Real rental prices, percentiles and housing mix in la Sagrada Família.
Median rent
€1,335/month
Mean: €1,476/month
Price per m²
21.8€
Barcelona: 20.8€/m²
Trend
Not published
€/m² vs previous period
Listings analyzed
72
Idealista listings
Prices, percentages and counts are calculated from Idealista listings of the last few months.
Long-term rentals are scarce in Barcelona: Idealista reports that the city's rental supply is down 90% since 2020 (Idealista News, 24 March 2026). The average rent of new contracts in Barcelona city was 1,137.35 euros a month in Q1 2026 (Incasòl data, Catalan News, 13 July 2026); this is a city-level average of signed contracts, not a figure for la Sagrada Família.
Sagrada Família is the most misread neighbourhood in Barcelona. Everyone knows the basilica, almost nobody considers living here, and yet it is a real residential neighbourhood, with a market, schools and quiet streets three blocks from the ticket queues.
That misreading is exactly the opportunity. You are inside the Eixample, on the same grid and the same metro lines as the Dreta, at a noticeably lower rent. The typical tenant is a young family or a professional who wants a third bedroom without moving to the edge of the city: three in ten flats here have three bedrooms.
The strength is the value for the location, which is hard to match this close to the centre. The weakness is visible the moment you step outside: the tourist pressure around the basilica is relentless, and the blocks immediately surrounding it are noisy and unpleasant to live on. Move three or four streets away and it becomes a completely different neighbourhood, which is precisely the trick to renting here well.
Transport: metro L2 and L5 (Sagrada Família), L4 (Verdaguer) and L1 (Clot).
43% of rental flats in la Sagrada Família have two bedrooms, followed by 28% with three bedrooms. Studios make up 4% of the supply, and flats with four or more bedrooms, 0%.
Lift. 85% of rental homes here have a lift. Much of the stock went up between the 1950s and the 1970s, by which point lifts were standard.
Private landlord or agency. 32% of listings are posted by a private landlord, against 68% that come through an agency. That is one of the highest private-landlord shares in Barcelona, so this is where you have the best chance of dealing with an owner directly.
The median rent in la Sagrada Família is €1,335 a month. Most flats let for between €1,100 and €1,800 a month: a quarter of the supply falls below €1,100, and another quarter goes above €1,800.
Per square metre that works out at 21.8€/m². Applied to real floor areas, a 50 m² flat lands around €1,090 a month, a 70 m² flat around €1,530, and a 90 m² flat around €1,960.
Against the city as a whole, la Sagrada Família sits 5% below the Barcelona median (€1,398/month), where the median price per square metre is 20.8€/m².
In la Sagrada Família, only 10% of listings go below 14.3€/m². If you find a 70 m² flat at €1,000 a month or less, it is below the 10th percentile for the neighbourhood.
That does not make it a scam, but it is worth checking before you go any further. A price well below the local market is the single most common red flag in rental fraud.
For reference, the 25th percentile in la Sagrada Família sits at 17.5€/m². Below that, the price is good for the neighbourhood without being anomalous.
We do not publish a price trend for la Sagrada Família. We check that the sample supports one before publishing it, and at the current size it does not: splitting the same data in half at random already produces swings of more than 15%, with no change in the market. The median and percentiles on this page are sound.
Based on 72 Idealista listings in la Sagrada Família analyzed over the last few months. We compare two consecutive 28-day periods, and we measure the change in price per square metre rather than in median rent: median rent rises and falls with the size of the flats posted in a given week, which describes our sample rather than the market. Our history is still short, so these figures describe where the market is right now, not an annual trend.
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The median rent in la Sagrada Família is €1,335 a month, which works out at roughly 22€/m². Most flats let for between €1,100 and €1,800 a month. These figures come from 72 Idealista listings over the last few months.
We do not publish a price trend for la Sagrada Família. We check that the sample supports one before publishing it, and at the current size it does not: splitting the same data in half at random already produces swings of more than 15%, with no change in the market. The median and percentiles on this page are sound.
85% of rental homes in la Sagrada Família have a lift. Much of the stock went up between the 1950s and the 1970s, by which point lifts were standard.
In practice, yes. Most landlords and agencies in Barcelona will ask for your NIE (Número de Identificación de Extranjero) before signing a rental contract, and you will also need it to set up utilities and open a bank account. It is not a legal requirement for the contract itself, but applicants without one tend to lose the flat to someone whose paperwork is ready. Here is how to get your NIE in Barcelona.
Seven questions, in the order most renters ask them.