Living in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa

In Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa, the statutory reference rent is €6.00 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.7% (2026).

Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa, a city in Spain, had a population of 37,449 at the start of 2025. Gigabit broadband availability was 92.8% in June 2025. The unemployment rate was 4.65% in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-1928 sources

Population37,449people1 Jan 2025Official source · Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa - official stats

Median gross salary (region)1,888EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Average net rent6EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 18% aboveOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es

Unemployment rate4.65%country median 4.4% — 6% aboveIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime5,741incidents per 100,000country median 4,281 — 34% aboveOfficial source · MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.

Pricier rent than 62% of Spanish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 81% of Spanish cities that publish it.

Which Spain-wide rules apply when you move to Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

Average net cold rent is 6 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): 6 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 citiesVila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa€6.00

Murcia€5.80

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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	25,782 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁰Official
Main residence dwellings	14,397 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁰Official
Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings	11,382 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁰Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10	31 Dec 2022	cdn.mivau.gob.es¹Official

Is Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–66%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–71%

Student57%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–67%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–59%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 360 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6 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 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

The unemployment rate is about 4.7 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 4.65 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁸

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa is 4.7%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa 4.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	92.81 %	30 Jun 2025	SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025¹⁶Official
People in employment	12,060 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁰Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,888 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁶Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.65 %country median 4.4%	30 Jun 2026	SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁸Independent

What does a salary buy in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

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

Left over each month€1,135of €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€6.00/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31	− €360
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	€1,135

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa. 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 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

Police recorded about 5,741 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.¹¹

Recorded crime across major citiesVila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa 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	5,741 incidents per 100,000country median 4,281	31 Dec 2024	MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.¹¹Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was ALC, 37.7 km away, with 96 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	96 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁴Official
Nearest airport	ALC	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	37.7 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa. 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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Climate and air quality

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

NO₂5WHO 10 · EU 40

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	5 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station BENIDORM)⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

The published population was 37,449 people in January 2025. Source: Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa - official stats¹⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport76.7%
Foreign residents23.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	58.89 km²	20 Oct 2025	www.ign.es¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	8,711 people	1 Jan 2024	Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.¹³Official
Female residents	18,258 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁷Official
Male residents	17,835 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁷Official
Population	37,449 people	1 Jan 2025	Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa - official stats¹⁷Official

International community in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa

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	34,719	100.0%
Spain	26,844	77.3%
European Union (without Spain)	2,250	6.5%
South America	1,909	5.5%
Rent of Europe	1,728	5.0%
Africa	1,402	4.0%
Asia	294	0.8%
Central America and Caribbean	228	0.7%
North America	58	0.2%
Oceania	6	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	34,719	100.0%
Spanish	27,977	80.6%
European Union (without Spain)	2,498	7.2%
Rent of Europe	1,699	4.9%
Africa	1,170	3.4%
South America	958	2.8%
Asia	289	0.8%
Central America and Caribbean	96	0.3%
North America	29	0.1%
Oceania	3	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	14,400 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁰Official
Labour force	16,071 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa

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 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa alternative in the same region

30 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €3.90/m² Alcoy vs €6.00/m² Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa−35%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,818 Alcoy vs 5,741 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa−33%
Residents: 61,468 Alcoy vs 37,449 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa+64%
Nearest airport: 46.9 km Alcoy vs 37.7 km Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa+24%
Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Alcoy vs €1,888 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosasame level

Full comparison More about Alcoy

Siero as a Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 709 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,763 Siero vs 5,741 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa−34%
Rent: €5.50/m² Siero vs €6.00/m² Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa−8%
Residents: 53,049 Siero vs 37,449 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa+42%
Median gross pay, region: €2,016 Siero vs €1,888 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa+7%
Unemployment: 4.4% Siero vs 4.7% Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa−5%
Nearest airport: 35.7 km Siero vs 37.7 km Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa−5%

Full comparison More about Siero

Cities near Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa

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

Benidorm Commuting Zone · 9.4 km away

Rent: 7.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Finestrat 7.1 km away

Rent: 7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alfàs del Pi, l' 14.1 km away

Rent: 7.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Nucia, la 15.7 km away

Rent: 5.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Polop 15.9 km away

Rent: 4.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Campello, el 17.0 km away

Rent: 7.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Callosa d'en Sarrià 18.9 km away

Rent: 3.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Altea 19.1 km away

Rent: 6.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alternative cities in Spain

Other cities in Spain to compare with Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa, nearest in population first.

All Spain cities

Montcada i Reixac37,460 residents Águilas37,811 residents Tomelloso37,060 residents Cambrils37,042 residents Los Realejos37,867 residents Vilagarcía de Arousa37,888 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa 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; Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa part of Elche?

Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa is in the published commuting zone of Elche; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Elche city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁵

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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 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

The published population was 37,449 people in January 2025. Source: Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

Average net cold rent is 6 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 420 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

How safe is Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

What is the unemployment rate in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

The unemployment rate is about 4.7 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

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

How many foreign residents live in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

8,711 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España..

Is Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa a good place to live?

Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa 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 Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa part of Elche?

Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa is in the published commuting zone of Elche; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

Benidorm, Finestrat, Alfàs del Pi, l', Nucia, la, Polop are near Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Spain live in Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa?

The official country of birth distribution records 26,844 people (77.3%) 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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  title = {Vila Joiosa, la/Villajoyosa, Spain: population, rent, salary},
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  year = {2026},
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