Foreign residents in Sant'Ilario dello Ionio
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio, in the province of Reggio Calabria, is home to 2 Germans — 0.15% of its 1,292 residents. That is the 720th-highest concentration of Germans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 26th within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Sant'Ilario dello Ionio counts 8 foreign residents in total, 0.62% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (2), French nationals (2), Britons (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in Sant'Ilario dello Ionio has risen, from 0 to 2.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 13.1% of Sant'Ilario dello Ionio's population was born outside Italy — 10.7% outside the EU and 2.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 0.15% |
| France | 2 | 0.15% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.15% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.08% |
| Brazil | 1 | 0.08% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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 | 1,123 | 86.92% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 31 | 2.40% |
| Born outside the EU | 138 | 10.68% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Reggio di Calabria
Full BES profile for Reggio di Calabria →Reggio di Calabria on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio 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 Sant'Ilario dello Ionio is well below the Reggio Calabria average of €691/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
27 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above 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 €578/m², against €541 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 13% more 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.