Foreign residents in Matrice
Matrice, in the province of Campobasso, is home to 3 Venezuelans — 0.29% of its 1,021 residents. That is the 69th-highest concentration of Venezuelans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 4th within Molise.
Across the nationalities we track, Matrice counts 6 foreign residents in total, 0.59% of the population. The largest groups are Venezuelans (3), Argentinians (1), Spaniards (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Venezuelans in Matrice has risen, from 0 to 3.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 4.2% of Matrice's population was born outside Italy — 3.1% outside the EU and 1.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.29% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.10% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.10% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 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% |
| 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% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 978 | 95.79% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 11 | 1.08% |
| Born outside the EU | 32 | 3.13% |
Venezuelans over time
Quality of life in Campobasso
Full BES profile for Campobasso →Campobasso on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Matrice 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 Matrice is well below the Campobasso average of €787/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
17.7 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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 €525/m², against €425 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 24% 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.