Foreign residents in Villafranca Tirrena
Villafranca Tirrena, in the province of Messina, is home to 1 Brazilians — 0.01% of its 7,793 residents. That is the 4206th-highest concentration of Brazilians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 168th within Sicilia.
Across the nationalities we track, Villafranca Tirrena counts 4 foreign residents in total, 0.05% of the population. The largest groups are Brazilians (1), Germans (1), French nationals (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Brazilians in Villafranca Tirrena has fallen, from 3 to 1 (-67%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 3.4% of Villafranca Tirrena's population was born outside Italy — 2.4% outside the EU and 1.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 0.01% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.01% |
| France | 1 | 0.01% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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 | 7,527 | 96.59% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 78 | 1.00% |
| Born outside the EU | 188 | 2.41% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Messina
Full BES profile for Messina →Messina on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Villafranca Tirrena 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 Villafranca Tirrena is below the Messina average of €941/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21.4 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.
A detached house here averages €1,028/m², against €842 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 15% 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.