Almost one in three homes in Italy,
27.2%, is unoccupied, Istat said in a report on Thursday.
The national statistics agency added that the level was this
high even though the overall number of occupied homes increased
by 6.4% between 2011 and 2021.
It said the majority of the empty homes were in southern Italy
and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, although the region with
the highest level is the Aosta Valley in the north.
Lombardy, on the other hand, has the highest density of housing,
with 234.7 homes per square kilometre, compared to a national
average of 116.8.
Istat said 56.3% of Italy's residential properties were built
between 1961 and 2000, while 9.5% are over 100 years old.
Liguria, Tuscany and Piedmont are the regions with the oldest
homes.
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