Avellino: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Avellino, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.
For example: Via Francesco Tedesco 0, Avellino.
Avellino, in the heart of Irpinia
Avellino is the capital of Irpinia, the mountainous interior of Campania: a city in a basin crossed by the river Sabato and ringed by the Apennines. It is wine country, with well-known appellations such as Fiano di Avellino, Greco di Tufo and Taurasi, and it still carries the memory of the earthquake of 23 November 1980, which struck the whole of Irpinia hard.
That is exactly why the seismic classification is the first thing to look at. The province of Avellino is split almost down the middle: 58 municipalities are in zone 1, the highest class, and 60 in zone 2. The city is one of the latter, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.196 g, a medium-high value. Whatever you are buying, ask for the design date, the structural completion certificate (collaudo) and details of any later work.
There were 52,121 residents at the end of 2023, 3.9% fewer than at the 2011 census. Avellino is the most populous municipality in the province but, with 118 municipalities in total, it holds just 13.1% of the population. It is older than the surrounding area: an estimated average age of 47.3 against 46.2 for the province, with over-65s at 25.4% compared with 23.9% provincially and 20.9% for Campania. Foreign residents make up 4.5%.
The city is where the area's services are concentrated. Overture Maps data record 55 schools and education sites (1.06 per 1,000 residents against 1.33 in the province) and 54 healthcare facilities (1.04 against 0.49). The Ministry of Health lists 16 pharmacies, less dense than the provincial average (0.31 against 0.43 per 1,000).
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Avellino's cadastral maps, and the report uses them to find the building's plot. In a basin between river and mountains, landslide and flood hazard and local prices are checked for the address, not for the municipality as a whole.
Key points
- Capital of Irpinia, wine country hit by the 1980 earthquake.
- Seismic zone 2; 58 of the province's 118 municipalities are in zone 1.
- Population down 3.9% since 2011.
- Many schools and healthcare facilities per resident.
Overview
Avellino is the capital of the province of Avellino, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 52,121 residents, the most populous municipality in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Avellino is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (60 of 118) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.196 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Avellino, 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 fallen by 3.9%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Avellino declared an average taxable income of 26,636 euros, above the provincial average (19,951 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Avellino is in climate zone D, with 1,742 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 348 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Avellino has 55 schools and 16 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 35 grocery shops and supermarkets, 54 healthcare facilities, 39 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.
There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).
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 31.8% of the land in Avellino, compared with 7.4% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.4 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Avellino, and 4 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Avellino: 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 Avellino 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 291 inhabited census areas in Avellino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.2%
- fair 22.6%
- good 76.3%
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 064008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.