Foreign residents in Brindisi province

Puglia · 20 comuni · Population 375,567 · 459 became Italian citizens (2024)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

The province of Brindisi is home to 501 Britons — 0.13% of its 375,567 residents, across 20 comuni.

Across the nationalities we track, the province counts 1,836 foreign residents in total, 0.49% of the population. The largest groups 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

NationalityCitizensShare
United Kingdom5010.13%
Germany2460.07%
France1470.04%
Brazil1170.03%
United States1130.03%
Belgium1060.03%
Spain940.03%
Netherlands860.02%
Russia670.02%
Ireland570.02%
Switzerland540.01%
Argentina310.01%
Austria310.01%
Greece300.01%
Portugal280.01%
Sweden230.01%
Venezuela230.01%
Australia200.01%
Canada180.00%
Mexico150.00%
Japan120.00%
Finland70.00%
Denmark60.00%
Norway40.00%
South Korea00.00%

“Citizens” counts residents holding that country’s citizenship, summed across every comune in the province.

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy354,21694.31%
Born elsewhere in the EU7,4791.99%
Born outside the EU13,8723.69%

From ISTAT’s census data. Broad groups only — see about the data.

Britons over time

Top 20 comuni by Britons share

  1. 1stOstuni0.54% (162)
  2. 2ndCeglie Messapica0.41% (76)
  3. 3rdCarovigno0.31% (53)
  4. 4thSan Michele Salentino0.30% (18)
  5. 5thSan Vito dei Normanni0.29% (51)
  6. 6thCisternino0.16% (18)
  7. 7thOria0.10% (14)
  8. 8thLatiano0.10% (13)
  9. 9thTorchiarolo0.09% (5)
  10. 10thFrancavilla Fontana0.06% (20)
  11. 11thBrindisi0.05% (41)
  12. 12thFasano0.05% (19)
  13. 13thMesagne0.03% (7)
  14. 14thTorre Santa Susanna0.02% (2)
  15. 15thVilla Castelli0.01% (1)
  16. 16thSan Pietro Vernotico0.01% (1)
  17. 17thCellino San Marco0.00% (0)
  18. 18thErchie0.00% (0)
  19. 19thSan Donaci0.00% (0)
  20. 20thSan Pancrazio Salentino0.00% (0)

Quality of life (BES)

Province-level well-being, Italy’s official BES framework — percentile rank against Italy’s other provinces. Higher is always better here, regardless of the underlying indicator’s direction.

Environment

42th percentile avg
PM10 Annual average concentration23 Microgram per m3
52th · 2023
Urban green13.1 M2 per inhabitant
14th · 2023
Electricity from renewable sources39.1 Percentage values
59th · 2023

Safety

35th percentile avg
Intentional homicide rate1.6 Per 100,000 inhabitants
3th · 2023
Burglaries reported210.7 Per 100,000 inhabitants
57th · 2023
Road mortality in non-urban roads4.2 Percentage values
45th · 2023

Health

31th percentile avg
Life expectancy at birth82.9 Average number of years
31th · 2024

Quality of services

30th percentile avg
Medical specialists24.9 Per 10,000 inhabitants
29th · 2023
Overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage59.4 Percentage values
33th · 2024
Hospital beds in high-care wards2.3 Per 10,000 inhabitants
28th · 2022

Landscape and cultural heritage

28th percentile avg
Density and importance of musems' heritage0.3 Per 100 km2
28th · 2022

Work and life balance

20th percentile avg
Employment rate (20-64 years old)56.4 Percentage values
20th · 2024

Social relationships

16th percentile avg
Nonprofit organizations51.7 Per 10,000 inhabitants
16th · 2022

Education and training

12th percentile avg
People with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old)55 Percentage values
12th · 2024

Economic well-being

11th percentile avg
Average disposable income per capita16,138
11th · 2023

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Tax regimes

17 of Brindisi’s 20 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime85% 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 →

This lists the regimes we’ve published. Others exist that we haven’t encoded yet — we add one only once it has been checked against the legislation — so this isn’t a complete account of what might apply to you.

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