Foreign residents in Santa Caterina Albanese
Santa Caterina Albanese, in the province of Cosenza, is home to 2 Belgians — 0.18% of its 1,093 residents. That is the 61st-highest concentration of Belgians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 2nd within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Santa Caterina Albanese counts 2 foreign residents in total, 0.18% of the population. The largest groups are Belgians (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Belgians in Santa Caterina Albanese has held roughly steady, from 2 to 2 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 8.1% of Santa Caterina Albanese's population was born outside Italy — 6.0% outside the EU and 2.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2 | 0.18% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 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% |
| United Kingdom | 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 | 1,004 | 91.86% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 23 | 2.10% |
| Born outside the EU | 66 | 6.04% |
Belgians over time
Quality of life in Cosenza
Full BES profile for Cosenza →Cosenza on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Santa Caterina Albanese 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 Santa Caterina Albanese is well below the Cosenza average of €795/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21.3 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.