Room rental is a rising market due to the high prices that prevent many people from accessing a home alone. And the average price of a room in Spain is already 414 euros (more than 600 euros in Madrid or Barcelona and 470 in Valencia), 20% more than ten years ago. This is underlined by a report prepared by the apartments.com portal, which highlights that the province of València is, after Madrid and Barcelona, the one with the greatest demand for this type of housing formula, representing 7.75% of the total. the Spanish demand. In the case of the Valencian capital, the percentage is 4.93% of all of Spain.
The profile by sex and age of the demand for shared apartments in 2023 in Spain is very defined and has barely changed, according to the report. In terms of gender, in 2023, girls will register 54.89% and boys will register 45.11%. In 2022, girls (54.88%) also won over boys (45.12%). When it comes to age, younger renters make up the bulk of the demand. In this sense, the distribution of percentages is very similar to that of last year.
The director of studies at the real estate portal Pilos.com, Ferran Font, explains that shared apartments are "the majority option for younger people", although he highlights the increase in adults who resort to this type of accommodation due to inflation. and the reduction of their savings capacity.
The age group that goes from 18 to 25 years old represents 51.05% in 2023 compared to 51.06% in 2022. The next range, from 26 to 35 years old, occupies the second position in this ranking year with 29.34%, a margin slightly higher than that of 2022 (29.32%). Third place is for tenants between 36 and 45 years old, who add up to 10.97% compared to 10.96% in 2022. Fourth place is for those between 46 and 60 years old, who have a percentage of 6 .56%, slightly below the 6.57% of last year. Those over 60 close the list with 2.08%, a figure equal to that of 2022.
Apartments that only accept girls have gone from 13.18% in 2022 to 19.45% in 2022. Those that only accept boys have gone from 2.11% in 2022 to 3.14% in 2022. Couples are accepted in the 8.86% of cases in 2023. In 2022, they marked 6.52% of the supply. Other interesting facts are related to pets and smokers.
In the first case, advertisements where pets are accepted account for 9.32% of the total, a percentage higher than the 6.78% in 2022. Regarding the habit of tobacco, in 41.76% of the cases it is specified that The rooms are non-smoking. In 2022, this figure was 27.20% of the total.
