Caivano: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Napoli, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Caivano, the plain north of Naples towards Caserta
Where the province of Naples meets that of Caserta, Caivano covers a stretch of almost entirely flat Campanian plain. The historic centre gathers around the castle; large housing districts grew up around it in the 1970s and 1980s, among them Parco Verde, built after the 1980 earthquake to house families who had lost their homes. Beyond the built-up area there are fields and industrial sites.
In recent years Parco Verde has been in the national news and the subject of a special government programme. Anyone considering a purchase in Caivano will find very different prices and conditions between that district, the centre and the newer areas. Visit the street in the evening as well, talk to the neighbours and find out how the building is run: it matters as much as the floor area.
The population is young: a mean age of 40.7 against 43.2 for the province, 15.9% over 65, and households of 2.81 people on average. Foreign residents are few, at 2.8%. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 36,024 residents, 1,630 fewer than in 2011 (down 4.3%). Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
Caivano is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 75 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.156 g. The 1980 earthquake left its mark across Campania: for buildings that predate later codes, or were extended without a proper design, a structural assessment before buying is a sensible step.
The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report starts from the land parcel. In the province of Naples building compliance is a sensitive issue, so before completion the actual state of the property should be compared with the floor plan and the permits issued by the town hall.
Key points
- Flat land on the Caserta border, old centre around the castle.
- Mean age of 40.7, only 15.9% over 65.
- 36,024 residents in 2023, 1,630 fewer than in 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.156 g.
Overview
Caivano is a municipality in the province of Napoli, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 36,024 residents, ranked 18 of 92 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Caivano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (76 of 92) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.156 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Caivano, 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 4.3%. The estimated average age is 41 years, lower than the province average (43). 16% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.8 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Caivano declared an average taxable income of 18,125 euros, below the provincial average (21,545 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Caivano is in climate zone C, with 1,090 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 27 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Caivano has 26 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 15 grocery shops and supermarkets, 12 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.
There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).
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 29.6% of the land in Caivano, compared with 34.9% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 9.9 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list 8 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Caivano, and one more has 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 Caivano: 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 Caivano 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 85 inhabited census areas in Caivano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.9%
- fair 13.6%
- good 85.5%
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 063011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.