Alacant · Comunidad Valenciana · CP 03044
Bigastro
Bigastro: living in Alacant
Bigastro offers 2756 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
7,537
Avg. summer temp
26.4°C
Best place to buy a house
#1122 / 8133
Overall score
7.3/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 1.5/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 1,642 €/m²; cost of living at 75% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.0/10
Average. Hospital ~75 min; airport ~94 min; Renfe ~12 min; coach ~12 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.9/10
Average. About 2,756 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.4°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.9/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 99% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 8.2/10
Better than other places. 9 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 7.8/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 84.2% of padrón; international residents 15.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 8.5/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −27.3% over the series; mean age 40.7; foreign residents 15.8%; property prices +12.0% 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 · 1.1/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~999.0 km).
Place location
Bigastro in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
40.7
<16
17.4%
16–64
67%
65+
15.6%
International community
Spanish nationals: 5,666 (84.2%)
Foreign residents: 1,067 (15.8%)
- Morocco: 333
- United Kingdom: 167
- Bulgaria: 101
- Algeria: 99
- Ukraine: 56
- Russia: 39
- Romania: 36
- Colombia: 36
English speakers ≈ 167
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,642
Flats €/m²
1511 €
Houses €/m²
1773 €
6-year change
+97.4%
Province rank: # / 141 · 77% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 03005 (17.3km)
324 approx. sunny days · 0 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Alicante
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Meandros abandonados del Río Segura (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 2.3 km
- 02La Sierra de Escalona y su entorno (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 3.3 km
- 03Embalse de la Pedrera (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 3.3 km
- 04La Sierra (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 5.7 km
- 05La Pilarica-Sierra de Callosa (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 6 km
Day trip
- 06Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 26.6 km
- 07Cabezo Gordo (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 28 km
- 08Embalse d`Elx (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 31.3 km
- 09Los Algezares (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 31.6 km
- 10Sierra de la Pila (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 31.7 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Bigastro
€4,573
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€295
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€295
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Bigastro you pay €960 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
8.5%
SEPE unemployed
427
Affiliated workers (approx.)
3,572
Self-employed (approx.)
606
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
.svg?width=128 "Partido Popular")
Teresa Maria Belmonte Sanchez (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
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 Internacional de la Región de Murcia (RMU) · 72.8 km · 94 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Alicante) · 97.4 km · 75 min
High-speed rail
AVE Murcia del Carmen · 30.7 km · 26 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Manga · 65.6 km · 56 min
Nearest city
Alicante · 86.2 km · 74 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · ORIHUELA-MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ · 5.9 km · 12 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Orihuela · 5.9 km · 12 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
3,639
483 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
764
101 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
338
45 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
38
10 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2756 sunshine hours
Bigastro averages about 2756 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.4%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.4%) makes Bigastro a practical base for remote work.
Broad local services
9 of 11 everyday essentials (grocery, pharmacy, school, bank…) are mapped in or near Bigastro.
About Bigastro
Bigastro is a municipality in Alacant (Comunidad Valenciana) with about 841 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2041 €/m². Compare Bigastro with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 03044 · CP 03044 · lat 38.060211453669496, lon -0.8954078499782231 · 741 m · Income: €30,686