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13.996
Population
20.6%
Foreign residents
€5,791
Avg €/m²
Updated 19 Sept 2026How we source our data →

Living in Sóller

Sóller is a municipality on Mallorca, a valley town in the Serra de Tramuntana with a separate seafront settlement at Port de Sóller. The most useful thing to know before you look at property here concerns the railway everyone mentions. The Ferrocarril de Sóller is a privately owned line between Palma and Sóller, with a tram between Sóller and Port de Sóller, and its operator says the company survives mainly on the attraction it holds for visitors and tourists. It is a historic tourist railway, not part of the TIB public network.

INE's official padron revision recorded 13,882 residents on 1 January 2025; its Censo Anual, at the same date, counts 13,996. Working from the Censo Anual alone, and deriving the foreign figure by subtraction from INE's published totals, 2,889 residents held a foreign nationality, close to a fifth, while 3,978 were born abroad, nearer three in ten. Germany, Colombia and the United Kingdom lead that nationality table. It describes who lives here, not who buys.

Idealista publishes one asking price for the municipality in its July 2026 report, up by more than a tenth over the year, and nothing below it: no districts listed, none priced. So a single figure covers valley, town and port together, and you cannot see how they differ. Ask for comparable sales street by street, and remember these are asking prices, not what anyone paid.

The verdict

Honestly considered, both sides.

The upside is real. So is the downside. Both matter more than any brochure will admit.

The case for

  • A historic railway and tram to the port

    The Ferrocarril de Sóller runs a privately owned railway between Palma and Sóller and a tram between Sóller and Port de Sóller. The operator dates the train from 1912 and the tram from 1913.

  • Sóller and Port de Sóller

    The Ferrocarril de Sóller's operator publishes a tram route between Sóller and Port de Sóller, and Idealista publishes a single asking price covering the whole municipality, so no published figure separates them.

  • More than a quarter of residents born abroad

    On the annual census for 1 January 2025, and deriving the figure by subtraction from the published totals, 3,978 of 13,996 residents were born abroad. For a mountain municipality of under fourteen thousand people that is a wide mix.

  • German, Colombian and British communities all present

    The annual census nationality table for 1 January 2025 puts Germany at the top of the municipality's foreign nationality list, followed by Colombia and the United Kingdom, then France and Italy. This is resident stock, and says nothing about who buys.

  • A named, dated price source you can check

    Idealista publishes a municipality asking price for Sóller in its July 2026 report, with an annual change, and sets out its own methodology. You can go to the source and see the same figure we show.

The case against

  • The railway is not transport you can rely on

    The Ferrocarril de Sóller sits outside the TIB network and is not a commuter service. Its operator grounds the company's survival in visitor and tourist appeal, and we could not verify a current dated timetable, so we do not describe how it runs today.

  • Idealista publishes no neighbourhood prices here at all

    Idealista publishes no neighbourhood level prices for this municipality. Its table carries a single row and the district selector has no options. That is different from data we failed to retrieve: there is nothing below the municipality to show.

  • No climate table, because no station publishes normals

    AEMET's normals publication for the period 1981 to 2010 lists four entries under Illes Balears, and none of them is Sóller. There is an observing station at Escorca-Lluc, in another municipality, but it publishes observations rather than normals.

  • The reference hospital sits outside the municipality

    IB-Salut puts Sóller in the Migjorn health sector, whose reference hospital is Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, at an address IB-Salut prints in Palma. Not Inca, and not the Tramuntana sector, whatever a map of the island suggests.

  • Our sources attach no airport, ferry or public train

    No source we use assigns an airport to Sóller, records a ferry route touching it, or places it on any TIB train or metro line. We publish no distances and no journey times, so we cannot fill that gap for you either.

Editor's note

Where you might be better off elsewhere

Sóller asks something of a buyer that a coastal apartment does not. It is a mountain valley municipality with a port attached, and the practical gaps are real: no neighbourhood price data at all, no climate normals from any station here, no public rail service, and a reference hospital that IB-Salut places in the Migjorn sector at an address in Palma. If those weigh more with you than the setting does, look elsewhere on the island. Palma is served by TIB train and metro lines on a timetable in force, and Idealista prices thirteen of the sixteen districts it lists there, so you can see how areas differ before you commit. Alcúdia has district level asking prices for all three of the areas Idealista lists, and IB-Salut puts it in the Tramuntana sector with Hospital Comarcal de Inca as reference hospital. Pollença sits in the same health sector, with two priced districts and a third listed without a price. Off Mallorca, Ciutadella de Menorca and Maó both carry Idealista municipality prices in the same July 2026 report.

Sóller on the map

Lifestyle data

Property market

€5,791
/m²
+11.4% year on year

Updated 1 Sept 2026

Community

20.6%
Foreign residents

INE Annual Population Census, nationality basis, 1 January 2025

Sóller FAQ

Honest answers to the questions buyers actually ask.

Can I commute into Palma by train from Sóller?+
Not on any service we can verify. The Ferrocarril de Sóller is a privately owned company running a railway between Palma and Sóller and a tram to Port de Sóller. It is not part of the TIB public network, and its operator describes the company as sustained mainly by the attraction it holds for visitors and tourists. No dated timetable was verified, so we do not state how it currently runs. Treat it as a historic tourist line rather than as transport.
How many people live in Sóller?+
Two INE operations answer that for 1 January 2025 and they disagree. The official padron revision, which is the legally definitive count, gives 13,882. The Censo Anual, at the same reference date, gives 13,996, a difference of 114 people. Neither is wrong; they are different operations with different methods. We name the operation every time we print a figure, and we never divide a count from one operation by a population from another.
How international is the population?+
It depends which definition you use, and the annual census for 1 January 2025 publishes both. On nationality, 2,889 of 13,996 residents held a foreign nationality, close to a fifth. On country of birth, 3,978 were born abroad, nearer three in ten. The gap is naturalisation. Both foreign figures are derived by subtraction from INE's published totals, because INE publishes a total and a Spanish line rather than a foreign one.
Which foreign nationalities are largest among Sóller's residents?+
On the annual census nationality table for 1 January 2025, and setting the Spanish count aside, Germany leads with 343, then Colombia with 336 and the United Kingdom with 325, followed by France with 213 and Italy with 197. That is resident stock as INE records it, and it says nothing about who buys property in the municipality. Resident counts and buyer counts are different measures, and nothing in our sources describes the second one.
What do homes cost in Sóller?+
Idealista publishes an asking price per square metre for the municipality in its July 2026 report, up by more than a tenth on the year. The figure itself sits in the price panel on this page rather than in the text, so it stays current as the report is updated. Two cautions apply. These are asking prices, not transaction prices, and Idealista publishes no neighbourhood level prices here, so one number covers the whole municipality.
Which hospital covers Sóller?+
IB-Salut places Sóller in the Migjorn health sector. It prints the health centre as CS de Sóller - Serra Nord and the sector's reference hospital as Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer, at an address it gives in Palma. This is counter-intuitive: Sóller appears on neither the Tramuntana nor the Ponent basic health zone list. We name a reference hospital rather than a nearest one, because we publish no distances. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
Why is there no weather table on this page?+
Because no station in the municipality publishes climate normals. AEMET's normals publication for the period 1981 to 2010 lists four entries under Illes Balears, and Sóller is not among them. AEMET does operate an observing station at Escorca-Lluc in the Serra de Tramuntana, but it publishes current observations rather than normals, and it stands in a different municipality. We would rather show nothing than borrow Palma's table.
What should I check before committing to Sóller?+
Three things. First, ask for comparable sales at street level, because no neighbourhood price data is published for this municipality and one figure covers both the valley and the port. Second, ask how you will actually travel, since the railway is a tourist operation and our sources attach no airport or ferry route to the town. Third, check where your household's healthcare would be registered, given the Migjorn sector assignment.
What are the costs of buying property in Sóller?+
When buying property in Sóller, budget for property transfer tax (ITP) of 8% up to €400,000 (9% up to €600,000, 10% up to €1,000,000, 12% up to €2,000,000, 13% above that, progressive bands determine the average rate applied to the taxable base) [ATIB: https://www.atib.es/TA/contenido.aspx?Id=16198&lang=es], plus roughly 3-4% in notary, land registry and legal fees. Agency commission is usually paid by the seller. On the mainland and the Balearics, new builds pay VAT (IVA) of 10% plus AJD stamp duty instead of ITP. Transfer tax is set by Illes Balears rather than nationally, and reduced rates can apply for main homes and younger buyers.
What are the ongoing costs of owning property in Sóller?+
Annual property ownership costs in Sóller include IBI (property tax) of 0.4-1.1% of cadastral value, community fees (for apartments), rubbish collection tax (basura), utility bills, and property insurance. Budget approximately 2-4% of property value per year for all running costs. IBI is set by the town hall of Sóller within a national band, so it is municipal rather than regional.
What taxes do I pay when selling property in Sóller?+
When selling property in Sóller, you pay capital gains tax (plusvalía) on the profit at rates of 19-26% depending on the gain amount. Non-residents have 3% of the sale price withheld at completion. You may also pay municipal capital gains tax. Main residence exemptions may apply for residents over 65. Capital gains tax is national, so it is the same in Illes Balears as anywhere in Spain. Plusvalia municipal is set by the town hall of Sóller and has had two calculation methods since the 2021 reform, so ask your lawyer which one is cheaper for you.
Can I still get a Golden Visa by buying property in Spain?+
No. Spain withdrew the Golden Visa property investment route in April 2025, so buying in Sóller no longer leads to residency. Non-EU buyers who want to live in Spain apply for a separate permit instead, most often the non-lucrative visa (proof of income and private health insurance) or the digital nomad visa (remote work for non-Spanish clients). Ask an immigration lawyer which route fits your situation before you buy.

Transfer tax rates as of August 2026. Rates are set per autonomous community and do change. Confirm the current figures with a Spanish lawyer or tax adviser before you budget.

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