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Bagheria: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Palermo, Sicilia. 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: Corso Butera 1, Bagheria.

Bagheria, aristocratic villas and the sea at Aspra

In the eighteenth century the noble families of Palermo built their country villas at Bagheria, and the town grew up around them. The most famous is Villa Palagonia, with stone monsters lining its outer wall; Villa Cattolica houses the museum devoted to the painter Renato Guttuso, who was born here, as was the film director Giuseppe Tornatore.

Today Bagheria is a large town in Palermo's commuter belt, east of the city, between Monte Catalfano and the citrus groves that once surrounded it. Many villas ended up hemmed in by blocks built during the building boom. Aspra, the seaside hamlet, is a fishing village of low houses and a small harbour. The station is on the line to Messina and Catania, with trains to Palermo, and the A19 motorway runs beside the town.

Bagheria had 53,010 residents at the end of 2023, down 2.3% since 2011, and it is the second town of the province after Palermo. The average age of 43.6 is below the provincial figure and households have 2.41 members on average. Foreign residents are only 1.2%. Incomes are lower than the provincial average. Being in climate zone B, winters are mild, so summer heat, orientation and shade matter more.

Almost the whole province of Palermo is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection map, Bagheria included: 81 of 82 municipalities. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.177 g. Always ask for the planning and structural paperwork: not every block put up in a hurry has its designs and structural sign-off in order, and a pending amnesty application for unauthorised work (condono) can complicate a mortgage.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps can be consulted and the report finds the plot from the address. On the slopes of Monte Catalfano and along the coast at Aspra, landslide and flood hazard are read for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Town of eighteenth-century villas, with Villa Palagonia and the village of Aspra.
  • Trains to Palermo and the A19 motorway beside the town.
  • 53,010 residents, down 2.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.177 g.

Overview

Bagheria is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 53,010 residents, the second most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bagheria is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.177 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Bagheria, 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 2.3%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 1.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bagheria declared an average taxable income of 19,151 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bagheria is in climate zone B, with 874 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 December to 31 March, for up to 8 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 76 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bagheria has 48 schools and 17 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 32 grocery shops and supermarkets, 51 healthcare facilities, 39 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.

There are 1.0 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more 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 25.3% of the land in Bagheria, compared with 5.7% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 Bagheria. 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 Bagheria: 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 Bagheria 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 775 inhabited census areas in Bagheria. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 82 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 8.8%
  • good 28.1%
  • very good 63.1%

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 082006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.