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Borgetto: 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 Roma 1, Borgetto.

Borgetto, in the hills between Partinico and Monreale

From the upper streets of Borgetto you can see the Partinico plain running down towards the Gulf of Castellammare. The town sits in the hills west of Palermo, at around three hundred metres, between Partinico and the Monreale area, in countryside of olive groves, vineyards and citrus orchards. The centre is compact and on a slope, with newer building towards the lower edge and country houses scattered among the fields.

For anyone working in Palermo, the journey is by car, using the Palermo-Mazara motorway that runs across the plain below. The town has everyday services, but for a hospital, offices and larger shops people go down to Partinico or into the city. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Borgetto is a young town. At the end of 2023 there were 7,148 residents according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 1.8% since 2011, with an average age of 42.5 against 44.7 for the province and over-65s at 19.6%. Households average 2.45 people, and there are few foreign residents, 1.8%.

Western Sicily has a significant earthquake history. In Palermo province 81 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, Borgetto among them, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.176 g. In stone houses in the centre and in those from recent decades, sometimes with extra storeys added later, check the design and that the work was properly authorised before committing.

In a town built on a slope, hillsides and drainage also matter, especially on the steepest streets and at the edge of the built-up area. The report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps, published for Borgetto too.

Key points

  • Hill town above the Partinico plain.
  • Young population: average age 42.5, growing since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.176 g.
  • Added storeys and extensions: check design and permits.

Overview

Borgetto is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 7,148 residents, ranked 25 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Borgetto 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 0.176 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Borgetto, 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 1.8%. The estimated average age is 42 years, lower than the province average (45). 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 1.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Borgetto declared an average taxable income of 16,861 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Borgetto is in climate zone C, with 976 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 290 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Borgetto has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities and 5 sports facilities.

There are 0.4 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 8.2% of the land in Borgetto, compared with 5.7% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 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 no contaminated sites in Borgetto.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Borgetto: 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 Borgetto 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 41 inhabited census areas in Borgetto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 15.1%
  • good 74.3%
  • very good 10.6%

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 082013. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.