Foreign residents in Santa Maria del Molise

Isernia, Molise · Population 645 · Median age 49 · Indice di vecchiaia 220.8 (2019)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

Santa Maria del Molise, in the province of Isernia, is home to 1 Argentinians — 0.16% of its 645 residents. That is notable for a comune of its size.

Across the nationalities we track, Santa Maria del Molise counts 4 foreign residents in total, 0.62% of the population. The largest groups are Argentinians (1), Australians (1), Spaniards (1).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Argentinians in Santa Maria del Molise has risen, from 0 to 1.

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 8.2% of Santa Maria del Molise's population was born outside Italy — 6.5% outside the EU and 1.7% 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

20022025. ISTAT’s intercensal population reconstruction (2002–2018) and resident-population registry (2019 onward).

By nationality

NationalityCitizensShare
Argentina10.16%
Australia10.16%
Spain10.16%
United States10.16%
Austria00.00%
Belgium00.00%
Brazil00.00%
Canada00.00%
Switzerland00.00%
Germany00.00%
Denmark00.00%
Finland00.00%
France00.00%
United Kingdom00.00%
Greece00.00%
Ireland00.00%
Japan00.00%
South Korea00.00%
Mexico00.00%
Netherlands00.00%
Norway00.00%
Portugal00.00%
Russia00.00%
Sweden00.00%
Venezuela00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, from ISTAT’s population registry.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy59291.78%
Born elsewhere in the EU111.71%
Born outside the EU426.51%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — ISTAT does not publish comune-level population by specific country of birth, so this isn’t comparable per-nationality to the citizenship table above. See about the data.

Argentinians over time

Quality of life in Isernia

Province-level well-being (BES), by domain — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Environment93
Quality of services84
Education and training83
Social relationships60
Safety43
Economic well-being35
Work and life balance34
Landscape and cultural heritage12
Health6

Full BES profile for IserniaIsernia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →

Tax regimes

Santa Maria del Molise 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 →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

Property prices

To buy

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Buying in Santa Maria del Molise is well below the Isernia average of €682/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market. OMI records no rental figures here.

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Agenzia delle Entrate — Osservatorio del Mercato Immobiliare (OMI), semester 2025 H2. Figures are midpoints of OMI’s surveyed ranges for “Abitazioni civili” in normal condition — a guide to the market, not a valuation of any particular property. Source.

Nearby comuni

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