Living in Salas

In Salas, the statutory reference rent is €3.70 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 2.5% (2026).

Residents of Salas numbered 4,766 at the end of 2025. For Salas, the regional median gross salary was €1,881 per month at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 208 at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2420 sources

Population4,766people31 Dec 2025Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Median gross salary (region)1,881EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Average net rent3.7EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 27% belowOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es

Unemployment rate2.47%country median 4.4% — 44% belowOfficial source · Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE)

Recorded crime3,570incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · La criminalidad convencional se mantiene estable en Cantabria en 2025

Cheaper rent than 80% of Spanish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 92% of Spanish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 87% of Spanish cities that publish it.

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

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 Salas.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The number of dwellings in Salas reached 4,686 at the end of 2021.

How much does it cost to rent in Salas?

Average net cold rent is 3.7 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): 3.7 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesSalas highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Murcia€5.80

Salas€3.70

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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 fibre³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	DIGI 100GB mobile plan²Official · national market
Dwellings	4,686 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹¹Official
Main residence dwellings	2,220 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹¹Official
Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings	2,469 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹¹Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.7 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10	31 Dec 2022	cdn.mivau.gob.es¹Official

Is Salas 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 worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–68%

Skilled employee65%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 56–74%

Student59%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 48–70%

Family69%strong on family, weak on education · range 58–80%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 222 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 3.7 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 Salas?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (2026).

Unemployment rate: 2.47 % · Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE)¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Salas is 2.5%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

844

437

0–55–1010–1515–2020–2525–30

Salas 2.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	1,746 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,881 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	2.47 %country median 4.4%	4 Aug 2026	Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE)¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Salas?

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

Left over each month€1,266of €1,520 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.	€1,520
Rent, 60 m²€3.70/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31	− €222
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	€1,266

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Salas Salary needed to live in Salas

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Salas. 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

Search jobs

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSalas 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	3,570 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	La criminalidad convencional se mantiene estable en Cantabria en 2025¹²Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Salas's nearest airport was OVD, 25 km away and offered 10 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	10 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	25 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	OVD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Salas. 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 Salas.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

14°6°

15°7°

16°8°

18°10°

20°13°

22°15°

23°16°

21°14°

19°12°

16°9°

14°7°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

114

119

149

125

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

100

116

150

162

181

166

179

196

178

141

100

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 13.8 · Feb 13.9 · Mar 15.3 · Apr 16.1 · May 18.1 · Jun 20.1 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 22.7 · Sep 21.3 · Oct 19.2 · Nov 15.9 · Dec 14.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 6.5 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 7.3 · Apr 8.3 · May 10.5 · Jun 13.2 · Jul 15.2 · Aug 15.6 · Sep 14 · Oct 11.7 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 10.1 · Feb 10.1 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 12.2 · May 14.3 · Jun 16.7 · Jul 18.5 · Aug 19.1 · Sep 17.7 · Oct 15.4 · Nov 12.3 · Dec 10.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 114.1 · Feb 87.9 · Mar 87.6 · Apr 89.6 · May 73.5 · Jun 58.4 · Jul 43.8 · Aug 62.4 · Sep 75.6 · Oct 118.6 · Nov 149.3 · Dec 124.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 100 · Feb 115.7 · Mar 149.5 · Apr 161.8 · May 181.1 · Jun 166.1 · Jul 178.6 · Aug 195.6 · Sep 178.3 · Oct 141.2 · Nov 99.6 · Dec 96.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Spain: Barakaldo ±1.3 °C. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±1.8 °C, Gondomar (Portugal) ±1.3 °C, Maia (Portugal) ±1.3 °C, Matosinhos (Portugal) ±1.3 °C, Valongo (Portugal) ±1.3 °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

Households in Salas numbered 2,217 at the end of 2021. Salas was home to 2,423 women at the end of 2023. The count of male residents in Salas was 2,383 at the end of 2023.

How many people live in Salas?

The published population was 4,766 people in 2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁶

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	4.36 %	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)⁵Official
Foreign residents	208 people	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)⁵Official
Female residents	2,423 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁸Official
Male residents	2,383 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁸Official
Population	4,766 people	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁶Official

International community in Salas

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	4,873	100.0%
Spain	4,659	95.6%
South America	75	1.5%
European Union (without Spain)	73	1.5%
Central America and Caribbean	24	0.5%
Rent of Europe	17	0.3%
Africa	14	0.3%
North America	10	0.2%
Asia	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	4,873	100.0%
Spanish	4,731	97.1%
European Union (without Spain)	64	1.3%
South America	36	0.7%
Africa	13	0.3%
Central America and Caribbean	13	0.3%
Rent of Europe	12	0.2%
North America	3	0.1%
Oceania	1	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	2,217 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹¹Official
Labour force	2,034 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Salas

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.

Vila-real as a Salas alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 16.0% Vila-real vs 4.4% Salas+267%
Rent: €4.00/m² Vila-real vs €3.70/m² Salas+8%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,712 (2024) Vila-real vs 3,570 (2025) Salasno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Vila-real vs €1,881 Salassame level

Full comparison More about Vila-real

Alternative cities in Spain

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

All Spain cities

Cacabelos4,738 residents Miguel Esteban4,738 residents Buenavista del Norte4,724 residents Campanario4,700 residents Fisterra4,690 residents Santaella4,681 residents

How does Salas compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Salas 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 guide

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; Salas's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Salas part of Gijón?

Salas is in the published commuting zone of Gijón; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Gijón city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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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 Salas?

The published population was 4,766 people in 2025. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

How much does it cost to rent in Salas?

Average net cold rent is 3.7 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 259 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

What is the unemployment rate in Salas?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (2026). Source: Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE).

What is the typical salary around Salas?

The median gross salary is 1,881 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

How many foreign residents live in Salas?

208 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España).

Is Salas a good place to live?

Salas 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 Salas part of Gijón?

Salas is in the published commuting zone of Gijón; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Spain live in Salas?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,659 people (95.6%) 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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