Catania province · report
People and new homes in Catania province
In 2025 the population fell by 2,619 while 664 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 664
- Population change, 2025
- −2,619
Population change and homes permitted in Catania province
The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes granted a permit in new residential buildings. ISTAT.
Population change
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| Year | Population change |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2,619 |
| 2024 | -3,451 |
| 2023 | -3,895 |
| 2022 | -4,359 |
| 2021 | -4,005 |
| 2020 | -4,076 |
| 2019 | -3,803 |
Homes permitted
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| Year | Homes permitted |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 664 |
| 2024 | 659 |
| 2023 | 825 |
| 2022 | 953 |
| 2021 | 883 |
| 2020 | 573 |
| 2019 | 842 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | −2,470 | −1,333 | −3,803 | 842 |
| 2020 | −1,655 | −2,421 | −4,076 | 573 |
| 2021 | −904 | −3,101 | −4,005 | 883 |
| 2022 | −1,058 | −3,301 | −4,359 | 953 |
| 2023 | −655 | −3,240 | −3,895 | 825 |
| 2024 | −833 | −2,618 | −3,451 | 659 |
| 2025 | +570 | −3,189 | −2,619 | 664 |
Births, deaths and moves are ISTAT's population balance, from the municipal registers, from 2019: a place's migration counts moves from other municipalities and from abroad, Italy's only those to and from abroad. Italy counts no homes finished, so homes permitted in new residential buildings stand in; most are finished two to three years later, and some never are. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.
Other reports for Catania province
Figures for Sicilia: Catania province has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €60,300. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €245 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 6%
- Payment, one income
- 12%
Figures for Italy: Catania province has no reliable figures of its own.
1.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 53,036
Valuations have fallen by 3% or more once since 2016. That fall began in 2019.
- Deepest fall
- −32.0%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
27.2% of the 617,041 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 27.2%
- Empty homes
- 168,107
In 2025, 4% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 4%
Public bodies signed €10M of housing works here in 2024, and €15.7M since 2017.
- Signed in 2024
- €10M
- Per resident, 2024
- €9