Albano Laziale: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Roma, Lazio. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Albano Laziale, the Appian Way and the lake in the Castelli Romani
On the Appian Way, at the rim of the crater holding Lake Albano, stands one of the larger Castelli Romani, the old hill towns south-east of Rome. Albano has a little-known military past: Emperor Septimius Severus based a legion here, and remains of the camp can still be seen in town, along with the Cisternone, a vast cistern cut into the rock, and the so-called tomb of the Horatii and Curiatii beside the Appia.
The centre sits at around 400 metres on the side of the Alban Hills, with steep streets and old palazzi. Downhill the town spreads into newer districts and the hamlet of Cecchina, grown up with detached houses and small blocks, out to the countryside towards Rome. Within a few kilometres you find very different homes and prices. Rome is reached by regional train or along the Appia, often jammed at rush hour.
The population is rising: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 39,773 residents in 2023, up 3.5% on 2011. Average age (45.7) and the share of over-65s (22.8%) are close to the figures for the wider Rome area, and foreign residents make up 9.1%. Incomes sit below the provincial average, which the capital pushes up.
The Alban Hills are a dormant volcano and the area gets swarms of small earthquakes. Albano is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 97 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.165 g. In old buildings of tuff and peperino stone, and in blocks put up quickly during the post-war boom, ask for surveys and details of structural work.
On the crater slopes and along the gullies the ground deserves a close look: the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published, so the plot is found from the street address.
Key points
- Hill town on the Appian Way, at the edge of Lake Albano.
- 39,773 residents, up 3.5% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, about 0.165 g: the Alban Hills are active.
- Hilltop centre and the hamlet of Cecchina towards the plain.
Overview
Albano Laziale is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 39,773 residents, ranked 14 of 121 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Albano Laziale is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2B. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 121) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.165 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Albano Laziale, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 3.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Albano Laziale declared an average taxable income of 25,123 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Albano Laziale is in climate zone D, with 1,922 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 400 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Albano Laziale has 24 schools and 12 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 17 grocery shops and supermarkets, 33 healthcare facilities, 29 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.
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 27.3% of the land in Albano Laziale, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list no contaminated sites in Albano Laziale.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Albano Laziale: 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 Albano Laziale 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 329 inhabited census areas in Albano Laziale. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.5%
- fair 49.5%
- good 49.9%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 058003. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.