Living in San Filippo del Mela

In San Filippo del Mela, rent averages €2.95 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 12.6% (2023).

For San Filippo del Mela, the foreign population was 212 at the start of 2026. The city covers 9.85 km², with a population density of 672 people per km² at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2327 sources

Population6,642people1 Jan 2025Official source · ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025

Median gross salary (region)1,364EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent2.95EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Collected source

Unemployment rate12.56%country median 6.0% — 108% aboveOfficial source · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Recorded crime2,666incidents 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 90% 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 Filippo del Mela?

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in San Filippo del Mela?

Average net cold rent is 2.95 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): 2.95 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 Filippo del Mela 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	4,058 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	2,789 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.95 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Collected source²Official · municipality zone median

Is San Filippo del Mela a good place to live?

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Remote worker44%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 33–55%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 42–62%

Student48%strong on cost, weak on education · range 36–60%

Family43%strong on safety, weak on education · range 31–55%

Retirement54%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 177 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 2.95 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 Filippo del Mela?

The unemployment rate is about 12.6 % (2023).

Unemployment rate: 12.56 % · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹³

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in San Filippo del Mela is 12.6%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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San Filippo del Mela 12.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	2,231 people	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,364 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it¹⁹Official
Unemployment rate	12.56 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹³Official

What does a salary buy in San Filippo del Mela?

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
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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€2.95/m² · official · Collected source · 2025-12-31	− €177
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 Filippo del Mela. 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 Filippo del Mela. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is San Filippo del Mela?

Police recorded about 2,666 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 - prov²⁰

Recorded crime across major citiesSan Filippo del Mela 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	2,666 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Tasso di delittuosità - prov²⁰Official · county

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for San Filippo del Mela. 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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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in San Filippo del Mela?

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 Filippo del Mela 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 Filippo del Mela 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 Filippo del Mela?

The published population was 6,642 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	736 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2023	IstatData / ACI Pubblico registro automobilistico¹²Official
City area	9.85 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.¹⁷Official
Foreign residents	212 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.¹⁶Official
Population density	672 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.¹⁸Official
Female residents	3,353 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁵Official
Male residents	3,289 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁵Official
Population	6,642 people	1 Jan 2025	ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹¹Official

Population over time8 published observations, 2018–2025

6,624

6,710

6,797

6,883

6,6422018202020222025

Population fell 3.2% between 2018 and 2025, from 6,865 to 6,642.

International community in San Filippo del Mela

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)	6,642	100.0%
Italia	6,159	92.7%
Albania	85	1.3%
Marocco	72	1.1%
Argentina	59	0.9%
Svizzera	50	0.8%
Romania	46	0.7%
Germania	38	0.6%
Canada	16	0.2%
Venezuela	10	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Polonia	8	0.1%
Ucraina	8	0.1%
India	8	0.1%
Federazione russa	7	0.1%
Tunisia	7	0.1%
Francia	6	0.1%
Bielorussia	6	0.1%
Cina	6	0.1%
Regno Unito	4	0.1%
Ungheria	4	0.1%
Colombia	4	0.1%
Australia	4	0.1%
Spagna	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	3	0.0%
Bulgaria	2	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	2	0.0%
Nigeria	2	0.0%
Senegal	2	0.0%
Brasile	2	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	1	0.0%
Portogallo	1	0.0%
Moldova	1	0.0%
Slovacchia	1	0.0%
Sri Lanka	1	0.0%
Armenia	1	0.0%
Congo	1	0.0%
Guinea	1	0.0%
Sudafrica	1	0.0%
Cuba	1	0.0%
Repubblica Dominicana	1	0.0%
Paraguay	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)	6,642	100.0%
Italia	6,438	96.9%
Romania	47	0.7%
Marocco	46	0.7%
Albania	44	0.7%
Cina	9	0.1%
India	7	0.1%
Argentina	7	0.1%
Polonia	5	0.1%
Tunisia	5	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Bielorussia	4	0.1%
Bangladesh	4	0.1%
Mali	3	0.0%
Bulgaria	2	0.0%
Spagna	2	0.0%
Ucraina	2	0.0%
Nigeria	2	0.0%
Senegal	2	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	2	0.0%
Brasile	2	0.0%
Colombia	2	0.0%
Germania	1	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	1	0.0%
Sri Lanka	1	0.0%
Guinea	1	0.0%
Paraguay	1	0.0%
Venezuela	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	3.07 %	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁹Official
Households	2,897 households	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on San Filippo del Mela

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.

Rometta as a San Filippo del Mela alternative in the same region

13 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €1.80/m² Rometta vs €2.95/m² San Filippo del Mela−39%
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Rometta vs 12.0 µg/m³ San Filippo del Mela−17%
Unemployment: 13.6% Rometta vs 12.6% San Filippo del Mela+8%
Residents: 6,563 Rometta vs 6,642 San Filippo del Mela−1%
Median gross pay, region: €1,364 Rometta vs €1,364 San Filippo del Melasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,666 Rometta vs 2,666 San Filippo del Melasame level

Full comparison More about Rometta

Cities near San Filippo del Mela

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

Alternative cities in Italy

Other cities in Italy to compare with San Filippo del Mela, nearest in population first.

All Italy cities

Serino6,642 residents Castello d'Argile6,641 residents Curti6,646 residents Pieve del Grappa6,646 residents Nole6,634 residents Bonate Sotto6,633 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in San Filippo del Mela 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 Filippo del Mela's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Filippo del Mela?

The published population was 6,642 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in San Filippo del Mela?

Average net cold rent is 2.95 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 207 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.

Is the air quality good in San Filippo del Mela?

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 Filippo del Mela?

Police recorded about 2,666 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 Filippo del Mela?

The unemployment rate is about 12.6 % (2023). Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT).

What is the typical salary around San Filippo del Mela?

The median gross salary is 1,364 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

Is San Filippo del Mela a good place to live?

San Filippo del Mela 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 San Filippo del Mela?

Pace del Mela, Milazzo, Torregrotta, Terme Vigliatore, Rometta are near San Filippo del Mela. 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 Filippo del Mela?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,642 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 = {San Filippo del Mela, Italy: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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