All things you need to know about living in Occhieppo Superiore
Occhieppo Superiore, in the province of Biella, is home to 5 Lithuanians: 0.19% of its 2,568 residents.
That is the 20th-highest concentration of Lithuanians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 99 residents with a foreign citizenship in Occhieppo Superiore, 3.86% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (5), Argentinians (1), Belgians (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Biella scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for nonprofit organizations and PM10 Annual average concentration.
It scores in the bottom quarter for road mortality in non-urban roads and intentional homicide rate.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 22.8°C (73°F) and winters a low of -4.7°C (24°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Occhieppo Superiore sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,503mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 189 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Occhieppo Superiore at about €695 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 13.2 years of renting the same property.
Occhieppo Superiore population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 21 | 0.82% |
| Ukraine | 9 | 0.35% |
| Brazil | 5 | 0.19% |
| Lithuania | 5 | 0.19% |
| Albania | 2 | 0.08% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.04% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.04% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.04% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.04% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 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% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,381 | 92.72% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 44 | 1.71% |
| Born outside the EU | 143 | 5.57% |
Lithuanians over time
Quality of life in Biella
Full BES profile for Biella →Biella on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Occhieppo Superiore is above the Biella average of €566/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
13.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well 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 €858/m², against €695 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 24% more per square meter.
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 meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Nearby comuni
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