All things you need to know about living in Rocca Massima
Rocca Massima, in the province of Latina, is home to 1 Brazilians: 0.09% of its 1,111 residents.
That is the 1853rd-highest concentration of Brazilians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lazio it ranks 85th.
ISTAT counts 105 residents with a foreign citizenship in Rocca Massima, 9.45% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Brazilians (1) and French nationals (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
It scores in the bottom quarter for hospital beds in high-care wards and overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.0°C (86°F) and winters a low of 1.6°C (35°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Rocca Massima sees about 34 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,153mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 130 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Rocca Massima at about €657 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 16 years of renting the same property.
Rocca Massima population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 63 | 5.67% |
| Poland | 5 | 0.45% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.18% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.09% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.09% |
| France | 1 | 0.09% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 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% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,018 | 91.63% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 52 | 4.68% |
| Born outside the EU | 41 | 3.69% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Latina
Full BES profile for Latina →Latina on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Rocca Massima is far below the Latina average of €1,320/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
16 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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 76% more than ordinary condition — €1,156/m² against €657.
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.
Seismic zone
Rocca Massima is in seismic zone 2 (the Region labels it 2B). Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: Ospedale L.Parodi Delfino, about 16.7 km / 20 minutes by road from Rocca Massima (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale L.Parodi Delfino, Colleferro (Pronto Soccorso), about 16.7 km / 20 minutes by road from Rocca Massima (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Osp.'Paolo Colombo' Velletri (DEA level I), about 19.9 km / 22 minutes by road from Rocca Massima (the main town).
Nearest airport: Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA), about 42.9 km / 45 minutes by road from Rocca Massima (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 9.4 km / 12 minutes by road from Rocca Massima (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Panacea Sas della Dr.Ssa Letizia Fiacco & C, about 2.4 km / 4 minutes by road from Rocca Massima (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Colleferro-Segni-Paliano, about 18.4 km / 23 minutes by road from Rocca Massima (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Rocca Massima, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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