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People and new homes in Sicilia
In 2025 the population fell by 12,196 while 3,366 new homes were granted a permit.
- Homes permitted, 2025
- 3,366
- Population change, 2025
- −12,196
Population change and homes permitted in Sicilia
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 | -12,196 |
| 2024 | -16,785 |
| 2023 | -21,303 |
| 2022 | -25,330 |
| 2021 | -24,996 |
| 2020 | -27,576 |
| 2019 | -29,821 |
Homes permitted
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| Year | Homes permitted |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,366 |
| 2024 | 3,176 |
| 2023 | 3,573 |
| 2022 | 3,697 |
| 2021 | 3,625 |
| 2020 | 2,639 |
| 2019 | 3,222 |
Year by year
| Year | Net migration | Births minus deaths | Population change | Homes permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | −16,032 | −13,789 | −29,821 | 3,222 |
| 2020 | −9,513 | −18,063 | −27,576 | 2,639 |
| 2021 | −3,407 | −21,589 | −24,996 | 3,625 |
| 2022 | −2,674 | −22,656 | −25,330 | 3,697 |
| 2023 | −6 | −21,297 | −21,303 | 3,573 |
| 2024 | +2,305 | −19,090 | −16,785 | 3,176 |
| 2025 | +7,744 | −19,940 | −12,196 | 3,366 |
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.
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At the average OMI valuation, a 90 m² home costs €73,800. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €300 a month. Italy sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's creditworthiness.
- Payment, two incomes
- 7%
- Payment, one income
- 14%
Figures for Italy: Sicilia 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 2 times since 2016. The deepest began in 2019.
- Deepest fall
- −11.7%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
36.1% of the 3,204,301 homes counted in the 2023 census had nobody resident in them.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 36.1%
- Empty homes
- 1,156,380
In 2025, 5% of the homes authorised were extensions of existing residential buildings.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Public bodies signed €10M of housing works here in 2024, and €41M since 2017.
- Signed in 2024
- €10M
- Per resident, 2024
- €2