Foreign residents in Senales/Schnals
Senales/Schnals, in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, is home to 8 Germans — 0.65% of its 1,236 residents. That is the 154th-highest concentration of Germans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 71st within Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
Across the nationalities we track, Senales/Schnals counts 17 foreign residents in total, 1.38% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (8), Austrians (5), Swiss nationals (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in Senales/Schnals has fallen, from 10 to 8 (-20%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 5.7% of Senales/Schnals's population was born outside Italy — 1.8% outside the EU and 4.0% 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 | 8 | 0.65% |
| Austria | 5 | 0.40% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.16% |
| France | 2 | 0.16% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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 | 1,165 | 94.26% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 49 | 3.96% |
| Born outside the EU | 22 | 1.78% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Bolzano/Bozen
Full BES profile for Bolzano/Bozen →Bolzano/Bozen on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Senales/Schnals is well below the Bolzano/Bozen average of €2,894/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
33.7 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 22% more than ordinary condition — €2,133/m² against €1,750.
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 €1,975/m², against €1,750 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 7% 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.