The young people of Tarragona allocate on average 31.35% of their net monthly salary to the rent of a room in a shared flat. The data places the city below the national average effort, which reaches 40.66%, although it confirms the pressure that this segment of the residential market continues to bear.
The average cost of a room in Tarragona stands at 367 euros per month, while the average youth salary reaches 1,170.54 euros monthly. This calculation does not include utilities such as electricity, water, gas, or internet, so the actual outlay may be higher.
Tarragona is below the state average
The percentage of effort in Tarragona remains far from the records of other major capitals, especially Barcelona and Madrid. In the Catalan capital, the rent of a room absorbs 55.19% of the youth salary. In Madrid, that weight scales up to 53.15%.
Also exceed the 40% barrier other cities such as Palma, with 52.74%, Valencia with 52.69%, San Sebastián Donostia with 47.42%, Santa Cruz de Tenerife with 43.06% and Cádiz with 40.45%.
Shared rental loses its role as an affordable alternative
"The rental of a room is no longer an economic solution, it is simply the only possible solution for many young people. When you allocate more than 40% of what you earn just to have a roof over your head, what you have is not independence, it is survival" - Ferran Font, spokesperson and director of Studies at pisos.com
The Tarragona data draws a less strained situation than that of other urban markets, but keeps an important part of young people in a scenario of limited access to housing. Sharing a flat continues to be the most widespread formula to contain the expense, although the real economic margin is reduced even further when the basic day-to-day costs are added.