Neighborhood
Montbau
Montbau is a planned residential neighborhood whose development began with the 1958 plan, a distinctive example of Barcelona’s modern housing architecture. [1]
Life in the area
Local character and landmarks
Its design responded to sloping land and existing watercourses at the foot of Collserola, rather than extending the Eixample grid. [1]
Sources and review date
- Montbau 1958–1964: modern architecture and urban planning · Ajuntament de BarcelonaChecked:
The area in numbers
Latest available observations; each indicator has its own reporting period.
Crime
Reported crime
41.4per 1,000 residentsDistrict: Horta-Guinardó
Period: Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
-54% vs Barcelona
Barcelona: 90Sources and methodology
Available at district level, not measured separately for this neighborhood.
Shown as a count per 1,000 residents.
Mossos d'Esquadra
- Theft
- 11.5
- Robbery with violence
- 3.2
- Burglary
- 3.6
- Vehicle crime
- 4.7
- Assault
- 2.8
Income
Disposable household income
€22,613per person / yearPeriod: 2023
-13.3% vs Barcelona
Barcelona: €26,069Rent
€868per monthRental prices · registered contracts
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
-24.3% vs Barcelona
Barcelona: €1,147€16.0 per m² / month
Contracts in 12 months: 81
Sources and methodology
INCASOL
Contractual rents, not listing asking prices. The rolling value is weighted by registered contracts.
Buy
€3,819per m² · used homesPurchase prices · registered used-home sales
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
-21.7% vs Barcelona
Barcelona: €4,879Transactions in 12 months: 23
Sources and methodology
REGISTRADORES
Registered used-home transactions, not listing asking prices.
Tourists
Buildings with high or very high modeled tourist pressure
Sources and methodology
Tourist pressure classes use the existing Barcelona residential/mixed-building reference, not a ranking within this area. They model registered accommodation and proximity to activity areas, not measured visitors or noise.
Residential and mixed-use buildings are shown separately.
Model from map release barcelona-seo-reviewed-20261016.
ICAEN energy certificates
Barcelona tourist pressure model
Catastro bulk CAT — construction observations
Administrative boundaries
Catastro bulk CAT — construction observations
Safety
Local safety incidents
38.7per 1,000 residentsPeriod: 2025
-12.3% vs Barcelona
Barcelona: 44.1Perceived insecurity
15.6%Period: 2025
Modeled share of residents who feel their neighborhood is unsafe, based on survey data.Sources and methodology
Police-managed safety and public-order incidents; this is not a crime count.
Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona
Institut Metròpoli
2025 study; model inputs 2022-2024
Age structure
Median age
46 yearsPeriod: 2026
Barcelona: 43 years| Age | Montbau | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| <18 | 12.4% | 13.4% |
| 18–24 | 7.3% | 7.4% |
| 25–44 | 28.3% | 31.3% |
| 45–64 | 29.8% | 26.8% |
| 65+ | 22.2% | 21% |
Sources and methodology
Ajuntament de Barcelona · Oficina Municipal de Dades
Published cells below five residents are suppressed by the source and excluded from calculated totals.
Buildings in Montbau
Residential buildings · 95
- Median recorded construction year
- 1962Known for 95 of 95 buildings in this group.
- Median above-ground levels
- 6Known for 95 of 95 buildings in this group.
| Period | Buildings | Share of known years |
|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 2 | 2.1% |
| 1940–1979 | 90 | 94.7% |
| 1980–1999 | 2 | 2.1% |
| 2000–2009 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010 and later | 1 | 1.1% |
Renovation records are linked to 3 of 95 buildings in this group.
Energy evidence in this group of 95: whole-building class for 30; unit-certificate median class for 55.
High or very high modeled tourist pressure: 0 of 95 buildings with data (95 in this group).
Sources, coverage and calculation
The published sample contains 119 buildings. Residential and mixed-use buildings are shown separately; 24 other or unclassified buildings are outside these groups.
All buildings assigned to this area in the published release are included, even without indexable pages. This is not a census of every building in the area. Groups use the recorded use classification.
Missing renovation records do not establish that no works took place. Records may cover only part of a building. Construction years can be approximate.
Unit certificate statistics do not certify the whole building; coverage varies. Missing records do not prove that a certificate does not exist.
Tourist pressure classes use the existing Barcelona residential/mixed-building reference, not a ranking within this area. They model registered accommodation and proximity to activity areas, not measured visitors or noise.
Medians and period shares need at least 20 known values. Above-ground levels include the ground floor.
Data release: barcelona-seo-reviewed-20261016 · territory-buildings-v1
- ICAEN energy certificates · Source imported:
- Barcelona tourist pressure model · Source imported:
- Catastro INSPIRE Buildings — Barcelona metropolitan area · Source published: · Source imported:
- Catastro INSPIRE Buildings — Barcelona metropolitan area · Source published: · Source imported:
- Catastro INSPIRE Building Parts — Barcelona metropolitan area · Source published: · Source imported:
- Catastro INSPIRE Buildings — Barcelona metropolitan area · Source published: · Source imported:
- Catastro INSPIRE Building Parts — Barcelona metropolitan area · Source published: · Source imported:
- Catastro INSPIRE Building Parts — Barcelona metropolitan area · Source published: · Source imported:
- Catastro bulk CAT — construction observations · Source imported:
- Administrative boundaries · Source imported:
- Catastro bulk CAT — construction observations · Source imported:
Buildings with pages
Map release: barcelona-seo-reviewed-20261016