16/09/2026
🌞 If you’re looking at property in Condado de Alhama, it’s worth knowing that Murcia is becoming more international every year — and not just with holidaymakers.
Across Spain, the number of foreign workers has reached a record high, and Murcia stands out for the growth of its international community.
✨ A few figures worth knowing:
- 3.55 million foreign workers are now registered in Spain
( That’s +482,490 compared with a year earlier )
- Around 27% come from other EU countries
- A record 537,660 foreign nationals are self-employed
👉 In Murcia, 8 out of 10 new self-employed workers registered over the last four years have been foreign nationals
- Foreign workers now make up around 1 in 3 hospitality workers
- 28.1% of agricultural workers are foreign nationals
- Around 27% of construction workers are foreign nationals
🏡 So what does that mean if you’re house hunting in Condado de Alhama?
It means you’re buying into a region with an increasingly established international community — people who are working, running businesses, raising families and building long-term lives here.
And that’s part of what makes Condado attractive: you can enjoy a relaxed resort lifestyle, golf, sunshine and space, while still being connected to a wider Murcia region that is becoming more diverse and internationally minded.
For many buyers, that combination of lifestyle + community + opportunity is exactly what they’re looking for.
