Vicálvaro

A rural core ringed by settlements

According to the City Council, Vicálvaro covers the old rural core and the settlements that formed around it, at first governed by deputy mayors dependent on the municipality. Over time the capital took over its territory and turned it into industrial land.

Annexation and administrative shuffling

The municipality of Vicálvaro was annexed to Madrid by Decree of 10 November 1950. From 1951 it belonged to the Vallecas and Ventas districts, in 1971 it moved to Moratalaz, and in the 1987 restructuring it became an independent district.

Blocks, small houses and factories

Alongside block housing, old single-storey houses survive. The Council mentions the cement, lime and plaster, brick, concrete, metal-structure and construction-glass industries, as well as the Almudena cemetery and a university campus attached to Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Its neighbourhoods are Casco Histórico de Vicálvaro, Valdebernardo, Valderrivas and El Cañaveral.

What it means for buyers and sellers

• In July 2026 it is the 13th most expensive of Madrid's 21 districts by median closing price.
• It mixes an old core with recent developments such as Valdebernardo or El Cañaveral: compare homes in the same neighbourhood and period of construction.

Source for the historical context: Madrid City Council (Vicálvaro district page).

Data and statistics

Vicálvaro is a district of Madrid. It is made up of 4 neighbourhoods: Valdebernardo, Valderrivas, El Cañaveral and Casco Histórico de Vicálvaro. According to the City of Madrid, it covers 3,526.27 hectares and had 97,860 inhabitants on 1 January 2026.

In July 2026, the median price of completed sales in the Vicálvaro district was €4,187/m². Since January (€3,200/m²), the figure rose in 4 of the 6 months that can be compared with the previous one, without a steady climb.

July is the highest of the 2026 figures published (€4,187/m²); the lowest is January (€3,200/m²).

The report publishes a year-on-year change of +36.4% and a year-to-date change of +30.8%, with €3,070/m² in July 2025 as the prior-year starting point. They compare medians of different transactions in each period, not the change in value of the same home.

For reference, the July figure is below the one published for the municipality of Madrid (€4,757/m²); is above the one published for the province as a whole (€3,618/m²). These are medians for each area, not averages of the areas they contain.

This guide describes the figure for the area, not an individual home: valuing a property requires comparing similar homes. The report does not say how many transactions underlie each territorial median.

Territorial context: City of Madrid (Barrios de Madrid (Portal de datos abiertos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid); Panel de indicadores de distritos y barrios: Superficie (ha.) (Portal de datos abiertos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid); Población por distrito y barrio a 1 de enero (Portal de datos abiertos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid)), accessed 2 November 2026. Official information, separate from the Huspy statistics.

Source of the statistics: Huspy Market Insights · Madrid, October 2026 edition. Completed sales, median in €/m²; not asking or rental prices. The edition date is not the data date.