Data · Rent
Renting, on average.
€675
In Ceuta, a rented flat costs €675 a month on average. In Spain it costs €600.
Sourcemivau.gob.esMinistry of Housing · SERPAVI 2026 (2024 data)
CASA NOSTRA EN DATOS · Ceuta
In Ceuta, renting isn't cheap.
In Ceuta, a rented flat costs €675 a month on average.
Javirroyo draws it with humour. The data isn’t funny at all.
20 %
of everything raised on Verkami goes to the Sindicat de Llogateres (Barcelona Tenants’ Union), which defends people who rent. Every book is also a contribution to that fight.
Ceuta in figures
Each figure links to the source where it’s published.
Data · Spain
Leaving home: science fiction based on true events.
67.1 %
In Spain, 67.1 % of young people aged 18 to 34 live with their father or mother. Among those aged 26 to 34, 44.3 % still do (INE, 2025).
Sourceine.esINE · Living Conditions Survey 2025
Data · Public housing
More public than tourist housing. And still not enough.
773
In Ceuta there are 46 tourist flats and 773 public rental homes owned by the autonomous city, not counting municipal ones. Even so, social housing in Spain is far from the EU average of 8 % of households.
Sourcemivau.gob.esMinistry of Housing · Social Housing Bulletin 2024 (2023 data)
Data · Tourist flats
Flats for tourists. Neighbours, barely.
46
In Ceuta there are 46 tourist homes, 0.2 % of all homes. In Spain they make up 1.3 %.
Sourceine.esINE · Tourist homes (experimental), May 2026
Data · Spain
In Europe they leave home at 26. Here, when they can.
30.2 years
In Spain, young people leave their parents' home at 30.2 on average. In the EU, at 26.3.
Sourceec.europa.eu/eurostatEurostat · Age of leaving home, 2025
Ceuta and Spain
The records nobody wants to break
The most extreme figures among the 20 cities and the regions. Each one with its source.
A Coruña18 to 1
It used to be the bank. Now it’s the landlord.
In A Coruña there were 185 evictions for unpaid rent and only 10 mortgage evictions in 2025. In 2015 the ratio was 3.5 to 1. In Vigo it is now 17 to 1.
Vigo93 of 100
In Vigo, the landlord rules.
In 2025, 93 in 100 evictions in Vigo were for unpaid rent: 171 of 183. Across Spain, it was 75 in 100.
Palma+100 %
Same flat, double the price.
In Palma, the asking rent today is €19.6 per square metre, double what sitting tenants pay (€9.8). In Valencia it is 99 % higher.
Madrid24 years
Save for 24 years. Then we’ll talk.
In Madrid, someone who saves 20 % of what they earn would need 24 years to put together the deposit for a 70 m² flat. In San Sebastián they would need 23, and in Barcelona, 22. This is our own calculation.
Balearic Islands55.8 %
The mortgage eats the salary.
In the Balearic Islands, the average payment on a new mortgage is €1,342 a month, equal to 55.8 % of average labour costs. In Madrid it is 44.5 %, and in Spain, 34.3 %.
Barcelona−40 %
To let. Less and less.
In Barcelona, 30,789 rental contracts were signed in 2025, 40 % fewer than in 2019, when 51,294 were signed. And 57 % of the flats advertised for rent are now short-term lets.
San Sebastián−52 %
Flat wanted. Good luck.
In San Sebastián, the number of flats advertised for long-term rent has fallen by 52 % in one year. Of the listings left, 62 % are short-term lets. In Barcelona it has fallen by 22 %.
Balearic Islands9 to 1
Flats for tourists. Homes for neighbours, barely.
In the Balearic Islands there are 21,304 tourist flats and only 2,362 public rental homes owned by the regional government, not counting municipal ones. That’s 9 tourist flats for every public home.
Mallorca780
Your neighbour has 780 listings.
In Mallorca, a single host has 780 listings on Airbnb. In Barcelona, one host has 579.
What the numbers don’t tell, Javirroyo draws
Some of the originals from CASA NOSTRA.
Carrer Trinxant, 14 · Barcelona
One wall wasn’t enough.
A year ago we invited Javirroyo to paint this wall in Barcelona, which is a house. He chose to talk about housing and made more than forty cartoons and five mural proposals. He painted one: a vulture flying off with a house and a crowd of people running after it. You can see it from Avinguda Meridiana.
The rest go into the book CASA NOSTRA. And since the drawings seemed exaggerated, we went looking for these figures.
20 % for the Sindicat de Llogateres
We want everyone to have CASA NOSTRA at home.
Because everyone should have a home. The book is being crowdfunded on Verkami until 4 December.
The book€29
CASA NOSTRA, at last. Shipping included to mainland Spain.
CASA NOSTRA, at last. Shipping included to mainland Spain.
Chip in without buying€10
For those with no room left on the shelf who still want this book to exist.
For those with no room left on the shelf who still want this book to exist.
Book + screen print€55–85
Three designs by Javirroyo, in A4 or 50×70.
Three designs by Javirroyo, in A4 or 50×70.
A Javirroyo original€400
Ten one-off drawings, with the book.
Ten one-off drawings, with the book.