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Caserta: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Caserta, Campania. 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: Viale Abramo Lincoln 1, Caserta.

Caserta, beyond the Royal Palace

The Royal Palace (Reggia) commissioned by the Bourbon kings and designed by Luigi Vanvitelli, with its immensely long park, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with its aqueduct and the San Leucio complex, and it has made Caserta known far beyond Campania. The medieval hamlet of Casertavecchia sits in the hills behind the city, while the plain of the Terra di Lavoro opens out around it.

Look at the figures and a city quite unlike its province emerges. Caserta is the most populous of the province's 104 municipalities, with 72,699 residents at the end of 2023, but it accounts for only 8.0% of the population. Above all, it is much older than the surrounding area: an estimated average age of 46.4 against 43.1 for the province, and over-65s at 24.2% against 19.3% provincially and 20.9% for Campania. Since 2011 the number of residents has fallen by 3.9%. The average household has 2.31 people, and foreign residents make up 5.8%.

Services mark the difference too. Overture Maps data record 91 sports facilities in Caserta (1.25 per 1,000 residents against 0.62), 83 healthcare facilities (1.14 against 0.53) and 524 cafés and restaurants, or 7.21 per 1,000 residents against a provincial average of 3.94. The Ministry of Health lists 22 pharmacies.

Italy's Civil Protection Department places Caserta in seismic zone 2, the classification of 96 municipalities in the province; 5 are in zone 1 and 3 in zone 3. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.133 g, a moderate value. Knowing when the building was constructed and what structural work it has had remains important.

The report finds the sheet and parcel (foglio and particella) from an address thanks to the cadastral maps published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). Between the city on the plain and the hills of Casertavecchia, landslide and flood hazard and the local price range are checked for the individual address.

Key points

  • Home of the Royal Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Older than its province: average age 46.4 against 43.1.
  • Services per resident well above the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 2; expected ground acceleration about 0.133 g.

Overview

Caserta is the capital of the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 72,699 residents, the most populous municipality in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Caserta is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (96 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.133 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Caserta, 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 3.9%. The estimated average age is 46 years, higher than the province average (43). 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Caserta declared an average taxable income of 27,791 euros, above the provincial average (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Caserta is in climate zone C, with 1,013 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 68 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Caserta has 86 schools and 22 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 54 grocery shops and supermarkets, 83 healthcare facilities, 91 sports facilities and 16 parks and green areas.

There are 1.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

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 Caserta, compared with 10.5% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list 9 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Caserta, 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 Caserta: 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 Caserta 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 259 inhabited census areas in Caserta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.9%
  • fair 31.1%
  • good 67.1%

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 061022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.