Foreign residents in Ferla
Ferla, in the province of Siracusa, is home to 1 Australians — 0.04% of its 2,235 residents. That is the 118th-highest concentration of Australians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 8th within Sicilia.
Across the nationalities we track, Ferla counts 3 foreign residents in total, 0.13% of the population. The largest groups are Australians (1), Britons (1), Mexicans (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Australians in Ferla has held roughly steady, from 1 to 1 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 3.8% of Ferla's population was born outside Italy — 1.8% outside the EU and 1.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.04% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.04% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,151 | 96.24% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 43 | 1.92% |
| Born outside the EU | 41 | 1.83% |
Australians over time
Quality of life in Siracusa
Full BES profile for Siracusa →Siracusa on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Ferla 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 Ferla is well below the Siracusa average of €873/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
20.4 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to 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.
A detached house here averages €428/m², against €588 for an apartment.
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.