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Living in Gandia

In Gandia, the statutory reference rent is €4.50 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 13.4% (2024).

Gandia's population was 83,135 at the start of 2025. In 2024, the unemployment rate was 13.4%.

Last checked 2026-09-1935 sources

Population83,135people1 Jan 2025Official source · Gandia - official stats
Median gross salary (region)1,888EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Average net rent4.5EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 12% belowOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es
Unemployment rate13.44%country median 4.4% — 206% aboveOfficial source · INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city
Recorded crime6,386incidents per 100,000country median 4,281 — 49% aboveOfficial source · MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.
PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Cheaper rent than 63% of Spanish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 97% of Spanish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 89% of Spanish cities that publish it.

Which Spain-wide rules apply when you move to Gandia?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SpainNational rates and thresholds that apply in Gandia.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Gandia?

Average net cold rent is 4.5 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): 4.5 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es2
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Gandia recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20
Mobile plan, 10 GB€12
Net rent across major citiesGandia highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Gandia highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00
Barcelona€13.70
Bilbao€11.50
Palma€9.80
Murcia€5.80
Gandia€4.50
Show the other 6 cities
Málaga€9.60
Seville€9.20
Valencia€8.20
Zaragoza€7.70
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria€7.30
Alicante€7.10
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited20 EUR/month30 Sept 2026DIGI 300 Mbps fibre4Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB12 EUR/month30 Sept 2026DIGI 100GB mobile plan3Official · national market
Dwellings54,543 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain18Official
Main residence dwellings30,321 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain18Official
Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings24,219 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain18Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.5 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.1031 Dec 2022cdn.mivau.gob.es2Official
Official reference rent (median)480 EUR/month31 Dec 2024SERPAVI — VDP001_01 — rental price and surface indicators by municipality25Official

Is Gandia 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.

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–71%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–70%
Student63%strong on cost, weak on education · range 54–72%
Family46%strong on housing, weak on education · range 38–54%
Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 270 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.5 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.

Source period: 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Gandia?

The unemployment rate is about 13.4 % (2024).

  • Unemployment rate: 13.44 % · INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city13
Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Gandia is 13.4%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability98.34 %30 Jun 2025SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202526Official
People in employment27,714 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain18Official
Median gross salary (regional)1,888 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)14Official · regional context
Unemployment rate13.44 %country median 4.4%31 Dec 2024INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city13Official
Unemployment rate over time10 published observations, 2015–2024

Unemployment rate fell 46.6% between 2015 and 2024, from 25.2% to 13.4%.

What does a salary buy in Gandia?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €1,888 (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,225of €1,527 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left 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€4.50/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31− €270
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€1,225
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Gandia Salary needed to live in Gandia

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Gandia. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal — Public employment service

Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE)

Job SearchUnemployment ClaimTraining
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Gandia. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents417.2 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2025Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 202519Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Gandia 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.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents417.2 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Gandia?

Police recorded about 6,386 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.20

Recorded crime across major citiesGandia highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Gandia highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Pamplona7,766
Alicante7,419
Murcia5,289
Córdoba5,095
Melilla5,090
Vitoria-Gasteiz4,916
Cartagena4,578
Castellón de la Plana4,251
Elche4,043
Lorca3,706
Logroño3,690
Burgos3,628
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,386 incidents per 100,000country median 4,28131 Dec 2024MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.20Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was VLC, 63.5 km away, with 57 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 98.3% in June 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport57 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat23Official
Nearest airportVLC13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv24Official
Distance to nearest airport63.5 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv24Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Gandia. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

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.

In Person, Online, HybridCost varies
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Gandia.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Gandia?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)7

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SpainAnnual PM2.5 in Gandia is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 269 cities with data, 57 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean7 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station GANDÍA)5Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean13 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station GANDÍA)6Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency (EEA)7Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 20.2 · Feb 22.09 · Mar 24.4 · Apr 26.35 · May 32.13 · Jun 34.86 · Jul 35.68 · Aug 36.65 · Sep 33.79 · Oct 29.52 · Nov 25.98 · Dec 20.57 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center21Official
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan 2.89 · Feb 2.29 · Mar 4.19 · Apr 7.33 · May 9.19 · Jun 14.28 · Jul 19.21 · Aug 17.95 · Sep 16.49 · Oct 10.37 · Nov 6.93 · Dec 4.43 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center21Official
Average temperature by monthJan 11.66 · Feb 11.61 · Mar 13.43 · Apr 15.41 · May 18.58 · Jun 22.79 · Jul 25.58 · Aug 26.05 · Sep 23.55 · Oct 20.29 · Nov 15.54 · Dec 12.61 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center21Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Gandia?

The published population was 83,135 people in January 2025. Source: Gandia - official stats11

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents438.4 cars per 1000 people31 Dec 2024Eurostat8Official
City area69.33 km²31 Dec 2024Eurostat GISCO, European Commission10Official
Foreign-resident share22.5 %31 Dec 2024Eurostat9Official
Foreign residents18,821 people1 Jan 2024Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.22Official
Population density1,253 people/km²31 Dec 2024Eurostat GISCO / Eurostat Urban Audit10Official
Female residents39,827 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)15Official
Male residents38,281 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)15Official
Population83,135 people1 Jan 2025Gandia - official stats11Official
Population over time11 published observations, 2015–2025

Population rose 10.1% between 2015 and 2025, from 75,514 to 83,135.

Foreign residents over time11 published observations, 2015–2025

Foreign residents rose 41.2% between 2015 and 2025, from 15,242 to 21,521.

International community in Gandia

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 groupPeopleShare
TOTAL75,700100.0%
Spain56,93275.2%
European Union (without Spain)6,4188.5%
South America6,2898.3%
Africa2,7463.6%
Rent of Europe1,3491.8%
Asia1,1181.5%
Central America and Caribbean7070.9%
North America1300.2%
Oceania110.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source16

Citizenship

Population resident in Spain; both sexes; official INE Census 2021 municipal table · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL75,700100.0%
Spanish60,21279.5%
European Union (without Spain)6,5498.7%
South America3,2334.3%
Africa2,7883.7%
Rent of Europe1,2421.6%
Asia1,1261.5%
Central America and Caribbean4430.6%
North America1000.1%
Oceania60.0%
Statelens10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source17

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households30,321 households31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain18Official
Labour force35,190 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain18Official
Private clinic availabletrue31 Dec 2025Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 20251Official

Alternatives for people set on Gandia

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.

Alcoy as a Gandia alternative in the same region

39 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,818 Alcoy vs 6,386 Gandia−40%
  • Annual PM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³ Alcoy vs 8.0 µg/m³ Gandia−50%
  • Rent: €3.90/m² Alcoy vs €4.50/m² Gandia−13%
  • Unemployment: 15.7% Alcoy vs 13.4% Gandia+17%
  • Nearest airport: 46.9 km Alcoy vs 63.5 km Gandia−26%
  • Residents: 61,468 Alcoy vs 83,135 Gandia−26%
  • Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Alcoy vs €1,888 Gandiasame level
Full comparisonMore about Alcoy

Manresa as a Gandia alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 351 km, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Rent: €5.70/m² Manresa vs €4.50/m² Gandia+27%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 752.8 Manresa vs 417.2 Gandia+80%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,261 Manresa vs €1,888 Gandia+20%
  • Unemployment: 12.2% Manresa vs 13.4% Gandia−9%
  • Foreign residents: 19.3% Manresa vs 22.5% Gandia−14%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,009 Manresa vs 6,386 Gandia−6%
  • Nearest airport: 52.1 km Manresa vs 63.5 km Gandia−18%
Full comparisonMore about Manresa

Cities near Gandia

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Bellreguard Commuting Zone · 2.9 km away
Rent
3.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Oliva Commuting Zone · 7.5 km away
Rent
3.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Xeraco Commuting Zone · 7.8 km away
Rent
4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Cullera Commuting Zone · 23.0 km away
Rent
5.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Pego 14.8 km away
Rent
3.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Verger, el 21.3 km away
Rent
4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Benigànim 22.8 km away
Rent
2.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alternative cities in Spain

Other cities in Spain to compare with Gandia, nearest in population first.

All Spain cities
Pontevedra83,316 residentsRubí82,823 residentsCeuta83,595 residentsTalavera de la Reina83,803 residentsOrihuela84,560 residentsFuengirola85,211 residents

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School 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; Gandia's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Gandia?

The published population was 83,135 people in January 2025. Source: Gandia - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Gandia?

Average net cold rent is 4.5 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 315 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

Is the air quality good in Gandia?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

How safe is Gandia?

Police recorded about 6,386 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 Gandia?

The unemployment rate is about 13.4 % (2024). Source: INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city.

What is the typical salary around Gandia?

The median gross salary is 1,888 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

Is Gandia a good place to live?

Gandia 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.

Which cities are near Gandia?

Bellreguard, Oliva, Xeraco, Tavernes de la Valldigna, Cullera are near Gandia. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Spain live in Gandia?

The official country of birth distribution records 56,932 people (75.2%) 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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