar?
The published population was 22,270 people in January 2025. Source: Alfafar - official stats1
By nationality
National passport83.8%Foreign residents16.2%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 10.09 km² | 20 Oct 2025 | www.ign.es22Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 16.87 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)9Official |
| Foreign residents | 3,614 people | 1 Jan 2024 | Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.16Official |
| Female residents | 11,200 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)11Official |
| Male residents | 10,679 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)11Official |
| Population | 22,270 people | 1 Jan 2025 | Alfafar - official stats1Official |
International community in Alfafar
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Country of birth
Population resident in Spain; both sexes; official INE Census 2021 municipal table · 2021 Census
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 21,380 | 100.0% |
| Spain | 17,623 | 82.4% |
| South America | 1,697 | 7.9% |
| Africa | 715 | 3.3% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 641 | 3.0% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 276 | 1.3% |
| Asia | 263 | 1.2% |
| Rent of Europe | 148 | 0.7% |
| North America | 17 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12
Citizenship
Population resident in Spain; both sexes; official INE Census 2021 municipal table · 2021 Census
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 21,380 | 100.0% |
| Spanish | 18,633 | 87.2% |
| South America | 838 | 3.9% |
| Africa | 732 | 3.4% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 625 | 2.9% |
| Asia | 263 | 1.2% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 165 | 0.8% |
| Rent of Europe | 112 | 0.5% |
| North America | 12 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Alfafar
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Xirivella as an Alfafar alternative in the same region
6 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,798 Xirivella vs 7,727 Alfafar−38%
- Unemployment: 5.7% Xirivella vs 7.1% Alfafar−19%
- Nearest airport: 5.3 km Xirivella vs 10.8 km Alfafar−51%
- Foreign residents: 21.4% Xirivella vs 16.9% Alfafar+27%
- Residents: 32,093 Xirivella vs 22,270 Alfafar+44%
- Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Xirivella vs 12.0 µg/m³ Alfafar+8%
- Rent: €5.10/m² Xirivella vs €5.00/m² Alfafarsame level
Siero as an Alfafar alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 623 km, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Nearest airport: 35.7 km Siero vs 10.8 km Alfafar+231%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,763 Siero vs 7,727 Alfafar−51%
- Residents: 53,049 Siero vs 22,270 Alfafar+138%
- Unemployment: 4.4% Siero vs 7.1% Alfafar−38%
- Rent: €5.50/m² Siero vs €5.00/m² Alfafar+10%
- Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Siero vs 12.0 µg/m³ Alfafar−33%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,016 Siero vs €1,888 Alfafar+7%
Cities near Alfafar
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 5.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
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- 4.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
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- 5.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
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- 5.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
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- 5.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Alternative cities in Spain
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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Alfafar under the national coverage rules.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSchool for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Regional reception programmes (aulas de enlace Madrid / aules d acollida Catalonia etc). How to enrol a child (educacionfpydeportes.gob.es).
A country-wide rule for Spain; Alfafar's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Alfafar part of Valencia?
Alfafar is in the published commuting zone of Valencia; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Valencia city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source8
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Alfafar?
The published population was 22,270 people in January 2025. Source: Alfafar - official stats.
How much does it cost to rent in Alfafar?
Average net cold rent is 5 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 350 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.
Is the air quality good in Alfafar?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station VALÈNCIA-CENTRE).
How safe is Alfafar?
Police recorded about 7,727 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator..
What is the unemployment rate in Alfafar?
The unemployment rate is about 7.1 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
What is the typical salary around Alfafar?
The median gross salary is 1,888 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).
Is Alfafar a good place to live?
Alfafar may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Is Alfafar part of Valencia?
Alfafar is in the published commuting zone of Valencia; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Alfafar?
Valencia, Massanassa, Catarroja, Paiporta, Albal are near Alfafar. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Spain live in Alfafar?
The official country of birth distribution records 17,623 people (82.4%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Alfafar, Spain: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 251aa6de35cb257772ad79f02bba760a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/es/alfafar/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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