Foreign residents in Villafrati
Villafrati, in the province of Palermo, is home to 1 Belgians — 0.03% of its 3,088 residents. That is the 767th-highest concentration of Belgians of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 37th within Sicilia.
Across the nationalities we track, Villafrati counts 3 foreign residents in total, 0.10% of the population. The largest groups are Belgians (1), Germans (1), Russians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Belgians in Villafrati has risen, from 0 to 1.
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 3.8% of Villafrati's population was born outside Italy — 2.9% outside the EU and 0.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.03% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,970 | 96.18% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 27 | 0.87% |
| Born outside the EU | 91 | 2.95% |
Belgians over time
Quality of life in Palermo
Full BES profile for Palermo →Palermo on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Villafrati 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 Villafrati is far below the Palermo average of €1,110/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
28 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 €424/m², against €478 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.