Foreign residents in Polignano a Mare
Polignano a Mare, in the province of Bari, is home to 9 Brazilians — 0.05% of its 17,353 residents. That is the 2993rd-highest concentration of Brazilians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 41st within Puglia.
Across the nationalities we track, Polignano a Mare counts 91 foreign residents in total, 0.52% of the population. The largest groups are Brazilians (9), Germans (9), French nationals (9).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in Polignano a Mare has fallen, from 10 to 9 (-10%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 5.8% of Polignano a Mare's population was born outside Italy — 4.5% outside the EU and 1.3% 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 | 9 | 0.05% |
| Germany | 9 | 0.05% |
| France | 9 | 0.05% |
| United States | 8 | 0.05% |
| Argentina | 7 | 0.04% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 0.03% |
| Russia | 6 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0.03% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0.03% |
| Denmark | 4 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 4 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 4 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 4 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 3 | 0.02% |
| Ireland | 3 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 16,350 | 94.22% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 227 | 1.31% |
| Born outside the EU | 776 | 4.47% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Bari
Full BES profile for Bari →Bari on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Polignano a Mare 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 Polignano a Mare is well above the Bari average of €1,393/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
24.5 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 36% more than ordinary condition — €2,729/m² against €2,008.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
A detached house here averages €1,333/m², against €2,008 for an apartment.
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.