Ferrara province · report
People and new homes in Ferrara province
In 2025 the population grew by 870 while 160 new homes were granted a permit: 5.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 5.4
- Population change, 2025
- +870
Population change and homes permitted in Ferrara 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 | 870 |
| 2024 | 303 |
| 2023 | 355 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | -922 |
| 2020 | -1,966 |
| 2019 | -577 |
Homes permitted
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| Year | Homes permitted |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 |
| 2024 | 140 |
| 2023 | 104 |
| 2022 | 170 |
| 2021 | 135 |
| 2020 | 143 |
| 2019 | 96 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +2,109 | −2,686 | −577 | 96 |
| 2020 | +1,478 | −3,444 | −1,966 | 143 |
| 2021 | +2,544 | −3,466 | −922 | 135 |
| 2022 | +3,399 | −3,399 | +0 | 170 |
| 2023 | +3,253 | −2,898 | +355 | 104 |
| 2024 | +3,329 | −3,026 | +303 | 140 |
| 2025 | +3,696 | −2,826 | +870 | 160 |
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 Ferrara province
Figures for Emilia-Romagna: Ferrara province has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €94,320. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €384 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: Ferrara 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 2016.
- Deepest fall
- −8.4%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
29.0% of the 226,342 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 29.0%
- Empty homes
- 65,709
In 2025, 2% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 2%