Foreign residents in Castelmola
Castelmola, in the province of Messina, is home to 12 Germans — 1.12% of its 1,076 residents. That is the 63rd-highest concentration of Germans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 1st within Sicilia.
Across the nationalities we track, Castelmola counts 35 foreign residents in total, 3.25% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (12), Britons (7), Russians (4).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in Castelmola has risen, from 11 to 12 (+9%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 11.3% of Castelmola's population was born outside Italy — 7.4% 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 | 12 | 1.12% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 0.65% |
| Russia | 4 | 0.37% |
| France | 3 | 0.28% |
| Austria | 2 | 0.19% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.09% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.09% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.09% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.09% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.09% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.09% |
| United States | 1 | 0.09% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 954 | 88.66% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 42 | 3.90% |
| Born outside the EU | 80 | 7.43% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Messina
Full BES profile for Messina →Messina on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Castelmola qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime. Comfortably below the 30,000-resident ceiling.
Qualifying is about the town. Whether it applies to you depends on criteria no map can check — where you were tax-resident before, and where your income comes from.
How the 7% pensioner regime works, and every qualifying comune →Property prices
Buying in Castelmola is well above the Messina average of €941/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
37.5 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well 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.