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Campo Calabro: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria. 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 Risorgimento 1, Campo Calabro.

Campo Calabro, the hills behind Villa San Giovanni

From the hills of Campo Calabro you can see the Strait of Messina and Sicily opposite: the town lies directly behind Villa San Giovanni. Reggio Calabria is about twenty kilometres away, and the ferries to Messina at Villa San Giovanni are a few minutes by road. The town has grown in recent decades as a residential area for people working around the Strait.

The figures show it. There are 4,471 residents, up 1.4% on 2011, in a province where many small municipalities are losing people. The population is young, with an average age of 44.1 against 45.2 in the province, over-65s make up 21.7% and households have 2.50 people on average. Declared incomes are above the average for the province of Reggio Calabria.

Homes are mainly low-rise blocks and detached houses built from the 1970s onwards, with a few older clusters. A view of the Strait adds value to many of them, but buyers should look at the structure first. The town has basic services, with 7 school sites recorded; for everything else people go to Villa San Giovanni or Reggio.

Earthquakes are the first issue here. The whole province is in seismic zone 1 of the Civil Protection classification, the highest, and the expected ground acceleration in Campo Calabro is about 0.258 g. Before buying, ask for the structural design and sign-off, the year of construction and, for older buildings, whether any seismic upgrading has been done. In buildings where floors were added at different times, a surveyor's inspection matters even more.

Gullies and streams run down between the hills and the sea: the report checks the official landslide and flood maps for the individual address.

Key points

  • Hills above Villa San Giovanni, with views over the Strait.
  • 4,471 residents, up 1.4% since 2011.
  • Average age 44.1, incomes above the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 1, high acceleration: about 0.258 g.

Overview

Campo Calabro is a municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 4,471 residents, ranked 28 of 97 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Campo Calabro is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. All 97 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.258 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Campo Calabro, 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 1.4%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Campo Calabro declared an average taxable income of 22,741 euros, above the provincial average (19,157 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Campo Calabro is in climate zone C, with 1,015 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 138 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Campo Calabro has 7 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

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 17.6% of the land in Campo Calabro, compared with 5.8% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Campo Calabro.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Campo Calabro: 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 Campo Calabro 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 39 inhabited census areas in Campo Calabro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 99.9%

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

ISTAT code 080018. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.