Messina province · report
People and new homes in Messina province
In 2025 the population fell by 2,073 while 380 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 380
- Population change, 2025
- −2,073
Population change and homes permitted in Messina 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 | -2,073 |
| 2024 | -1,968 |
| 2023 | -2,294 |
| 2022 | -3,616 |
| 2021 | -3,176 |
| 2020 | -4,311 |
| 2019 | -4,865 |
Homes permitted
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| Year | Homes permitted |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 380 |
| 2024 | 484 |
| 2023 | 589 |
| 2022 | 534 |
| 2021 | 508 |
| 2020 | 361 |
| 2019 | 534 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | −1,795 | −3,070 | −4,865 | 534 |
| 2020 | −897 | −3,414 | −4,311 | 361 |
| 2021 | +845 | −4,021 | −3,176 | 508 |
| 2022 | +924 | −4,540 | −3,616 | 534 |
| 2023 | +1,614 | −3,908 | −2,294 | 589 |
| 2024 | +1,715 | −3,683 | −1,968 | 484 |
| 2025 | +1,645 | −3,718 | −2,073 | 380 |
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 Messina province
Figures for Sicilia: Messina province has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €84,510. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €344 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 8%
- Payment, one income
- 17%
Figures for Italy: Messina 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
- −14.0%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
39.8% of the 455,604 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 39.8%
- Empty homes
- 181,188
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Public bodies signed €21.7M of housing works here in 2022, and €21.7M since 2017.
- Signed in 2022
- €21.7M
- Per resident, 2022
- €36