Living in Pisticci

In Pisticci, rent averages €2.63 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 13% (2023).

At the start of 2026, the foreign population was 1,187. The city covers 233.9 km², with a population density of 70.5 people per km² at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2331 sources

Population16,600people1 Jan 2025Official source · ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025

Median gross salary (region)1,496EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent2.63EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Collected source

Unemployment rate13%country median 6.0% — 116% aboveOfficial source · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Recorded crime2,669incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Tasso di delittuosità - prov

Higher unemployment than 91% of Italian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other Italian city that publishes it.

Which Italy-wide rules apply when you move to Pisticci?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in ItalyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Pisticci.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Pisticci?

Average net cold rent is about 2.63 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 2.63 EUR/m²/month · Collected source¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesPisticci highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Milan€30.00

Rome€17.15

Naples€9.10

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliadbox fixed fibre⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	11.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliad GIGA mobile tariff³Official · national market
Dwellings	13,263 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	7,632 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.63 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Collected source¹Official · municipality zone median

Is Pisticci a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 41–61%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 46–64%

Student53%strong on education, weak on work · range 43–63%

Family51%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 40–62%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 158 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 2.63 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025-S2

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Pisticci?

The unemployment rate is about 13 % (2023). Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹³

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in Pisticci is 13.0%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Pisticci 13.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	5,359 people	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,496 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it²²Official
Unemployment rate	13 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹³Official

What does a salary buy in Pisticci?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	outside the model's range
Rent, 60 m²€2.63/m² · official · Collected source · 2025-12-31	− €158
Internet€30 · official · iliadbox fixed fibre · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€12 · official · iliad GIGA mobile tariff · 2026-09-30	− €12
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Pisticci Salary needed to live in Pisticci

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Pisticci. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Centri per l'impiego — Public employment service

Italian public employment services / regional employment centres

Job SearchTraining

Search jobs

Open the Italy service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Pisticci. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	3 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)¹⁶Official
Schools	18 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)¹⁶Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Italian L2 laboratories and support for foreign pupils (DPR 394/1999 art 45 route). How to enrol a child (istruzione.it).

A country-wide rule for Italy; Pisticci's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2026.

Safety

How safe is Pisticci?

Police recorded about 2,669 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tasso di delittuosità - prov²³

Recorded crime across major citiesPisticci highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Florence11,422

Milan10,343

Bologna9,973

Turin9,170

Venice9,092

Catania7,485

Rome7,475

Verona6,667

Naples6,521

Genoa5,692

Palermo5,384

Bari4,616

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,669 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Tasso di delittuosità - prov²³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	TAR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	73 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Pisticci. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

CPIA public Italian-language and orientation courses for foreign adults — State Language Course

Italian public adult-education system — Centri Provinciali per l'Istruzione degli Adulti

For foreign adults, people seeking Italian language and culture courses.

ItalianCEFR A2In PersonCost varies

Open official information

L.O.R.R. — Language, Orientation, Recognition and Networks with CPIA — Job-related language course

Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies / FAMI 2021-2027 programme

For third-country nationals, vulnerable migrants, unaccompanied minors.

ItalianIn Person, Online

Open official information

Open the full Italy section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Pisticci.

Find courses near Pisticci

Climate and air quality

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

NO₂8WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

NO₂ across cities in ItalyWhere Pisticci lands among 459 measured cities

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–2525–2626–2727–2828–2929–3030–3131–3232–3333–3434–3535–3636–3737–3838–3940–4144–4545–46

Pisticci 8.0

annual NO₂, µg/m³ · cities per band

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	8 µg/m³country median 15.0	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency²Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 18.86 · Feb 20.44 · Mar 27.51 · Apr 28.32 · May 33.88 · Jun 40.49 · Jul 43.17 · Aug 42.21 · Sep 38.68 · Oct 32.65 · Nov 25.05 · Dec 19.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -6.75 · Feb -6.16 · Mar -4.8 · Apr -3.58 · May 3.86 · Jun 6.9 · Jul 12.3 · Aug 11.69 · Sep 6.27 · Oct 2.63 · Nov -2.47 · Dec -5.94 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.41 · Feb 5.95 · Mar 8.8 · Apr 12.22 · May 17 · Jun 22.46 · Jul 25.82 · Aug 25.83 · Sep 20.36 · Oct 15.83 · Nov 10.89 · Dec 6.55 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Pisticci?

The published population was 16,600 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport92.8%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	693.2 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2023	IstatData / ACI Pubblico registro automobilistico¹²Official
City area	233.9 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.¹⁹Official
Foreign residents	1,187 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.¹⁸Official
Population density	70.51 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²⁰Official
Female residents	8,250 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁵Official
Male residents	8,350 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁵Official
Population	16,600 people	1 Jan 2025	ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹¹Official

Population over time8 published observations, 2018–2025

16,562

16,747

16,931

17,116

16,6002018202020222025

Population fell 2.8% between 2018 and 2025, from 17,078 to 16,600.

International community in Pisticci

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Derived source total (sum of all published country rows)	16,600	100.0%
Italia	15,292	92.1%
Romania	323	1.9%
Marocco	124	0.7%
Germania	84	0.5%
Bangladesh	76	0.5%
Albania	69	0.4%
Gambia	60	0.4%
Senegal	56	0.3%
Nigeria	41	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Tunisia	36	0.2%
Mali	34	0.2%
Costa d'Avorio	30	0.2%
Pakistan	29	0.2%
Canada	29	0.2%
Ucraina	23	0.1%
Bulgaria	21	0.1%
Argentina	21	0.1%
Francia	19	0.1%
Guinea	17	0.1%
Cina	16	0.1%
Burkina Faso	15	0.1%
Egitto	15	0.1%
Stati Uniti d'America	15	0.1%
Svizzera	14	0.1%
Regno Unito	12	0.1%
Polonia	11	0.1%
Ghana	10	0.1%
Guinea-Bissau	9	0.1%
Georgia	8	0.0%
Federazione russa	6	0.0%
Indonesia	6	0.0%
Algeria	6	0.0%
Messico	6	0.0%
India	4	0.0%
Sudan	4	0.0%
Brasile	4	0.0%
Belgio	3	0.0%
Irlanda	3	0.0%
Spagna	3	0.0%
Slovacchia	3	0.0%
Filippine	3	0.0%
Benin	3	0.0%
Burundi	3	0.0%
Libia	3	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	2	0.0%
Liberia	2	0.0%
Sud Sudan	2	0.0%
Colombia	2	0.0%
Grecia	1	0.0%
Portogallo	1	0.0%
Ungheria	1	0.0%
Lituania	1	0.0%
Croazia	1	0.0%
Bielorussia	1	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	1	0.0%
Sri Lanka	1	0.0%
Giappone	1	0.0%
Malaysia	1	0.0%
Siria	1	0.0%
Kazakhstan	1	0.0%
Azerbaigian	1	0.0%
Camerun	1	0.0%
Congo	1	0.0%
Etiopia	1	0.0%
Niger	1	0.0%
Ruanda	1	0.0%
Sierra Leone	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Cuba	1	0.0%
Repubblica Dominicana	1	0.0%
Perù	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Citizenship

Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Derived source total (sum of all published country rows)	16,600	100.0%
Italia	15,468	93.2%
Romania	352	2.1%
Marocco	144	0.9%
Bangladesh	76	0.5%
Gambia	60	0.4%
Senegal	56	0.3%
Nigeria	46	0.3%
Albania	43	0.3%
Tunisia	40	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Mali	38	0.2%
Costa d'Avorio	30	0.2%
Pakistan	29	0.2%
Cina	24	0.1%
Ucraina	18	0.1%
Guinea	18	0.1%
Burkina Faso	15	0.1%
Egitto	15	0.1%
Bulgaria	11	0.1%
Ghana	11	0.1%
Georgia	8	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	8	0.0%
Polonia	6	0.0%
Federazione russa	6	0.0%
Algeria	6	0.0%
Germania	5	0.0%
Regno Unito	5	0.0%
Indonesia	5	0.0%
Spagna	4	0.0%
India	4	0.0%
Benin	4	0.0%
Sudan	4	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	3	0.0%
Slovacchia	3	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Francia	2	0.0%
Ungheria	2	0.0%
Filippine	2	0.0%
Liberia	2	0.0%
Sud Sudan	2	0.0%
Brasile	2	0.0%
Belgio	1	0.0%
Portogallo	1	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	1	0.0%
Sri Lanka	1	0.0%
Giappone	1	0.0%
Libano	1	0.0%
Siria	1	0.0%
Azerbaigian	1	0.0%
Burundi	1	0.0%
Camerun	1	0.0%
Congo	1	0.0%
Niger	1	0.0%
Ruanda	1	0.0%
Sierra Leone	1	0.0%
Togo	1	0.0%
Canada	1	0.0%
Cuba	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Non-citizens, share of residents	6.82 %	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁹Official
Households	7,766 households	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Pisticci

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Montalbano Jonico as a Pisticci alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Rent: €1.50/m² Montalbano Jonico vs €2.63/m² Pisticci−43%
Unemployment: 10.3% Montalbano Jonico vs 13.0% Pisticci−21%
Residents: 6,555 Montalbano Jonico vs 16,600 Pisticci−61%
Nearest airport: 75.0 km Montalbano Jonico vs 73.0 km Pisticcisame level
Median gross pay, region: €1,496 Montalbano Jonico vs €1,496 Pisticcisame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,669 Montalbano Jonico vs 2,669 Pisticcisame level

Full comparison More about Montalbano Jonico

Cities near Pisticci

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Italy

Other cities in Italy to compare with Pisticci, nearest in population first.

All Italy cities

Cattolica16,601 residents Orta Nova16,597 residents San Martino Buon Albergo16,590 residents Malnate16,612 residents Reggello16,556 residents Vedelago16,554 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Pisticci when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Pisticci?

The published population was 16,600 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Pisticci?

Average net cold rent is about 2.63 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 184 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.

How safe is Pisticci?

Police recorded about 2,669 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tasso di delittuosità - prov.

What is the unemployment rate in Pisticci?

The unemployment rate is about 13 % (2023). Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT).

What is the typical salary around Pisticci?

The median gross salary is 1,496 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

How many foreign residents live in Pisticci?

1,187 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total..

Is Pisticci a good place to live?

Pisticci may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Pisticci?

Montalbano Jonico, Bernalda, Ferrandina, Scanzano Jonico, Montescaglioso are near Pisticci. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Derived source total (sum of all published country rows) live in Pisticci?

The official country of birth distribution records 16,600 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Pisticci, Italy: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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