Foreign residents in Rotella
Rotella, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, is home to 5 Britons — 0.64% of its 782 residents. That is notable for a comune of its size.
Across the nationalities we track, Rotella counts 12 foreign residents in total, 1.53% of the population. The largest groups are Britons (5), Dutch nationals (3), Brazilians (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in Rotella has held roughly steady, from 5 to 5 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 11.4% of Rotella's population was born outside Italy — 8.1% outside the EU and 3.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 0.64% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.38% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.26% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.13% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.13% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 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% |
| 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 | 693 | 88.62% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 26 | 3.32% |
| Born outside the EU | 63 | 8.06% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Ascoli Piceno
Full BES profile for Ascoli Piceno →Ascoli Piceno on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Rotella 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 Rotella is far below the Ascoli Piceno average of €1,273/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
20.7 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 59% more than ordinary condition — €1,004/m² against €633.
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 €633/m², against €633 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — the two cost about the same per square metre.
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.