Foreign residents in Grottolella
Grottolella, in the province of Avellino, is home to 3 Russians — 0.17% of its 1,797 residents. That is the 395th-highest concentration of Russians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 17th within Campania.
Across the nationalities we track, Grottolella counts 6 foreign residents in total, 0.33% of the population. The largest groups are Russians (3), Brazilians (2), Mexicans (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in Grottolella has held roughly steady, from 3 to 3 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 9.6% of Grottolella's population was born outside Italy — 8.0% outside the EU and 1.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 3 | 0.17% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.11% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 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% |
| United Kingdom | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,624 | 90.37% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 30 | 1.67% |
| Born outside the EU | 143 | 7.96% |
Russians over time
Quality of life in Avellino
Full BES profile for Avellino →Avellino on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Grottolella 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 Grottolella is below the Avellino average of €693/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
20.9 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 20% more than ordinary condition — €747/m² against €623.
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 €697/m², against €623 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.