Young people between 16 and 34 years old allocate in Barcelona 55.19% of their net salary to the rent of a room, a burden that places the Catalan capital above the state average and also ahead of Madrid. The average monthly price of a room in the city stands at 646 euros.
Barcelona, above the state average
The economic effort that young people must assume to access a room in Barcelona exceeds by 15 points the average of Spain. In the whole of the State, the rent of a room represents on average 40.6% of the net salary among the population aged 16 to 34.
The comparison with other large cities also reflects the pressure of the Barcelona market. In Madrid, the rent of a room absorbs 53.15% of the net youth salary, a high figure but still below that recorded in Barcelona.
An expense that does not include supplies
The calculation is based exclusively on the rental price and leaves out other usual costs linked to the housing. The analysis does not include expenses such as electricity, water, gas, and internet, which in many cases fall directly on the tenant and further increase the monthly outlay.
With these data, Barcelona remains as one of the urban environments where young people must reserve more salary to be able to rent a room, in a context marked by the increase in the cost of access to housing even in shared formulas.