All things you need to know about living in Pieve Ligure
Pieve Ligure, in the province of Genova, is home to 3 Maltese nationals: 0.13% of its 2,396 residents.
That is the 11th-highest concentration of Maltese nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Liguria it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 85 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pieve Ligure, 3.55% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (5), Americans (4), Australians (3).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Genova scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and medical specialists.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources 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 25.9°C (79°F) and winters a low of 5.3°C (42°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pieve Ligure sees about 4 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,290mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 149 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Pieve Ligure at about €3,825 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 31.3 years of renting the same property.
Pieve Ligure population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 12 | 0.50% |
| Ukraine | 10 | 0.42% |
| Poland | 6 | 0.25% |
| Russia | 5 | 0.21% |
| United States | 4 | 0.17% |
| Australia | 3 | 0.13% |
| Belgium | 3 | 0.13% |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0.13% |
| Germany | 3 | 0.13% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.13% |
| Malta | 3 | 0.13% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.13% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.08% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.08% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.08% |
| Portugal | 2 | 0.08% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.04% |
| France | 1 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.04% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.04% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.04% |
| Norway | 1 | 0.04% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,206 | 92.07% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 52 | 2.17% |
| Born outside the EU | 138 | 5.76% |
Maltese nationals over time
Quality of life in Genova
Full BES profile for Genova →Genova on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Pieve Ligure is far above the Genova average of €1,945/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
31.3 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well above 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 €5,275/m², against €3,825 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 63% 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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