Living in Olvera

In Olvera, rent averages €3.20 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.3% (2026).

Olvera is a city in Spain, with a population of 7,842 at the start of 2025. Gigabit broadband availability was 94.2% in June 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2422 sources

Population7,842people1 Jan 2025Official source · INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5)

Median gross salary (region)1,796EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Average net rent3.2EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 37% belowOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es

Unemployment rate5.3%country median 4.4% — 21% aboveIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime4,750incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Anuario Estadístico del Ministerio del Interior 2024, Table 3-1-2

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³country median 8.7 — 15% aboveOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Cheaper rent than 89% of Spanish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 67% of Spanish cities that publish it and dirtier air than 66% of Spanish cities that publish it.

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

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 Olvera.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Olvera?

Average net cold rent is 3.2 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): 3.2 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesOlvera highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Murcia€5.80

Olvera€3.20

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Málaga€9.60

Seville€9.20

Valencia€8.20

Zaragoza€7.70

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria€7.30

Alicante€7.10

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	5,412 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings	3,189 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
G05 Secondary Seasonal Vacant Dwellings	2,220 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10	31 Dec 2022	cdn.mivau.gob.es²Official

Is Olvera a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–65%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student62%strong on housing, weak on education · range 51–73%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 48–70%

Retirement57%strong on housing, weak on admin · range 46–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 192 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 3.2 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

The unemployment rate was 5.3% in June 2026.

What is the unemployment rate in Olvera?

The unemployment rate is 5.3 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²²

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Olvera is 5.3%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

844

437

0–55–1010–1515–2020–2525–30

Olvera 5.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	94.19 %	30 Jun 2025	SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025¹⁶Official
People in employment	2,832 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,796 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.3 %country median 4.4%	30 Jun 2026	SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²²Independent

What does a salary buy in Olvera?

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

Left over each month€1,239of €1,463 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.	€1,463
Rent, 60 m²€3.20/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31	− €192
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	€1,239

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Olvera. 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 Olvera. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesOlvera highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,750 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Anuario Estadístico del Ministerio del Interior 2024, Table 3-1-2¹Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was AGP, 73.6 km away, with 115 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	115 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁴Official
Nearest airport	AGP	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	73.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Olvera. 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, Hybridvaries

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Olvera.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Olvera?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁵

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

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.510WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Olvera is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 269 cities with data, 57 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1516–1719–20

Olvera 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³country median 8.7	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁵Official
Climate Monthly Extreme High C	Jan 21.51 · Feb 22.34 · Mar 29.21 · Apr 30.02 · May 37.84 · Jun 40.08 · Jul 41.88 · Aug 43.34 · Sep 42.04 · Oct 33.08 · Nov 27.56 · Dec 21.97 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low C	Jan -5.93 · Feb -5.88 · Mar -4.86 · Apr 0.29 · May 2.56 · Jun 7.89 · Jul 11.95 · Aug 13.37 · Sep 10.21 · Oct 0.67 · Nov -2.44 · Dec -3.88 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 8 · Feb 8.87 · Mar 11.28 · Apr 13.85 · May 17.82 · Jun 22.94 · Jul 26.25 · Aug 26.3 · Sep 22.11 · Oct 17.54 · Nov 11.73 · Dec 8.99 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹³Official

Annual PM2.5 over time4 published observations, 2021–2024

6.7

8.2

9.8

11.3

10.0202120232024

Annual PM2.5 rose 42.9% between 2021 and 2024, from 7.0 to 10.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Olvera?

The published population was 7,842 people in January 2025. Source: INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5)⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	193.7 km²	20 Oct 2025	www.ign.es¹⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	4.95 %	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)⁷Official
Foreign residents	388 people	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)⁷Official
Population Female	4,006 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Population Male	3,881 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Population	7,842 people	1 Jan 2025	INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5)⁶Official

International community in Olvera

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	8,013	100.0%
Spain	7,648	95.4%
European Union (without Spain)	119	1.5%
Rent of Europe	110	1.4%
Central America and Caribbean	54	0.7%
South America	37	0.5%
Africa	27	0.3%
North America	11	0.1%
Asia	7	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	8,013	100.0%
Spanish	7,747	96.7%
Rent of Europe	107	1.3%
Central America and Caribbean	51	0.6%
European Union (without Spain)	48	0.6%
South America	26	0.3%
Africa	18	0.2%
Asia	9	0.1%
North America	7	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	3,192 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Labour Supply Count	3,600 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Olvera

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.

Alcalá del Valle as an Olvera alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €1.00/m² Alcalá del Valle vs €3.20/m² Olvera−69%
Foreign residents: 2.5% Alcalá del Valle vs 5.0% Olvera−50%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,750 Alcalá del Valle vs 4,750 Olverasame level

Full comparison More about Alcalá del Valle

Tres Cantos as an Olvera alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 430 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €10.60/m² Tres Cantos vs €3.20/m² Olvera+231%
Residents: 54,592 Tres Cantos vs 7,842 Olvera+596%
Unemployment: 2.6% Tres Cantos vs 5.3% Olvera−51%
Foreign residents: 9.6% Tres Cantos vs 5.0% Olvera+95%
Median gross pay, region: €2,336 Tres Cantos vs €1,796 Olvera+30%
Nearest airport: 16.9 km Tres Cantos vs 73.6 km Olvera−77%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,044 Tres Cantos vs 4,750 Olverano percentage

Full comparison More about Tres Cantos

Tallinn as an Olvera alternative in another country

A move, not a commute, at 3293 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 10.0 µg/m³ Olvera−70%
Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €3.20/m² (2022) Olverano percentage
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 73.6 km Olvera−92%
Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €1,796 (2024) Olverano percentage

Full comparison More about Tallinn

Cities near Olvera

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

Alcalá del Valle 8.4 km away

Rent: 1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Algodonales 14.3 km away

Rent: 2.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Ronda 23.5 km away

Rent: 4.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alternative cities in Spain

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

All Spain cities

Arévalo7,851 residents Baztan7,851 residents Malagón7,827 residents Torres de la Alameda7,824 residents Centelles7,864 residents Melide7,817 residents

How does Olvera compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Olvera 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

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; Olvera's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Olvera?

The published population was 7,842 people in January 2025. Source: INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5).

How much does it cost to rent in Olvera?

Average net cold rent is 3.2 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 224 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

Is the air quality good in Olvera?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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.

What is the unemployment rate in Olvera?

The unemployment rate is 5.3 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Olvera?

The median gross salary is 1,796 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

Is Olvera a good place to live?

Olvera 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 Olvera?

Alcalá del Valle, Algodonales, Ronda are near Olvera. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Africa live in Olvera?

The official country of birth distribution records 27 people (0.3%) 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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