Foreign residents in Castel Guelfo di Bologna

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna · Population 4,486 · Median age 45 · Indice di vecchiaia 127 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Castel Guelfo di Bologna, in the province of Bologna, is home to 4 Brazilians — 0.09% of its 4,486 residents. That is the 1878th-highest concentration of Brazilians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 110th within Emilia-Romagna.

Across the nationalities we track, Castel Guelfo di Bologna counts 15 foreign residents in total, 0.33% of the population. The largest groups are Brazilians (4), Russians (3), Argentinians (2).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in Castel Guelfo di Bologna has risen, from 3 to 4 (+33%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 10.7% of Castel Guelfo di Bologna's population was born outside Italy — 7.8% outside the EU and 2.8% 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

20022025. ISTAT’s intercensal population reconstruction (2002–2018) and resident-population registry (2019 onward).

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Brazil40.09%
Russia30.07%
Argentina20.04%
Denmark20.04%
Canada10.02%
Switzerland10.02%
United Kingdom10.02%
Mexico10.02%
Austria00.00%
Australia00.00%
Belgium00.00%
Germany00.00%
Spain00.00%
Finland00.00%
France00.00%
Greece00.00%
Ireland00.00%
Japan00.00%
South Korea00.00%
Netherlands00.00%
Norway00.00%
Portugal00.00%
Sweden00.00%
United States00.00%
Venezuela00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, from ISTAT’s population registry.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy4,00889.34%
Born elsewhere in the EU1272.83%
Born outside the EU3517.82%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — ISTAT does not publish comune-level population by specific country of birth, so this isn’t comparable per-nationality to the citizenship table above. See about the data.

Brazilians over time

Quality of life in Bologna

Province-level well-being (BES), by domain — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Education and training100
Economic well-being97
Work and life balance92
Quality of services86
Health79
Landscape and cultural heritage77
Social relationships47
Environment43
Safety36

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Property prices

To buy

1,538 /

To rent

7.00 /m²/month

Buying in Castel Guelfo di Bologna is well below the Bologna average of €2,143/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.

Buy or rent

18.3 years of rent here equal the purchase pricebelow 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.

Condition

Housing here in excellent condition costs 12% more than ordinary condition — €1,725/m² against €1,538.

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.

House or apartment

A detached house here averages 1,550/m², against €1,538 for an apartment.

Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — the two cost about the same 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.

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Agenzia delle Entrate — Osservatorio del Mercato Immobiliare (OMI), semester 2025 H2. Figures are midpoints of OMI’s surveyed ranges for “Abitazioni civili” in normal condition — a guide to the market, not a valuation of any particular property. Source.

Nearby comuni

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