Foreign residents in Venezia
Venezia, in the province of Venezia, is home to 343 French nationals — 0.14% of its 249,490 residents. That is the 414th-highest concentration of French nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 5th within Veneto.
Across the nationalities we track, Venezia counts 2,471 foreign residents in total, 0.99% of the population. The largest groups are French nationals (343), Russians (320), Germans (226).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of French nationals in Venezia has risen, from 326 to 343 (+5%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 18.5% of Venezia's population was born outside Italy — 16.2% outside the EU and 2.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| France | 343 | 0.14% |
| Russia | 320 | 0.13% |
| Germany | 226 | 0.09% |
| Spain | 217 | 0.09% |
| Brazil | 208 | 0.08% |
| United Kingdom | 181 | 0.07% |
| United States | 180 | 0.07% |
| Japan | 112 | 0.04% |
| South Korea | 98 | 0.04% |
| Greece | 80 | 0.03% |
| Mexico | 66 | 0.03% |
| Portugal | 58 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 57 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 51 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 51 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 43 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 36 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 26 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 25 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 24 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 21 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 17 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 14 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 11 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 6 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 203,439 | 81.54% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 5,665 | 2.27% |
| Born outside the EU | 40,386 | 16.19% |
French nationals over time
Quality of life in Venezia
Full BES profile for Venezia →Venezia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Venezia is well above the Venezia average of €1,552/m². Averaged across 32 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
20.4 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 30% more than ordinary condition — €3,170/m² against €2,434.
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 €1,700/m², against €2,434 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 4% more per square metre — the opposite of what the two averages above suggest, because OMI prices houses and flats in different parts of town.
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.