Where to live in Málaga with a family

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

What is the best area of Málaga to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: La Torrecilla (91), La Malagueta (85) and Cañada de los Ingleses (85).

Málaga areas ranked

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