It is no coincidence that the state of Alicante occupies one of the last positions in GDP per capita in the country. As a result, most of them municipalities also present Income level well below the Spanish group. In fact, out of 23 towns in the region with populations exceeding 20,000. only one –Sant Joan d’Alacant– succeeds exceeding the average per capita income level found in Spain as a whole, while most are at the bottom of the table.
This is the new edition Urban Indicators prepared annually by INE and positioning the neighborhoods once again. John XXIII And Virgin of Remedy in Alicante among the poorest of all major Spanish cities. In addition, some data including income for 2020 in this case highlight the low income level of many populations due to the effects of the pandemic on the tourism sector.
According to INE data, this exercise Torrevieja relieved Almoradi as the population with the lowest net income per capita. 8,417 euros, It is 3,852 euros below the national average of 12,269 euros for the same period. Actually, the municipality of Vega Baja ninth poorest population in all of Spain Among those with more than 20,000 inhabitants, or second only to San Lúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), if one takes into account what is already considered a city.
on his behalf almoradi With 8,479 Euros, the per capita income in the province goes to the penultimate place; followed by Crevillentwith 8,839 Euros; calfwith 8,995; And l’Alfas del Piwith 9,246.
They are also below the income limit of 10,000 euros per capita. Aspewith 9,393 Euros; Horadad Column(9,406 euros); in hand (9452); Peter (9660); Elche (9,839) and Benidorm, with 9,891. The situation of the tourism capital Marina Baixa is the paradigm of what is happening with the pandemic this year. their average income falls by more than 560 euros due to the cessation of tourism activity caused by the coronavirus.
As the UA Applied Economics professor recalls Taltavull Pigeon A significant part of the population of these coastal municipalities, temporary residentswhose income is not calculated in the study, Permanent residents are usually those who work in the tourism or agriculture sector. some activities with very low salary, giving weight to the revenues of these areas and explaining these results. And something similar is happening in the Lower and Middle Vinalopó populations, which largely depend on labor-intensive labor and also live from an industry that has turned into low wages.
On the other hand, the population is more rich It is located around the city. metropolitan area from Alicante, where the most advanced services or utilities are concentrated. However, just saint john At 12,318 euros it manages to exceed the national average income. It’s something below average campello, With 11,973 Euros; city Alicantewith 11,676; And muxamelwith 11,634.
There is also a shift among the provinces with the highest income in the province. ibis, with 11,589 Euros; And alcoholwith 11,495, thanks to the existence of a better-paying industrial sector such as plastics or metals, among others.
At the national level, nijar With 7,801 euros, it is the municipality with the lowest net income in the whole country. alarcon With more than three times that amount, especially at 26,009 euros, it once again tops the list of the richest population.
Other indicators
Beyond economic indicators, Torrevieja also stands out as the tenth city in Spain. lower life expectancy, with 81.1 years compared to 85.4 in Majadahonda, which has the longest-lived residents. The municipality of Vega Baja is also the city. higher percentage of foreign population resides with 40.7% of the census total. A classification where Benidorm is third, with 29.6% of residents holding a passport from another country.
Juan XXIII and Virgen del Remedio are among the poorest neighborhoods
The INE study also provides indicators by neighborhood, although only for 17 Spanish cities with more than 250,000 inhabitants. A breakdown that allows us to see the significant pockets of poverty that exist in the state’s capital. Thus, as in previous editions, Alicante once again placed its two neighborhoods among the poorest in the country. Specifically, the so-called 4-A region, which includes Juan XXIII, is the third lowest-income region among all these major cities, behind only the Polígono Sur region, with a net income of 6,503 Euros per year for its residents. and both from the neighborhood of Los Pajaritos in Seville with 5,816 and 6,043 euros, respectively.
Alicante’s 5-A region, which includes Virgen del Remedio, ranks eighth among the lowest-income regions with 7,579 euros, according to the same sources.
These are figures that contrast sharply with those registered at 40,815 euros per person in Madrid’s El Viso, the wealthiest neighborhood in the entire country according to this classification. Of the fifteen highest-income neighborhoods, up to ten are located in the Spanish capital, four in Barcelona and one in Vitoria. Here are some data that say a lot about the trend of concentration of wealth.