Alacant · Comunidad Valenciana · CP 03066
Elda
Elda: living in Alacant
Elda offers 2813 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a connected urban option in Spain.
Population
55,222
Avg. summer temp
25.9°C
Best place to buy a house
#677 / 8133
Overall score
7.5/10
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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 · 8.1/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~42 min; airport ~100 min; Renfe ~19 min; coach ~22 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 6.1/10
Average. About 2,813 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~30.5°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.8/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 98% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 10.0/10
Better than other places. 11 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.6/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 94.9% of padrón; international residents 5.1%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.2/10
Future looks bright. Population +2.6% vs last year; registered unemployment −16.9% over the series; mean age 44.4; foreign residents 5.1%; 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 · 2.8/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,450; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~4.7 km).
Place location
Elda in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
44.4
<16
14.3%
16–64
63.6%
65+
22.1%
International community
Spanish nationals: 49,939 (94.9%)
Foreign residents: 2,679 (5.1%)
- Colombia: 512
- Romania: 362
- Morocco: 298
- Algeria: 169
- Ukraine: 134
- Venezuela: 129
- China: 99
- Argentina: 81
English speakers ≈ 37
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,642
Flats €/m²
1511 €
Houses €/m²
1773 €
6-year change
+97.4%
Province rank: # / 141 · 74% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 03002 (16.0km)
331 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
98.1%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Alicante
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Embalse d`Elda (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 3.1 km
- 02Serra del Maigmó y Serra del Sit (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 4.7 km
- 03Arenal de lAlmorxó (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 4.8 km
- 04Paraje Natural Municipal Clots de la Sal y Monte de la Mola, Novelda (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 5.7 km
- 05Laguna de Salinas (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 5.9 km
Day trip
- 06Carrascal de la Font Roja (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 28.5 km
- 07Sierra Mariola (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 28.6 km
- 08Sant Pasqual-Torretes (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 29.6 km
- 09El Fondó/El Hondo (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 29.9 km
- 10Parque Natural del Fondo d`Elx (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 29.9 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Elda
€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 Elda you pay €960 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
12.7%
SEPE unemployed
4,448
Affiliated workers (approx.)
24,620
Self-employed (approx.)
4,215
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
Ruben Alfaro Bernabe (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
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 Alicante-Elche (ALC) · 53.3 km · 100 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Alicante) · 30.6 km · 42 min
High-speed rail
AVE Alicante · 45.5 km · 50 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 144.2 km · 119 min
Nearest city
Alicante · 30.6 km · 42 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · ELDA-PETRER · 3.7 km · 19 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Sub-Estación Bus Elda · 4.4 km · 22 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
26,373
478 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
3,914
71 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
3,991
72 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
15
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
86
3 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2813 sunshine hours
Elda averages about 2813 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 98.1%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (98.1%) makes Elda a practical base for remote work.
Broad local services
11 of 11 everyday essentials (grocery, pharmacy, school, bank…) are mapped in or near Elda.
About Elda
Elda is a municipality in Alacant (Comunidad Valenciana) with about 905 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2105 €/m². Compare Elda with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 03066 · CP 03066 · lat 38.474938007787934, lon -0.8208411456910143 · 805 m · Income: €27,927