Foreign residents in Lucca province

Toscana · 33 comuni · Population 381,390 · 857 became Italian citizens (2024)

Data as of 2026-08-09· ISTAT

The province of Lucca is home to 898 Britons — 0.24% of its 381,390 residents, across 33 comuni.

Across the nationalities we track, the province counts 4,224 foreign residents in total, 1.11% of the population. The largest groups are Britons (898), Russians (652), Brazilians (437).

Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Britons in the province has fallen, from 925 to 898 (-3%).

Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 11.7% of the province's population was born outside Italy — 8.6% outside the EU and 3.1% 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 Kingdom8980.24%
Russia6520.17%
Brazil4370.11%
United States3540.09%
Germany3430.09%
France2920.08%
Netherlands1640.04%
Spain1630.04%
Argentina1020.03%
Ireland1000.03%
Venezuela980.03%
Belgium810.02%
Sweden680.02%
Switzerland660.02%
Portugal570.01%
Denmark530.01%
Mexico530.01%
Australia430.01%
Greece400.01%
Japan390.01%
Austria360.01%
Canada340.01%
South Korea190.00%
Norway190.00%
Finland130.00%

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

Country of birth

GroupResidentsShare
Born in Italy336,69388.28%
Born elsewhere in the EU11,7353.08%
Born outside the EU32,9628.64%

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

Britons over time

Top 25 comuni by Britons share

  1. 1stBagni di Lucca2.32% (129)
  2. 2ndVilla Collemandina1.28% (15)
  3. 3rdCamporgiano1.06% (21)
  4. 4thBarga0.99% (94)
  5. 5thCoreglia Antelminelli0.85% (43)
  6. 6thPescaglia0.83% (27)
  7. 7thSan Romano in Garfagnana0.61% (8)
  8. 8thBorgo a Mozzano0.42% (28)
  9. 9thMinucciano0.40% (7)
  10. 10thGallicano0.36% (13)
  11. 11thCastiglione di Garfagnana0.35% (6)
  12. 12thPiazza al Serchio0.34% (7)
  13. 13thForte dei Marmi0.26% (17)
  14. 14thLucca0.22% (193)
  15. 15thCamaiore0.19% (61)
  16. 16thStazzema0.17% (5)
  17. 17thPieve Fosciana0.14% (3)
  18. 18thPietrasanta0.10% (23)
  19. 19thCapannori0.10% (47)
  20. 20thMassarosa0.07% (16)
  21. 21stViareggio0.07% (43)
  22. 22ndCastelnuovo di Garfagnana0.07% (4)
  23. 23rdSeravezza0.05% (6)
  24. 24thMontecarlo0.05% (2)
  25. 25thAltopascio0.02% (3)

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.

Landscape and cultural heritage

89th percentile avg
Density and importance of musems' heritage2.3 Per 100 km2
89th · 2022

Social relationships

77th percentile avg
Nonprofit organizations75.4 Per 10,000 inhabitants
77th · 2022

Economic well-being

70th percentile avg
Average disposable income per capita23,617
70th · 2023

Work and life balance

64th percentile avg
Employment rate (20-64 years old)74 Percentage values
64th · 2024

Education and training

62th percentile avg
People with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old)69 Percentage values
62th · 2024

Health

59th percentile avg
Life expectancy at birth83.7 Average number of years
59th · 2024

Safety

51th percentile avg
Intentional homicide rate0.3 Per 100,000 inhabitants
91th · 2023
Burglaries reported426.8 Per 100,000 inhabitants
2th · 2023
Road mortality in non-urban roads3.5 Percentage values
61th · 2023

Quality of services

35th percentile avg
Medical specialists28.2 Per 10,000 inhabitants
50th · 2023
Overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage52.2 Percentage values
15th · 2024
Hospital beds in high-care wards2.6 Per 10,000 inhabitants
39th · 2022

Environment

28th percentile avg
PM10 Annual average concentration25 Microgram per m3
41th · 2023
Urban green18 M2 per inhabitant
26th · 2023
Electricity from renewable sources13 Percentage values
16th · 2023

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