All things you need to know about living in Vaccarizzo Albanese
Vaccarizzo Albanese, in the province of Cosenza, is home to 101 Albanians: 9.85% of its 1,025 residents.
That is the 4th-highest concentration of Albanians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Calabria it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 189 residents with a foreign citizenship in Vaccarizzo Albanese, 18.44% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we track are Albanians (101), Romanians (26), Poles (5).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
Vaccarizzo Albanese qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Cosenza scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for burglaries reported and PM10 Annual average concentration.
It scores in the bottom quarter for employment rate (20-64 years old) and life expectancy at birth.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.6°C (87°F) and winters a low of 5.3°C (42°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Vaccarizzo Albanese sees about 44 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 794mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 114 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
Vaccarizzo Albanese population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 101 | 9.85% |
| Romania | 26 | 2.54% |
| Poland | 5 | 0.49% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0.49% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 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% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 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 | 828 | 80.78% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 38 | 3.71% |
| Born outside the EU | 159 | 15.51% |
Albanians over time
Quality of life in Cosenza
Full BES profile for Cosenza →Cosenza on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Vaccarizzo Albanese 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 Vaccarizzo Albanese is well below the Cosenza average of €795/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
20.9 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to 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.
Nearby comuni
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