Foreign residents in Petrizzi
Petrizzi, in the province of Catanzaro, is home to 10 Brazilians — 1.01% of its 992 residents. That is notable for a comune of its size.
Across the nationalities we track, Petrizzi counts 18 foreign residents in total, 1.81% of the population. The largest groups are Brazilians (10), Argentinians (5), French nationals (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in Petrizzi has risen, from 0 to 10.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 9.1% of Petrizzi's population was born outside Italy — 6.7% outside the EU and 2.4% 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 | 10 | 1.01% |
| Argentina | 5 | 0.50% |
| France | 2 | 0.20% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.10% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 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% |
| 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 | 902 | 90.93% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 24 | 2.42% |
| Born outside the EU | 66 | 6.65% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Catanzaro
Full BES profile for Catanzaro →Catanzaro on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Petrizzi 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 Petrizzi is well below the Catanzaro average of €794/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
23.9 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.
A detached house here averages €645/m², against €560 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 15% 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.