Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08181
La Roca del Vallès
La Roca del Vallès: living in Barcelona
La Roca del Vallès offers 2540 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
11,014
Avg. summer temp
21.3°C
Best place to buy a house
#1640 / 8133
Overall score
7.1/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 0.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 2,246 €/m²; cost of living at 102% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 8.4/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~40 min; airport ~62 min; Renfe ~13 min; coach ~16 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.3/10
Average. About 2,540 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~26.6°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.6/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 96% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 9.1/10
Better than other places. 10 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 95.7% of padrón; international residents 4.3%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.1/10
Average. Population +0.5% vs last year; registered unemployment −9.1% over the series; mean age 42.6; foreign residents 4.3%; property prices +6.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 1.5/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 4.8/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,950; Natura 2000 covers about 35.5% of the area (nearest site ~0.6 km).
Place location
La Roca del Vallès in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
42.6
<16
16.5%
16–64
67.1%
65+
16.4%
International community
Spanish nationals: 10,192 (95.7%)
Foreign residents: 458 (4.3%)
- Morocco: 60
- Italy: 39
- Romania: 34
- China: 22
- Russia: 21
- Senegal: 20
- Brazil: 20
- Germany: 17
English speakers ≈ 13
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 244% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08014 (21.4km)
299 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
95.9%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Conreria-Sant Mateu-Céllecs, la (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.6 km
- 02Riu Congost (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.8 km
- 03Serres del Montnegre i el Corredor (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 6.1 km
- 04el Montseny (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.5 km
- 05Gallecs (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.6 km
Day trip
- 06Riera d`Arbucies-Hostalric (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 27.3 km
- 07Rierada-Can Balasc (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 28 km
- 08Ricarda-Ca l`Arana (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 36.6 km
- 09Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 39.8 km
- 10Remolar-Filipines (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 41 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · La Roca del Vallès
€4,868
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€590
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€0
People in Barcelona pay about the same tax as here
In La Roca del Vallès you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
5.3%
SEPE unemployed
389
Affiliated workers (approx.)
5,262
Self-employed (approx.)
887
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- CM
Marta Pujol Armengol (CM)
2023–2027 · Junts Per la Roca - Compromís Municipal
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Official municipal budget figures are not attached for this place yet — we do not show invented surplus/deficit numbers.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) · 66.7 km · 62 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 38.1 km · 40 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 39.3 km · 34 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 42.1 km · 38 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 38.1 km · 40 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · GRANOLLERS-CENTRE · 7.8 km · 13 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Estació d'Autobusos de Granollers · 8.6 km · 16 min
Local services
This checklist is built from data pulled from other services and may be wrong. If something looks incorrect, click the flag icon to tell us what it should be.
Official sources where available (Diputación de Málaga, Junta education, MITECO fuel stations) plus Overture Maps for shops and clinics. “Yes” means found in those sources; “Unknown” means we cannot confirm yet; “No” is only used when absence is clear (e.g. consultorio but no hospital).
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Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
6,199
563 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
1,260
114 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
1,171
106 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
1
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
41
7 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2540 sunshine hours
La Roca del Vallès averages about 2540 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 95.9%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (95.9%) makes La Roca del Vallès a practical base for remote work.
Natura 2000 ~36%
About 36% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
About La Roca del Vallès
La Roca del Vallès is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 2,378 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 878 €/m². Compare La Roca del Vallès with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08181 · CP 08181 · lat 41.5961855753683, lon 2.33483260974807 · 478 m · Income: €50,856