Foreign residents in Roccapalumba
Roccapalumba, in the province of Palermo, is home to 2 Argentinians — 0.09% of its 2,170 residents. That is the 491st-highest concentration of Argentinians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 59th within Sicilia.
Across the nationalities we track, Roccapalumba counts 5 foreign residents in total, 0.23% of the population. The largest groups are Argentinians (2), Canadians (1), Germans (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in Roccapalumba has fallen, from 3 to 2 (-33%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 4.0% of Roccapalumba's population was born outside Italy — 1.5% outside the EU and 2.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2 | 0.09% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.05% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.05% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.05% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 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 | 2,083 | 95.99% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 54 | 2.49% |
| Born outside the EU | 33 | 1.52% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Palermo
Full BES profile for Palermo →Palermo on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Roccapalumba 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 Roccapalumba is far below the Palermo average of €1,110/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
20.8 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.
A detached house here averages €380/m², against €513 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.