Foreign residents in Scandale
Scandale, in the province of Crotone, is home to 1 Germans — 0.04% of its 2,841 residents. That is the 2559th-highest concentration of Germans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 107th within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Scandale counts 2 foreign residents in total, 0.07% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (1), Russians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in Scandale has fallen, from 2 to 1 (-50%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.3% of Scandale's population was born outside Italy — 1.5% outside the EU and 5.7% 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
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 0.04% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.04% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,634 | 92.71% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 163 | 5.74% |
| Born outside the EU | 44 | 1.55% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Crotone
Full BES profile for Crotone →Crotone on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Scandale 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 Scandale is well below the Crotone average of €704/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
29 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.