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Where you live in AndalucÃa can mean a €52,000 income gap
New tax data shows Málaga’s wealthiest postcode earning over five times more than Seville’s poorest
The gap between Andalucía’s richest and poorest postcodes has reached a striking €52,778, according to new figures for 2024. At the top sits Malagueta-Monte Sancha in Málaga, where average gross household income reached €64,338. At the bottom is Torreblanca in Seville, where the figure was just €11,560, meaning Malagueta’s residents earn, on average, 5.6 times more than their counterparts across the region in Torreblanca.Where the money is
Málaga leads the pack regionally, but Seville and Córdoba aren’t far behind. Seville’s postcode 41004, covering the Old Town, East, Nervión and South districts, comes in second at €56,285, while Córdoba’s city centre and Avenida de América area reaches €55,603. Several other areas also clear the €50,000 mark, including Los Remedios-Triana and the Old Town in Seville, and El Brillante-Quitapesares in Córdoba. Further down the list, but still comfortably above €45,000, are pockets of Marbella, Granada and Cádiz, showing that wealth in Andalucía isn’t confined to just one or two cities.
Where it isn’t
At the other end, Torreblanca’s €11,560 average stands well apart from everywhere else on the list. Sector Sur-Polígono del Guadalquivir in Córdoba follows at €19,711, with Norte-Beiro in Granada and two districts in Jerez also sitting around the €20,000 mark. Seville, interestingly, holds both ends of the spectrum, home to the region’s second highest earning postcode and its very lowest.
Málaga’s own divide
Within Málaga itself, the gap is just as pronounced. Malagueta-Monte Sancha tops the city’s list again, followed by Cerrado de Calderón-Hacienda Paredes at €48,212, Ensanche Centro-Soho at €43,963, and Pedregalejo-Morlaco-Las Acacias-El Palo at €41,874. At the bottom sits Martiricos-La Roca-Palma-Palmilla, with €21,780, meaning Malagueta’s average income runs roughly three times higher, a difference of more than €42,500. The gap is also widening. Malagueta and Cerrado de Calderón both saw incomes rise 10% year on year, while Martiricos grew just 3%.
Where that money comes from varies by neighbourhood too. Across Málaga as a whole, employment income, which includes both salaries and pensions, makes up 75% of household earnings on average. In Malagueta-Monte Sancha, though, that figure drops to just 53%, with the rest made up of capital income, business activity and capital gains. In more modest districts like Ciudad Jardín, Campanillas and Martiricos itself, employment income still accounts for more than 80% of what households bring in.
The bigger picture
Even Andalucía’s richest neighbourhoods pale in comparison to the wealthiest in Spain. La Moraleja in Alcobendas, Madrid, remains the country’s top earner, with an average gross income of €235,556, up 20% on the previous year. Nowhere in Andalucía comes close to that figure, though Marbella’s Nagüeles-La Carolina-El Vicario, at €48,069, holds its own among the region’s better off areas. Torreblanca, meanwhile, keeps the unwelcome distinction of being the lowest earning postcode not just in Andalucía, but in the whole of Spain.
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