Carbonara di Nola: 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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Carbonara di Nola, a young town in the Nola area
In the Nola area, on the eastern edge of the province of Naples, Carbonara di Nola is a small municipality of plain and low hills near Nola and Palma Campania. Vegetable plots and orchards alternate with houses and workshops, and a fairly high share of land is built up for a place of this size. Nola is the reference town for services, secondary schools and shopping; Naples is a drive away along the main roads crossing the area.
What stands out is age. Carbonara di Nola is very young: an average age of 41.1 against 43.2 for the province, and over-65s at 14.5%, compared with 20.0% across the Naples area. The population is also growing. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,449 residents in 2023, 6.3% more than in 2011. Foreign residents account for 6.7%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
House hunters mostly find family homes on two or three floors, small villas and houses with courtyards, often built or extended in recent decades. As with any purchase, check that the property complies with planning and land registry records, meaning that what is there matches the permits and the registered floor plan. The report also checks the official landslide and flood maps for the address.
Local services are limited, with 3 school-related places, 1 pharmacy and 2 supermarkets; for the rest, people rely on nearby towns.
Carbonara di Nola is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 75 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.176 g. For reinforced concrete buildings, ask for the structural design and the final inspection certificate, and for older ones a technical survey. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are available.
Key points
- Nola area, on the eastern edge of the province of Naples.
- Average age 41.1, over-65s at 14.5%.
- Population up 6.3% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.176 g.
Overview
Carbonara di Nola is a municipality in the province of Napoli, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,449 residents, among the smallest in the province (90 of 92).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carbonara di Nola 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 0.176 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Carbonara di Nola, 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 6.3%. The estimated average age is 41 years, lower than the province average (43). 14% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 6.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.8 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carbonara di Nola declared an average taxable income of 17,936 euros, below the provincial average (21,545 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Carbonara di Nola is in climate zone C, with 1,256 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 174 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carbonara di Nola has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
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 14.6% of the land in Carbonara di Nola, compared with 34.9% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
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 no contaminated sites in Carbonara di Nola.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Carbonara di Nola: 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 Carbonara di Nola 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 15 inhabited census areas in Carbonara di Nola. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 100.0%
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 063015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.