Olesa de Montserrat or Ullastrell
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| Olesa de Montserrat | Ullastrell | |
|---|---|---|
| Property tax (IBI) rate | 0.974% | 0.81% |
| Yearly property tax, average home | €581 | €821 |
| To Plaça Catalunya by public transport, centre to centre | 70 min · Direct by bus (E23) | No useful bus 7–9am |
| To Barcelona by car | 41 min | 36 min |
| To the airport by car | 40 min | 42 min |
| Walk to the beach | Inland | Inland |
| Walk to school | 2 min | 5 min |
| Price per m², Jul 2025–Jun 2026 | €2,185 | €2,138 |
| Residents of other nationalities | 10.0% | 3.2% |
| Rent-controlled area | Yes | No |
| Tourist flats per 100 residents | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| To the airport by public transport, centre to centre | 74 min | No public transport figure |
Sources and notes
- Property tax (IBI) rate: Each council's 2026 tax bylaw. Read on 3 November 2026.
- Yearly property tax, average home: Council rate (2026 tax bylaw) × average cadastral value of the town's homes (Catastro 2026). Read on 3 November 2026.
- To Plaça Catalunya by public transport, centre to centre: Official public transport timetables, leaving between 7 and 9am, waits included. Read on 11 October 2026.
- To Barcelona by car: OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), without traffic. Measured on 3 November 2026.
- To the airport by car: OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), without traffic. Measured on 3 November 2026.
- Walk to the beach: On foot, with OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Measured on 3 November 2026.
- Walk to school: On foot, with OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Measured on 3 November 2026.
- Price per m², Jul 2025–Jun 2026: Generalitat de Catalunya, registered sales of resale homes (Jul 2025–Jun 2026). Read on 3 November 2026.
- Residents of other nationalities: Idescat, 2025 population census. Read on 3 November 2026.
- Rent-controlled area: The Catalan government's list of declared towns, with their publication in the BOE (Law 12/2023). Read on 3 November 2026.
- Tourist flats per 100 residents: Registre de Turisme de Catalunya (data as of 5 October 2026), over the residents in Idescat's 2025 census. Read on 3 November 2026.
- To the airport by public transport, centre to centre: Official public transport timetables. Read on 11 October 2026.
Average home: the IBI rate × the town's average residential cadastral value (Catastro, 2026). Not shown where a recent cadastral revaluation is being phased in.
- Olesa de Montserrat pays €240 less property tax a year on an average home.
- Only Olesa de Montserrat has direct public transport to Barcelona, 7–9am: FGC, one every 12 min.
- Olesa de Montserrat is a rent-controlled area: rents are capped by law.
Is moving from Olesa de Montserrat to Ullastrell worth it?
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What it measures: what you pay each month today, renting in Olesa de Montserrat, minus what you would pay renting in Ullastrell, at the average rent of its contracts, whatever the floor area (your reference home: 99 m², the average sold in Olesa de Montserrat). These are published averages for each municipality, not your own flat.
Going by public averages, if you moved from Olesa de Montserrat to Ullastrell, you'd pay €186 more a month.
Olesa de Montserrat: €240 less property tax a year on an average home.
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