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Living in Totana

In Totana, rent averages €3.80 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.2% (2026).

Totana had 33,358 residents at the start of 2025 and is a city in Spain. The unemployment rate was 3.2% in June 2026. The nearest airport was RMU, 33.2 km away in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 93.2% in June 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1924 sources

Population33,358people1 Jan 2025Official source · Totana - official stats
Median gross salary (region)1,806EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Average net rent3.8EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 25% belowOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es
Unemployment rate3.2%country median 4.4% — 27% belowIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026
Recorded crime4,449offences per 100,000country median 4,281 — 4% aboveOfficial source · Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows
PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station LORCA)

Cheaper rent than 78% of Spanish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 81% 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 Totana?

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 Totana.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Totana?

Average net cold rent is 3.8 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): 3.8 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es2
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Totana recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00
Barcelona€13.70
Bilbao€11.50
Palma€9.80
Murcia€5.80
Totana€3.80
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
Dwellings15,390 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings11,277 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
G05 Secondary Seasonal Vacant Dwellings4,113 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)3.8 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.1031 Dec 2022cdn.mivau.gob.es2Official

Is Totana 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 worker63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–72%
Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–76%
Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 50–70%
Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–64%
Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 228 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 3.8 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 Totana?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202624

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Totana is 3.2%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability93.21 %30 Jun 2025SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202517Official
People in employment13,365 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
Median gross salary (regional)1,806 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)9Official · regional context
Unemployment rate3.2 %country median 4.4%30 Jun 2026SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202624Independent

What does a salary buy in Totana?

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

regional median gross pay: €1,806 (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,210of €1,470 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.€1,470
Rent, 60 m²€3.80/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31− €228
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€1,210
Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Totana?

Police recorded about 4,449 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 4,449 offences per 100,000 · Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows1
Recorded crime across major citiesTotana highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Totana highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Pamplona7,766
Alicante7,419
Murcia5,289
Córdoba5,095
Vitoria-Gasteiz4,916
Cartagena4,578
Totana4,449
Castellón de la Plana4,251
Elche4,043
Lorca3,706
Logroño3,690
Burgos3,628
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,449 offences per 100,000country median 4,28131 Dec 2024Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows1Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportRMU13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport33.2 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Totana. 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
Open official information
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Totana.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Totana?

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: EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station LORCA)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 Totana is 10.0 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 mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station LORCA)5Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean32 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station LORCA)6Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station LORCA)7Official · nearest-station reading
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 24.37 · Feb 26.32 · Mar 30.59 · Apr 34.64 · May 40.2 · Jun 41.83 · Jul 42.66 · Aug 44.58 · Sep 42.22 · Oct 33.85 · Nov 29.33 · Dec 24.41 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -6.45 · Feb -3.71 · Mar -2.97 · Apr 2.28 · May 4.42 · Jun 10.5 · Jul 14.8 · Aug 14.69 · Sep 10.07 · Oct 3.34 · Nov -0.73 · Dec -5.36 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official
Average temperature by monthJan 8.88 · Feb 9.72 · Mar 12.66 · Apr 15.51 · May 19.39 · Jun 24.28 · Jul 26.99 · Aug 26.82 · Sep 23 · Oct 18.73 · Nov 12.76 · Dec 9.57 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center14Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Totana?

The published population was 33,358 people in January 2025. Source: Totana - official stats18

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area287.3 km²20 Oct 2025www.ign.es19Official
Foreign-resident share17.82 %31 Dec 2025Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)8Official
Foreign residents6,556 people1 Jan 2024Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.15Official
Population Female16,117 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)10Official
Population Male17,032 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)10Official
Population33,358 people1 Jan 2025Totana - official stats18Official

International community in Totana

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
TOTAL32,835100.0%
Spain24,37074.2%
South America4,92115.0%
Africa1,6385.0%
European Union (without Spain)8722.7%
Central America and Caribbean5861.8%
Rent of Europe2980.9%
Asia1360.4%
North America110.0%
Oceania30.0%

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

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL32,835100.0%
Spanish26,35480.3%
South America3,1349.5%
Africa1,8725.7%
Central America and Caribbean5141.6%
European Union (without Spain)5001.5%
Rent of Europe2930.9%
Asia1590.5%
North America90.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households11,277 households31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
Labour Supply Count15,129 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official

Alternatives for people set on Totana

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.

Calvià as a Totana alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 402 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: €11.40/m² Calvià vs €3.80/m² Totana+200%
  • Unemployment: 1.3% Calvià vs 3.2% Totana−60%
  • Foreign residents: 33.8% Calvià vs 17.8% Totana+90%
  • Residents: 53,793 Calvià vs 33,358 Totana+61%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,080 Calvià vs €1,806 Totana+15%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,880 Calvià vs 4,449 Totanano percentage
  • Nearest airport: 19.1 km Calvià vs 33.2 km Totana−42%
Full comparisonMore about Calvià

Cities near Totana

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

Alhama de Murcia 11.0 km away
Rent
4.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Librilla 18.1 km away
Rent
3.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Lorca 20.1 km away
Rent
4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alternative cities in Spain

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

All Spain cities
Navalcarnero33,331 residentsNíjar33,319 residentsIllescas33,301 residentsAmes33,276 residentsCastro-Urdiales33,450 residentsÚbeda33,588 residents

How does Totana compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Totana 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; Totana'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 Totana?

The published population was 33,358 people in January 2025. Source: Totana - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Totana?

Average net cold rent is 3.8 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 266 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

Is the air quality good in Totana?

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: EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station LORCA).

How safe is Totana?

Police recorded about 4,449 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows.

What is the unemployment rate in Totana?

The unemployment rate is 3.2 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Totana?

The median gross salary is 1,806 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

Is Totana a good place to live?

Totana 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 Totana?

Alhama de Murcia, Librilla, Lorca are near Totana. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Africa live in Totana?

The official country of birth distribution records 1,638 people (5.0%) 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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