All things you need to know about living in the province of Pescara
The province of Pescara is home to 385 Venezuelans: 0.12% of its 311,876 residents, across 46 comuni.
ISTAT counts 18,111 residents with a foreign citizenship in the province, 5.81% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Venezuelans (385), Russians (342), Brazilians (293).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Venezuelans in the province has risen, from 214 to 385 (+80%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 10.3% of the province's population was born outside Italy: 7.2% 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
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 3,895 | 1.25% |
| Ukraine | 1,913 | 0.61% |
| Albania | 1,450 | 0.46% |
| Venezuela | 385 | 0.12% |
| Poland | 373 | 0.12% |
| Russia | 342 | 0.11% |
| Brazil | 293 | 0.09% |
| Bulgaria | 280 | 0.09% |
| United Kingdom | 277 | 0.09% |
| Germany | 118 | 0.04% |
| Lithuania | 115 | 0.04% |
| Spain | 110 | 0.04% |
| France | 98 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 97 | 0.03% |
| United States | 93 | 0.03% |
| Netherlands | 61 | 0.02% |
| Slovakia | 61 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 60 | 0.02% |
| Czechia | 51 | 0.02% |
| Hungary | 38 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 37 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 28 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 26 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 25 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 22 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 22 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 21 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 16 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 13 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 13 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 8 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 7 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 6 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 6 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 5 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 5 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 5 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 4 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 3 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 2 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 279,609 | 89.65% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 9,662 | 3.10% |
| Born outside the EU | 22,605 | 7.25% |
Venezuelans over time
Top 25 comuni by Venezuelans share
- Elice0.55%
- Catignano0.40%
- Popoli Terme0.26%
- Montesilvano0.23%
- Pianella0.19%
- Collecorvino0.17%
- Loreto Aprutino0.16%
- Picciano0.16%
- Cepagatti0.15%
- Rosciano0.12%
- San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore0.11%
- Pescara0.11%
- Torre de' Passeri0.11%
- Città Sant'Angelo0.09%
- Tocco da Casauria0.09%
- Cugnoli0.07%
- Civitella Casanova0.06%
- Alanno0.06%
- Manoppello0.06%
- Nocciano0.06%
- Spoltore0.06%
- Moscufo0.03%
- Scafa0.03%
- Penne0.01%
- Bussi sul Tirino0.00%
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Compare Pescara with other provinces →See Pescara against all 107 on cost and quality →
Tax regimes
44 of Pescara’s 46 comuni qualify for the 7% pensioner regime — 96% of the province’s towns, but 45% 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 46 comuni of Pescara are classified.
- Zone 1 (highest hazard)18
- Zone 228
- 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 →