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Airasca: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Torino, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Roma 2, Airasca.

Airasca, the plain between Turin and Pinerolo

Airasca lies on the flat plain between Turin and Pinerolo, an area of fields and farmsteads where business and industrial estates have also grown over recent decades. The town has a station on the Turin to Pinerolo railway, and the roads to Pinerolo and to the Turin ring road pass nearby, which makes it a practical base for anyone working in the metropolitan area.

Housing is mainly detached houses, blocks of flats from the 1970s and 1980s and newer builds on the edge of the centre. The scattered farmsteads include rural buildings with courtyards and haylofts that need serious work. Flat ground makes access and building work easier, but it is worth thinking about winter fog and how close a property is to the industrial areas.

In 2023 there were 3,686 residents, down 3.5% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The population is younger than the metropolitan average: the mean age is 45.5 against 47.4, and over-65s are 23.3% against 26.4%. Foreign residents account for 9.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average, and bars and restaurants are few compared with the rest of the province.

For earthquakes, Airasca is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification (the national emergency agency), like 270 other municipalities in the metropolitan area of Turin, with an expected acceleration of about 0.099 g in the built-up area. The Pinerolo area is among the more seismic parts of Piedmont, so for a masonry house or a block of flats without recent checks, ask for the structural paperwork. Streams and irrigation channels cross the countryside, and the report checks the official flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Plain between Turin and Pinerolo, with a station on the Pinerolo line.
  • 3,686 residents, average age 45.5.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.099 g.
  • Over-65s at 23.3%, below the metropolitan average.

Overview

Airasca is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 3,686 residents, ranked 85 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Airasca is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (271 of 312) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.099 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.5%. The estimated average age is 45 years, lower than the province average (47). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 9.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Airasca declared an average taxable income of 24,359 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Airasca is in climate zone E, with 2,781 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 257 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Airasca has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 healthcare facility.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 12.7% of the land in Airasca, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Airasca is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Airasca. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Airasca: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Airasca are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 25 inhabited census areas in Airasca. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.4%
  • fair 48.9%
  • good 50.7%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 001002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.