Murcia · Región de Murcia · CP 30037
Torre-Pacheco
Torre-Pacheco: living in Murcia
Torre-Pacheco offers 2801 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a practical base for living and working in Spain.
Population
41,479
Avg. summer temp
26.5°C
Best place to buy a house
#421 / 8133
Overall score
7.6/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 4.0/10
Average. Housing about 1,094 €/m²; cost of living at 50% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.2/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~98 min; airport ~65 min; Renfe ~14 min; coach ~6 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.5/10
Average. About 2,801 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~31.5°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 · 5.0/10
Average. Spanish residents 70.2% of padrón; international residents 29.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 8.8/10
Future looks bright. Population +3.5% vs last year; registered unemployment −20.2% over the series; mean age 38.0; foreign residents 29.8%; property prices +10.5% 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 · 3.6/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,450; Natura 2000 covers about 1.2% of the area (nearest site ~4.8 km).
Place location
Torre-Pacheco in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
38
<16
21.2%
16–64
66.7%
65+
12%
International community
Spanish nationals: 25,058 (70.2%)
Foreign residents: 10,618 (29.8%)
- Morocco: 6,176
- Ecuador: 1,090
- United Kingdom: 923
- Romania: 274
- Colombia: 125
- Bolivia: 116
- Ukraine: 106
- China: 78
English speakers ≈ 923
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,094
Flats €/m²
1006 €
Houses €/m²
1182 €
6-year change
+82%
Province rank: # / 45 · 130% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (37.78, -0.97)
330 approx. sunny days · 0 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
95.5%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Murcia
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Cabezo Gordo (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 4.8 km
- 02Espacios Abiertos e Islas del Mar Menor (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 8.1 km
- 03La Sierra de Escalona y su entorno (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 15.5 km
- 04Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 17.4 km
- 05Carrascoy y El Valle (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 18.9 km
Day trip
- 06Lagunas de la Mata y Torrevieja (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 29.9 km
- 07Parque Natural Lagunas de La Mata-Torrevieja (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 29.9 km
- 08Meandros abandonados del Río Segura (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 30.5 km
- 09Humedal del Ajauque y Rambla Salada (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 36.6 km
- 10Sierra de las Moreras (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 36.9 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Torre-Pacheco
€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 Torre-Pacheco you pay €960 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
4.9%
SEPE unemployed
1,346
Affiliated workers (approx.)
19,718
Self-employed (approx.)
3,320
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€42,153,444
Expenses
€42,129,408
Balance
€24,036
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Pedro Ángel Roca Tornel (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia (RMU) · 19.4 km · 65 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Murcia) · 52.1 km · 98 min
High-speed rail
AVE Murcia del Carmen · 41.2 km · 41 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Manga · 58.9 km · 61 min
Nearest city
Murcia · 52.1 km · 98 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · TORRE-PACHECO · 5.2 km · 14 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Hortichuela Vta · 2.2 km · 6 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
23,324
562 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
5,679
137 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
2,188
53 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
103
2 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
714
31 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2801 sunshine hours
Torre-Pacheco averages about 2801 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 95.5%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (95.5%) makes Torre-Pacheco a practical base for remote work.
About Torre-Pacheco
Torre-Pacheco is a municipality in Murcia (Región de Murcia) with about 4,503 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 803 €/m². Compare Torre-Pacheco with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 30037 · CP 30037 · lat 37.77748877327486, lon -0.966935181965751 · 803 m · Income: €33,036