Foreign residents in Serrastretta
Serrastretta, in the province of Catanzaro, is home to 2 Swiss nationals — 0.07% of its 2,885 residents. That is the 424th-highest concentration of Swiss nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 9th within Calabria.
Across the nationalities we track, Serrastretta counts 4 foreign residents in total, 0.14% of the population. The largest groups are Swiss nationals (2), Americans (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Swiss nationals in Serrastretta has risen, from 1 to 2 (+100%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 3.0% of Serrastretta's population was born outside Italy — 1.6% outside the EU and 1.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.07% |
| United States | 2 | 0.07% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 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% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,798 | 96.98% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 40 | 1.39% |
| Born outside the EU | 47 | 1.63% |
Swiss nationals over time
Quality of life in Catanzaro
Full BES profile for Catanzaro →Catanzaro on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Serrastretta 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 Serrastretta is well below the Catanzaro average of €794/m². Averaged across 8 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
33.1 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.