Foreign residents in Grassano
Grassano, in the province of Matera, is home to 1 Austrians — 0.02% of its 4,578 residents. That is the 773rd-highest concentration of Austrians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 3rd within Basilicata.
Across the nationalities we track, Grassano counts 3 foreign residents in total, 0.07% of the population. The largest groups are Austrians (1), Germans (1), Britons (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Austrians in Grassano has held roughly steady, from 1 to 1 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 4.6% of Grassano's population was born outside Italy — 2.5% outside the EU and 2.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.02% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 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% |
| Mexico | 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 | 4,367 | 95.39% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 96 | 2.10% |
| Born outside the EU | 115 | 2.51% |
Austrians over time
Quality of life in Matera
Full BES profile for Matera →Matera on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Grassano 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 Grassano is well below the Matera average of €1,099/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
34.4 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.
A detached house here averages €660/m², against €660 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 7% more per square metre — the opposite of what the two averages above suggest, because OMI prices houses and flats in different parts of town.
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.