All things you need to know about living in Tursi
Tursi, in the province of Matera, is home to 271 Albanians: 5.75% of its 4,709 residents.
That is the 20th-highest concentration of Albanians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Basilicata it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 543 residents with a foreign citizenship in Tursi, 11.53% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (2), Russians (2), Canadians (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
Tursi qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Matera scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for PM10 Annual average concentration and burglaries reported.
It scores in the bottom quarter for medical specialists and hospital beds in high-care wards.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 33.6°C (92°F) and winters a low of 3.9°C (39°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Tursi sees about 74 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 580mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 82 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Tursi population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 271 | 5.75% |
| Romania | 134 | 2.85% |
| Ukraine | 12 | 0.25% |
| Hungary | 3 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 2 | 0.04% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.04% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.02% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.02% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 4,191 | 89.00% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 135 | 2.87% |
| Born outside the EU | 383 | 8.13% |
Albanians over time
Quality of life in Matera
Full BES profile for Matera →Matera on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Tursi 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 Tursi is far below the Matera average of €1,099/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
28.2 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.
A detached house here averages €685/m², against €490 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 22% more per square meter.
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 meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Nearby comuni
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