Living in Zafra

In Zafra, the statutory reference rent is €4.00 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.7% (2026).

Zafra, a city in Spain, had a population of 16,735 at the start of 2025. Gigabit broadband availability was 97.8% in June 2025. The foreign population count was 854 at the start of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2426 sources

Population16,735people1 Jan 2025Official source · Zafra - official stats

Median gross salary (region)1,742EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Average net rent4EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 22% belowOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es

Unemployment rate5.71%country median 4.4% — 30% aboveIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime3,460incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · La criminalidad convencional se mantiene estable en Cantabria en 2025

PM2.5, annual mean9.87µg/m³country median 8.7 — 14% aboveOfficial source · cdn.who.int

Cheaper rent than 74% of Spanish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 73% of Spanish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 91% of Spanish cities that publish it.

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

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 Zafra?

Average net cold rent is 4 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 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 citiesZafra highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Murcia€5.80

Zafra€4.00

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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	8,913 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Main residence dwellings	6,519 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings	2,391 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10	31 Dec 2022	cdn.mivau.gob.es¹Official

Is Zafra a good place to live?

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–71%

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

Student65%strong on cost, weak on education · range 55–75%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–67%

Retirement56%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 240 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4 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 5.71% in June 2026.

What is the unemployment rate in Zafra?

The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 5.71 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁶

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Zafra is 5.7%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

844

437

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Zafra 5.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	97.82 %	30 Jun 2025	SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025¹⁹Official
People in employment	6,375 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,742 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.71 %country median 4.4%	30 Jun 2026	SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁶Independent

What does a salary buy in Zafra?

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

Left over each month€1,153of €1,425 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.	€1,425
Rent, 60 m²€4.00/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31	− €240
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	€1,153

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

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	554.1 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 2025¹⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Zafra 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 residents554.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesZafra 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	3,460 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	La criminalidad convencional se mantiene estable en Cantabria en 2025¹³Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was BJZ, 62.6 km away, with 2 listed destinations in June 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁷Official
Nearest airport	BJZ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	62.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Zafra?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.9 µg/m³ (2014) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 9.87 µg/m³ · cdn.who.int²

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

PM2.59.9WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1022WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂4WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Zafra is 9.9 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

Zafra 9.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	4 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station ZAFRA)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	22 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station ZAFRA)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	9.87 µg/m³country median 8.7	31 Dec 2014	cdn.who.int²Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 19.6 · Feb 21.33 · Mar 27.29 · Apr 30.24 · May 36.21 · Jun 42.95 · Jul 45.03 · Aug 44.31 · Sep 43.23 · Oct 34.65 · Nov 25.21 · Dec 20.44 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -5.84 · Feb -5.58 · Mar -4.73 · Apr -0.08 · May 1.98 · Jun 7.61 · Jul 10.61 · Aug 11.53 · Sep 8.58 · Oct 1.29 · Nov -4.52 · Dec -5.93 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.76 · Feb 7.74 · Mar 10.48 · Apr 13.43 · May 17.88 · Jun 23.63 · Jul 27.01 · Aug 26.96 · Sep 22.72 · Oct 17.06 · Nov 10.55 · Dec 7.5 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Zafra?

The published population was 16,735 people in January 2025. Source: Zafra - official stats²¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	62.6 km²	20 Oct 2025	www.ign.es²⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	5.33 %	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)⁷Official
Foreign residents	854 people	1 Jan 2024	Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.¹⁶Official
Female residents	8,674 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Male residents	7,998 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Population	16,735 people	1 Jan 2025	Zafra - official stats²¹Official

International community in Zafra

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	16,808	100.0%
Spain	15,940	94.8%
South America	248	1.5%
Central America and Caribbean	230	1.4%
European Union (without Spain)	189	1.1%
Africa	76	0.5%
Asia	68	0.4%
Rent of Europe	41	0.2%
North America	16	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	16,808	100.0%
Spanish	16,149	96.1%
European Union (without Spain)	181	1.1%
Central America and Caribbean	177	1.1%
South America	139	0.8%
Asia	78	0.5%
Africa	49	0.3%
Rent of Europe	24	0.1%
North America	11	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	6,522 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Labour force	8,169 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Zafra

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.

Fuente del Maestre as a Zafra alternative in the same region

12 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €2.00/m² Fuente del Maestre vs €4.00/m² Zafra−50%
Residents: 6,499 Fuente del Maestre vs 16,735 Zafra−61%
Unemployment: 5.2% Fuente del Maestre vs 5.7% Zafra−8%
Foreign residents: 4.6% Fuente del Maestre vs 5.3% Zafra−14%
Nearest airport: 51.6 km Fuente del Maestre vs 62.6 km Zafra−18%
Median gross pay, region: €1,742 Fuente del Maestre vs €1,742 Zafrasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,460 Fuente del Maestre vs 3,460 Zafrasame level

Full comparison More about Fuente del Maestre

Vila-real as a Zafra alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 570 km, better on 4 of 6 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 5.3% Zafra+201%
Residents: 53,623 Vila-real vs 16,735 Zafra+220%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,712 (2024) Vila-real vs 3,460 (2025) Zafrano percentage
Nearest airport: 34.1 km Vila-real vs 62.6 km Zafra−46%
Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Vila-real vs €1,742 Zafra+8%
Unemployment: 5.5% Vila-real vs 5.7% Zafra−4%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 522.0 Vila-real vs 554.1 Zafra−6%

Full comparison More about Vila-real

Cities near Zafra

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

Los Santos de Maimona 3.8 km away

Rent: 2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Fuente del Maestre 11.8 km away

Rent: 2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Villafranca de los Barros 16.5 km away

Rent: 3.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alternative cities in Spain

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

All Spain cities

Benetússer16,734 residents Tarancón16,748 residents Hondarribia16,788 residents La Algaba16,803 residents Tuineje16,834 residents Ubrique16,615 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; Zafra'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 Zafra?

The published population was 16,735 people in January 2025. Source: Zafra - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Zafra?

Average net cold rent is 4 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 280 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

Is the air quality good in Zafra?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.9 µg/m³ (2014) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: cdn.who.int.

What is the unemployment rate in Zafra?

The unemployment rate is about 5.7 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Zafra?

The median gross salary is 1,742 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

Is Zafra a good place to live?

Zafra 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 Zafra?

Los Santos de Maimona, Fuente del Maestre, Villafranca de los Barros are near Zafra. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Spain live in Zafra?

The official country of birth distribution records 15,940 people (94.8%) 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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