Where to live in Málaga if you work from home

Ranking of Málaga's 111 areas with CityPulse's “Working from home” profile. What matters most: public green space, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: low.

What is the best area of Málaga to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Cañada de los Ingleses (85), La Torrecilla (80) and La Malagueta (71).

Málaga areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Cañada de los Ingleses	85 · excellent	Public green space
2	La Torrecilla	80 · excellent	Public green space
3	La Malagueta	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
4	Las Palmeras	71 · good	Public green space
5	Monte Sancha	69 · good	Public green space
6	Hacienda Clavero	67 · good	Public green space
7	La Viña	63 · good	Public green space
8	Pedregalejo Playa	62 · good	Services on foot
9	Hacienda Cabello	57 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
10	Churriana	57 · fair	Services on foot
11	Lourdes	56 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
12	Virgen del Carmen	53 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
13	Cortijo Alto	51 · fair	Services on foot
14	El Atabal	50 · fair	Services on foot
15	Cañada de los Cardos	49 · fair	Services on foot
16	Granja Suárez	45 · fair	Services on foot
17	El Limonero	44 · fair	Services on foot
18	El Tomillar	44 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
19	Soliva Este	41 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
20	Los Morales 1	39 · poor	Services on foot
21	Sierra Blanquilla	39 · poor	Public green space
22	El Candado	37 · poor	Public green space
23	Finca El Pato	35 · poor	Services on foot
24	La Manía	35 · poor	Public green space
25	El Mayorazgo	34 · poor	Public green space
26	Cerrado de Calderón	34 · poor	Public green space
27	Intelhorce	34 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
28	Roquero	32 · poor	Services on foot
29	Valle de los Galanes	31 · poor	Services on foot
30	Cristo de la Epidemia	31 · poor	Public green space
31	El Polvorín	30 · poor	Public green space
32	Los Tilos	30 · poor	Services on foot
33	Huerta La Palma	29 · poor	Public green space
34	Cortijo de Torres	29 · poor	Public green space
35	Jardín de Málaga	29 · poor	Public green space
36	Segalerva	28 · poor	Services on foot
37	El Romeral	28 · poor	Services on foot
38	La Mosca	28 · poor	Services on foot
39	Hacienda Capitán	28 · poor	Services on foot
40	Los Naranjos	28 · poor	Services on foot
41	Huerta Nueva-Puerto de la Torre	28 · poor	Services on foot
42	Ardira	27 · poor	Services on foot
43	Santa Isabel	27 · poor	Services on foot
44	San Martín	27 · poor	Services on foot
45	Los Viveros	27 · poor	Public green space
46	Los Prados	27 · poor	Public green space
47	Finca La Palma	27 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
48	Soho	27 · poor	Public green space
49	Mármoles	26 · poor	Services on foot
50	El Bulto	26 · poor	Services on foot
51	Torre Atalaya	26 · poor	Services on foot
52	El Cónsul 2	26 · poor	Services on foot
53	El Torcal	26 · poor	Services on foot
54	Pinares de Olletas	26 · poor	Public green space
55	El Cónsul	26 · poor	Services on foot
56	Sagrada Familia	26 · poor	Public green space
57	El Tejar	26 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
58	Ave María	26 · poor	Services on foot
59	Nueva Málaga	26 · poor	Services on foot
60	Santa Isabel-Puerto de la Torre	26 · poor	Services on foot
61	Parque Victoria Eugenia	25 · poor	Services on foot
62	Carranque	25 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
63	La Trinidad	25 · poor	Services on foot
64	Camino de Antequera	25 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
65	La Merced	25 · poor	Public green space
66	El Brillante	25 · poor	Services on foot
67	Los Cipreses	25 · poor	Services on foot
68	La Pelusilla	25 · poor	Services on foot
69	Dos Hermanas	25 · poor	Services on foot
70	Capuchinos	24 · poor	Public green space
71	Florisol	24 · poor	Services on foot
72	La Princesa	24 · poor	Services on foot
73	Guadaljaire	23 · poor	Services on foot
74	Almudena	23 · poor	Services on foot
75	Las Virreinas	23 · poor	Public green space
76	Huelin	23 · poor	Services on foot
77	San José	23 · poor	Public green space
78	Hacienda Bizcochero	23 · poor	Services on foot
79	Hacienda Roldán	23 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
80	El Perchel	22 · poor	Services on foot
81	Huertecilla Mañas	22 · poor	Services on foot
82	La Corta	22 · poor	Services on foot
83	Portada Alta	22 · poor	Services on foot
84	Cortijo Bazán	22 · poor	Services on foot
85	Las Acacias	22 · poor	Services on foot
86	Puerta Blanca	22 · poor	Services on foot
87	Guadalmar	22 · poor	Public green space
88	Tiro de Pichón	22 · poor	Services on foot
89	Mainake	22 · poor	Services on foot
90	Lomas de San Antón	22 · poor	Tree canopy
91	La Palma	21 · poor	Public green space
92	Los Corazones	21 · poor	Services on foot
93	Las Pedrizas	21 · poor	Services on foot
94	La Unión	20 · poor	Services on foot
95	Santa Rosalía-Maqueda	20 · poor	Services on foot
96	Wittenberg	20 · poor	Public green space
97	Barceló	19 · poor	Services on foot
98	Campanillas	19 · poor	Services on foot
99	La Barriguilla	19 · poor	Services on foot
100	Miraflores del Palo	17 · poor	Services on foot
101	Salinas	16 · poor	Services on foot
102	La Noria	16 · poor	Services on foot
103	El Drago	11 · poor	Services on foot
104	Puertosol	11 · poor	Services on foot
105	Miramar del Palo	11 · poor	Services on foot
106	El Chaparral	10 · poor	Services on foot
107	Jarazmín	10 · poor	Services on foot
108	Las Cuevas	9 · poor	Services on foot
109	Castañetas	7 · poor	Services on foot
110	Colmenarejo	7 · poor	Services on foot
111	El Cortijuelo-Junta de los Caminos	5 · poor	Services on foot

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-05. Method and sources