Foreign residents in Petralia Sottana
Petralia Sottana, in the province of Palermo, is home to 4 Brazilians — 0.17% of its 2,381 residents. That is the 715th-highest concentration of Brazilians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 11th within Sicilia.
Across the nationalities we track, Petralia Sottana counts 9 foreign residents in total, 0.38% of the population. The largest groups are Brazilians (4), Argentinians (1), Germans (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in Petralia Sottana has risen, from 1 to 4 (+300%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 4.1% of Petralia Sottana's population was born outside Italy — 1.2% outside the EU and 2.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 4 | 0.17% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.04% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.04% |
| France | 1 | 0.04% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.04% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| 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 | 2,284 | 95.93% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 69 | 2.90% |
| Born outside the EU | 28 | 1.18% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Palermo
Full BES profile for Palermo →Palermo on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Petralia Sottana 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 Petralia Sottana is far below the Palermo average of €1,110/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
22.3 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 €485/m², against €566 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 12% 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.