Living in San Donato di Lecce

In San Donato di Lecce, rent averages €2.25 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 10.6% (2023).

At the start of 2026, the foreign population was 143. The city covers 21.58 km², with a population density of 247.9 people per km² at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2330 sources

Population5,372people1 Jan 2025Official source · ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025

Median gross salary (region)1,353EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent2.25EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Collected source

Unemployment rate10.65%country median 6.0% — 77% aboveOfficial source · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Recorded crime2,813incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Tasso di delittuosità - prov

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu

Higher unemployment than 78% 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 San Donato di Lecce?

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 San Donato di Lecce.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in San Donato di Lecce?

Average net cold rent is 2.25 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): 2.25 EUR/m²/month · Collected source²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesSan Donato di Lecce 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 fibre⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	11.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliad GIGA mobile tariff⁴Official · national market
Dwellings	3,174 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁷Official
Main residence dwellings	2,300 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁸Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.25 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Collected source²Official · municipality zone median

Is San Donato di Lecce a good place to live?

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Remote worker43%strong on housing, weak on air quality · range 32–54%

Skilled employee51%strong on housing, weak on education · range 41–61%

Student47%strong on housing, weak on education · range 35–59%

Family44%strong on safety, weak on education · range 32–56%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 135 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 2.25 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 San Donato di Lecce?

The unemployment rate is about 10.6 % (2023).

Unemployment rate: 10.65 % · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in San Donato di Lecce is 10.7%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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San Donato di Lecce 10.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	1,901 people	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,353 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it²⁰Official
Unemployment rate	10.65 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹⁴Official

What does a salary buy in San Donato di Lecce?

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€2.25/m² · official · Collected source · 2025-12-31	− €135
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	—

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to San Donato di Lecce. 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

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

Safety

How safe is San Donato di Lecce?

Police recorded about 2,813 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 - prov²¹

Recorded crime across major citiesSan Donato di Lecce 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	2,813 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Tasso di delittuosità - prov²¹Official · county

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for San Donato di Lecce. 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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in San Donato di Lecce.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in San Donato di Lecce?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu¹

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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

PM2.512WHO 5 · EU 25

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

PM2.5 across cities in ItalyAnnual PM2.5 in San Donato di Lecce is 12.0 µg/m³. Of 1,693 cities with data, 204 have annual PM2.5 of 12 to under 13 µg/m³.

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San Donato di Lecce 12.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	air.discomap.eea.europa.eu¹Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context

Population and city profile

How many people live in San Donato di Lecce?

The published population was 5,372 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	682.3 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2023	IstatData / ACI Pubblico registro automobilistico¹³Official
City area	21.58 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	143 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.¹⁷Official
Population density	247.9 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.¹⁹Official
Female residents	2,840 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁶Official
Male residents	2,532 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁶Official
Population	5,372 people	1 Jan 2025	ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹²Official

Population over time8 published observations, 2018–2025

5,354

5,439

5,525

5,610

5,3722018202020222025

Population fell 3.9% between 2018 and 2025, from 5,592 to 5,372.

International community in San Donato di Lecce

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)	5,372	100.0%
Italia	5,147	95.8%
Senegal	51	0.9%
Germania	32	0.6%
Albania	31	0.6%
Romania	26	0.5%
Svizzera	24	0.4%
Polonia	7	0.1%
Belgio	6	0.1%
India	6	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Marocco	5	0.1%
Francia	4	0.1%
Gambia	4	0.1%
Grecia	2	0.0%
Ucraina	2	0.0%
Georgia	2	0.0%
Finlandia	1	0.0%
Regno Unito	1	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	1	0.0%
Spagna	1	0.0%
Federazione russa	1	0.0%
Montenegro	1	0.0%
Sri Lanka	1	0.0%
Giappone	1	0.0%
Pakistan	1	0.0%
Algeria	1	0.0%
Costa d'Avorio	1	0.0%
Tunisia	1	0.0%
Costa Rica	1	0.0%
Messico	1	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	1	0.0%
Brasile	1	0.0%
Colombia	1	0.0%
Ecuador	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

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)	5,372	100.0%
Italia	5,225	97.3%
Senegal	58	1.1%
Albania	27	0.5%
Romania	25	0.5%
India	6	0.1%
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Polonia	5	0.1%
Gambia	4	0.1%
Marocco	3	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Germania	2	0.0%
Georgia	2	0.0%
Tunisia	2	0.0%
Finlandia	1	0.0%
Federazione russa	1	0.0%
Sri Lanka	1	0.0%
Giappone	1	0.0%
Pakistan	1	0.0%
Costa d'Avorio	1	0.0%
Messico	1	0.0%
Brasile	1	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Non-citizens, share of residents	2.74 %	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁰Official
Households	2,346 households	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹¹Official

Alternatives for people set on San Donato di Lecce

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.

Lequile as a San Donato di Lecce alternative in the same region

6 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 8,574 Lequile vs 5,372 San Donato di Lecce+60%
Rent: €2.13/m² Lequile vs €2.25/m² San Donato di Lecce−6%
Unemployment: 10.0% Lequile vs 10.6% San Donato di Lecce−6%
Median gross pay, region: €1,353 Lequile vs €1,353 San Donato di Leccesame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,813 Lequile vs 2,813 San Donato di Leccesame level

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Cities near San Donato di Lecce

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

Alternative cities in Italy

Other cities in Italy to compare with San Donato di Lecce, nearest in population first.

All Italy cities

Borgo Mantovano5,374 residents Vanzaghello5,375 residents Arienzo5,367 residents Pratovecchio Stia5,379 residents Casal Velino5,363 residents Gizzeria5,362 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in San Donato di Lecce 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

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; San Donato di Lecce's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is San Donato di Lecce part of Lecce?

San Donato di Lecce is in the published commuting zone of Lecce; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Lecce city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source³

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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 San Donato di Lecce?

The published population was 5,372 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in San Donato di Lecce?

Average net cold rent is 2.25 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 158 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.

Is the air quality good in San Donato di Lecce?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu.

How safe is San Donato di Lecce?

Police recorded about 2,813 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 San Donato di Lecce?

The unemployment rate is about 10.6 % (2023). Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT).

What is the typical salary around San Donato di Lecce?

The median gross salary is 1,353 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

Is San Donato di Lecce a good place to live?

San Donato di Lecce 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.

Is San Donato di Lecce part of Lecce?

San Donato di Lecce is in the published commuting zone of Lecce; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near San Donato di Lecce?

Lecce, San Cesario di Lecce, Cavallino, Lizzanello, Lequile are near San Donato di Lecce. 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 San Donato di Lecce?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,372 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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