All things you need to know about living in the province of Catania
The province of Catania is home to 443 Russians: 0.04% of its 1,070,169 residents, across 58 comuni.
ISTAT counts 37,237 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 3.48% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (443), Germans (338), Americans (268).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Russians in the province has risen, from 366 to 443 (+21%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 5.1% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 3.2% outside the EU and 1.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 8,570 | 0.80% |
| Albania | 2,740 | 0.26% |
| Ukraine | 788 | 0.07% |
| Bulgaria | 729 | 0.07% |
| Poland | 657 | 0.06% |
| Russia | 443 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 338 | 0.03% |
| United States | 268 | 0.03% |
| Brazil | 243 | 0.02% |
| France | 227 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 204 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 165 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 140 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 112 | 0.01% |
| Malta | 109 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 69 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 57 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 56 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 50 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 49 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 41 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 38 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 38 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 37 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 33 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 33 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 31 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 27 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 26 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 26 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 23 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 20 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 19 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 19 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 17 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 15 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 14 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 5 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 2 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,015,757 | 94.92% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 19,804 | 1.85% |
| Born outside the EU | 34,608 | 3.23% |
Russians over time
Top 25 comuni by Russians share
- Calatabiano0.33%
- Linguaglossa0.30%
- Castiglione di Sicilia0.21%
- Aci Bonaccorsi0.17%
- Fiumefreddo di Sicilia0.14%
- Riposto0.13%
- Mascali0.11%
- Piedimonte Etneo0.10%
- Trecastagni0.08%
- Giarre0.08%
- Viagrande0.07%
- Sant'Alfio0.07%
- Sant'Agata li Battiati0.05%
- Maniace0.05%
- Valverde0.05%
- Aci Castello0.05%
- Catania0.05%
- Motta Sant'Anastasia0.05%
- Acireale0.05%
- Ragalna0.05%
- Caltagirone0.04%
- Licodia Eubea0.04%
- Santa Venerina0.04%
- San Gregorio di Catania0.03%
- Aci Catena0.03%
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Compare Catania with other provinces →See Catania against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
51 of Catania’s 58 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 88% of the province’s towns, but 49% 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 58 comuni of Catania are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)4
- Zone 254
- Zone 30
- Zone 4 (lowest hazard)0
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 →