Foreign residents in Reitano
Reitano, in the province of Messina, is home to 1 Australians — 0.14% of its 717 residents. That is notable for a comune of its size.
Across the nationalities we track, Reitano counts 3 foreign residents in total, 0.42% of the population. The largest groups are Australians (1), Swiss nationals (1), Britons (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Australians in Reitano has risen, from 0 to 1.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 8.5% of Reitano's population was born outside Italy — 4.0% outside the EU and 4.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 0.14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.14% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 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 | 656 | 91.49% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 32 | 4.46% |
| Born outside the EU | 29 | 4.04% |
Australians over time
Quality of life in Messina
Full BES profile for Messina →Messina on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Reitano 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 Reitano is well below the Messina average of €941/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
22.6 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.