All things you need to know about living in the province of Brindisi
The province of Brindisi is home to 501 Britons: 0.13% of its 375,567 residents, across 20 comuni.
ISTAT counts 13,375 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 3.56% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (501), Germans (246), French nationals (147).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in the province has fallen, from 517 to 501 (-3%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 5.7% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 3.7% outside the EU and 2.0% elsewhere in the EU. This broad-group split isn't comparable per-nationality to the citizenship figures above. See about the data.
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2,025 | 0.54% |
| Romania | 1,850 | 0.49% |
| United Kingdom | 501 | 0.13% |
| Germany | 246 | 0.07% |
| Ukraine | 179 | 0.05% |
| Poland | 148 | 0.04% |
| France | 147 | 0.04% |
| Brazil | 117 | 0.03% |
| United States | 113 | 0.03% |
| Belgium | 106 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 94 | 0.03% |
| Netherlands | 86 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 67 | 0.02% |
| Ireland | 57 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 54 | 0.01% |
| Bulgaria | 45 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 33 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 31 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 31 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 30 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 28 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 23 | 0.01% |
| Venezuela | 23 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 20 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 18 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 15 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 15 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 12 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 10 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 8 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 7 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 6 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 6 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 6 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 5 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 4 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 3 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 354,216 | 94.31% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 7,479 | 1.99% |
| Born outside the EU | 13,872 | 3.69% |
Britons over time
Top 20 comuni by Britons share
- Ostuni0.54%
- Ceglie Messapica0.41%
- Carovigno0.31%
- San Michele Salentino0.30%
- San Vito dei Normanni0.29%
- Cisternino0.16%
- Oria0.10%
- Latiano0.10%
- Torchiarolo0.09%
- Francavilla Fontana0.06%
- Brindisi0.05%
- Fasano0.05%
- Mesagne0.03%
- Torre Santa Susanna0.02%
- Villa Castelli0.01%
- San Pietro Vernotico0.01%
- Cellino San Marco0.00%
- Erchie0.00%
- San Donaci0.00%
- San Pancrazio Salentino0.00%
Quality of life (BES)
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Compare Brindisi with other provinces →See Brindisi against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
17 of Brindisi’s 20 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 85% of the province’s towns, but 59% of the people who live in it.
The two differ because the regime caps comune size: the towns it excludes are the biggest ones. Where you’d actually be living matters more than how many towns are on the list.
Which towns, and how the 7% pensioner regime works →Seismic zones of its comuni
A province has no seismic zone of its own: each of its comuni has one. Here is how the 20 comuni of Brindisi are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)0
- Zone 20
- Zone 30
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)20
Counts are comuni, not residents or land area. The zone is the legal classification each Region gave its comuni, not a forecast and not a verdict on any building. It has nothing to do with the 7% pensioner regime’s “seismic” routes, which depend on the 2009 and 2016–17 earthquake areas, not on a comune’s zone. See the map →