Foreign residents in Bolzano/Bozen
Bolzano/Bozen, in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, is home to 672 Germans — 0.63% of its 106,568 residents. That is the 158th-highest concentration of Germans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 72nd within Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
Across the nationalities we track, Bolzano/Bozen counts 1,570 foreign residents in total, 1.47% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (672), Austrians (210), Russians (115).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in Bolzano/Bozen has risen, from 586 to 672 (+15%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 21.2% of Bolzano/Bozen's population was born outside Italy — 17.2% outside the EU and 3.9% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this broken down by specific country at comune level, so it isn't directly comparable to the per-nationality citizenship figures above.
Population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 672 | 0.63% |
| Austria | 210 | 0.20% |
| Russia | 115 | 0.11% |
| Spain | 92 | 0.09% |
| Brazil | 76 | 0.07% |
| France | 54 | 0.05% |
| United Kingdom | 40 | 0.04% |
| Greece | 40 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 39 | 0.04% |
| United States | 35 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 31 | 0.03% |
| Netherlands | 30 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 26 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 25 | 0.02% |
| Mexico | 22 | 0.02% |
| Sweden | 14 | 0.01% |
| Japan | 13 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 8 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 7 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 7 | 0.01% |
| Norway | 6 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 4 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 2 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 83,982 | 78.81% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 4,204 | 3.94% |
| Born outside the EU | 18,382 | 17.25% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Bolzano/Bozen
Full BES profile for Bolzano/Bozen →Bolzano/Bozen on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Bolzano/Bozen is well above the Bolzano/Bozen average of €2,894/m². Averaged across 13 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
27.1 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 23% more than ordinary condition — €4,700/m² against €3,837.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
A detached house here averages €4,093/m², against €3,837 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 12% more per square metre.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square metre, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.