Bolzano is increasingly confirmed as a city of people living alone. At the end of 2025, the residents were 106,901, of which 55,175 were women (51.6%) and 51,726 men, distributed in 50,990 families. Almost half of these, 23,360, are single-person families: 0.5% more than the previous year. The data, reported by the newspaper Dolomiten in today’s edition, was made public by the municipal councilor, Claudio Della Ratta. The population grew by 330 units between 2024 and 2025, an increase mainly due to migratory flows. The share of foreign citizens stands at 15.3%, with the largest communities coming from Albania, Morocco, Pakistan, and Romania.
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Births have slightly increased, from 764 in 2024 to 785 in the following year, while deaths remained stable at 1,078 in both years. The data also confirm the progressive aging of the city: the average age is 45.7 years, compared to 36.7 years of the 16,350 foreign residents. A quarter of the population is over 65 years old, while minors are just 16.1%.
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Among the 17,077 families with children, those with only one child clearly prevail (50.5%). On the housing front, apartments were 54,022 in 2023 and 54,357 in 2024, with an increase of 335 units in one year. 50.8% of Bolzano residents are unmarried.
Of the 296 marriages celebrated in 2025 (323 in 2024), only 9.1% were religious, against 90.9% civil. Widowed women are 10.3%, men 2.4%; the neighborhoods with the highest incidence of female widowhood are Europa-Novacella, Don Bosco, and Gries-Quirino, where widowed women are almost five times more numerous than men. Commuters are also increasing, rising from 26,400 in 2021 to 27,394 in 2024. In 2025, 47,327 people worked in the city.
