Are you looking to buy or rent a new home in the city of Madrid or its surroundings? We know that finding the perfect home is very difficult. For this reason, we bring you a guide with the best areas to live in Madrid capital and in the Community of Madrid.
The best areas to live within the city of Madrid
If your idea is to live in the city of Madrid, surely your search is based on locating the safest neighborhoods , the best communicated or those with a greater number of green areas .
Another option that you will want to know is which are the areas to live in the capital that have been growing the most in recent years and, therefore, have a younger population.
Continue reading and we will explain to you which are the neighborhoods that stand out the most in terms of these qualities.
The safest neighborhoods
Living in a safe and quiet neighborhood is the most common request. In the city of Madrid we find various areas that meet these requirements. Listing them all would be too long a list. For this reason, we will tell you which are the safest neighborhoods in which Pro Realty currently has available properties.
These are the neighborhoods of Argüelles, Aravaca, Valdemarín, Embajadores, El Viso, Arapiles, Gaztambide and the Salamanca neighborhood.
The greenest neighborhoods
The city of Madrid has a total of more than 18 square meters of green areas per inhabitant . The largest correspond to Monte de El Pardo, located in the northwest of the capital, and Casa de Campo in the west. Another of the great lungs, and the best known throughout the world, is the Retiro. But, in which neighborhoods are they located?
Mount of El Pardo
It is the largest green area in the city of Madrid. With almost 16,000 hectares wide, it is part of the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park. Within this park we find the neighborhoods of Mingorrubio and El Pardo.
Retirement
Parque del Retiro is the third largest urban park in the city of Madrid with a total of 118 hectares. If your idea is to find a house in its surroundings, your search should focus on the neighborhoods of Jerónimos, Niño Jesús, Ibiza or, within the district of Salamanca, the neighborhood of Recoletos.
Cottage
Considered an Asset of Cultural Interest, the Casa de Campo has an area of 1,535 hectares, making it the largest public park in Madrid . Within this green lung there is a zoo and an amusement park.
Adjacent to the park there is a homonymous neighborhood, Casa de Campo. In its surroundings are also the neighborhoods of Aravaca (to the north) and Argüelles (to the east) and several neighborhoods belonging to the district of La Latina such as Puerta del Ángel, Lucero and Campamento.
The best connected neighborhoods
The city of Madrid has one of the best metro and public transport networks in general. In fact, the Madrid Metro is currently among the 10 best in the world . Therefore, no matter which neighborhood you choose, you will be able to move easily to reach any point in the city in less than an hour .
If you prefer to get around by private transport, the best neighborhoods will be those in the vicinity of the M-30 .
New areas to live in the capital
If we study the areas of the city of Madrid that have seen the greatest increase in inhabitants over the last decade, we can deduce that people are changing the city center for the outskirts.
The areas that have undergone the greatest changes in recent years are those outside the M-30 ring road. In the first place, we find the neighborhood of Valdefuentes , which is involved in a process of great urban development thanks to the areas of Valdebebas and Sanchinarro .
Another of the neighborhoods with the highest urban and population growth in recent years is the Ensanche de Vallecas .
The next three areas most chosen by those who move to live in the city of Madrid belong to the Fuencarral – El Pardo district . These are the neighborhoods of Valverde, El Goloso and Mirasierra. The average age of the people who live in these neighborhoods is less than 40 years.
The best areas to live in the Community of Madrid
If, on the other hand, what you are looking for is to rent or buy a home in the Community of Madrid, we will detail which are the safest, greenest and best communicated municipalities . Also those newer areas that are experiencing greater growth in recent years.
The safest municipalities
At this point we will be guided by the data published by the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior on the crime rate in municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants.
According to this, the safest municipality in the Community of Madrid at present would be Tres Cantos , followed by Boadilla del Monte, Colmenar Viejo and Fuenlabrada. These four municipalities place their crime rate below 30 crimes per thousand inhabitants.
The greenest areas
If what you are looking for is to live near the city, but surrounded by nature, your best option will be the municipalities of the northwest area of the Community of Madrid .
The Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park is located in this area . Belonging to the International Network of Biosphere Reserves, it has an area of more than 42,500 hectares.
There are 18 towns located within this regional park: Alcobendas, Becerril de la Sierra, Cercedilla, Collado-Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, El Boalo, Galapagar, Hoyo de Manzanares, Las Rozas, Madrid, Manzanares El Real, Miraflores de la Sierra, Moralzarzal, Navacerrada, Rascafría, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Soto del Real, Torrelodones and Tres Cantos.
Another option, located further north, are the municipalities located in the Sierra de Guadarrama .
The best connected municipalities
When we talk about the best communicated municipalities of the Community of Madrid, we tend to think of those in the south (Leganés, Getafe, etc.) and the east (Coslada, Torrejón de Ardoz, Alcalá de Henares…).
However, all the municipalities located around the city of Madrid have good communications both with the capital (by public and private transport) and with the rest of Spain.
New areas to live in the Community of Madrid
The arrival of COVID-19 meant an exile from the city. After the home confinement to which we were forced, many families decided to move to smaller municipalities on the outskirts, seeking a better quality of life.
In fact, according to data published by the INE, while the population of Madrid between 1996 and 2020 grew by 16%, the Community of Madrid in general grew by 32%. The municipality that has grown the most in this time is Arroyomolinos.
In recent years, the municipalities that have most noted this growth in both population and real estate supply have been Boadilla del Monte, Rivas-Vaciamadrid and San Sebastián de los Reyes .
At Pro Realty we offer you the best real estate opportunities for buying and selling and renting. We are specialized in the northwest area of the Community of Madrid, although we work with real estate throughout the Community.