All things you need to know about living in Picciano
Picciano, in the province of Pescara, is home to 108 Albanians: 8.40% of its 1,286 residents.
That is the 6th-highest concentration of Albanians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Abruzzo it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 175 residents with a foreign citizenship in Picciano, 13.61% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (4), Russians (4), Belgians (3).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
Picciano qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Pescara scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
It scores in the bottom quarter for density and importance of museums' heritage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 29.2°C (85°F) and winters a low of 1.4°C (35°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Picciano sees about 30 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 903mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 120 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Picciano population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 108 | 8.40% |
| Romania | 18 | 1.40% |
| Ukraine | 7 | 0.54% |
| Brazil | 4 | 0.31% |
| Russia | 4 | 0.31% |
| Belgium | 3 | 0.23% |
| Argentina | 2 | 0.16% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.16% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.16% |
| Poland | 2 | 0.16% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0.16% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.08% |
| France | 1 | 0.08% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,037 | 80.64% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 39 | 3.03% |
| Born outside the EU | 210 | 16.33% |
Albanians over time
Quality of life in Pescara
Full BES profile for Pescara →Pescara on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Picciano 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 Picciano is far below the Pescara average of €1,049/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
20.4 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.
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