Fiumicino: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Roma, Lazio. 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 di Focene 1, Fiumicino.
Fiumicino, the airport, the harbour canal and Fregene's beaches
Fiumicino is where Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport stands, but locals know it for other things too: the harbour canal at the mouth of the Tiber, the fishing boats, and the beaches of Focene, Fregene and Passoscuro. It became a separate municipality from Rome in the early 1990s and covers a long, flat strip, much of it reclaimed land between the river mouth and the farmland of Maccarese.
The districts feel like separate villages. Isola Sacra and the town centre are closest to the airport and to Ostia; Fregene is a scatter of villas in the pinewood, many built as holiday homes; Maccarese, Aranova, Torrimpietra and Palidoro are more rural. If you are buying near the airport, check the take-off and landing routes, as aircraft noise varies a great deal from one area to another. For Rome there is the airport railway into the city, plus the motorway.
Growth has been strong. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 82,481 residents in 2023, up 22.0% since 2011, or 14,855 more people. The average age is 43.8, over-65s make up 18.4% against 22.9% in the province, and foreign residents 12.3%. There are 665 cafés and restaurants on record, 8.06 per 1,000 residents against 4.96 for the province: the coast fills up in summer.
On earthquakes, Fiumicino is better placed than most of the Rome area. It is in seismic zone 3, shared with only 23 other municipalities in the province, while 97 are in the more hazardous zone 2. Expected ground acceleration is about 0.070 g.
Water is the issue to watch most closely. Much of the land lies only a couple of metres above sea level, reclaimed from marshes and kept dry by drainage channels and pumping stations, and the Tiber runs beside the town. Flood hazard needs checking address by address, and close to the beach it is worth asking about coastal erosion as well.
Key points
- Airport, harbour canal and beaches from Isola Sacra to Passoscuro.
- 82,481 residents, up 22.0% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 3, with only 23 other municipalities in the province.
- Low reclaimed land: check flood hazard for each address.
Overview
Fiumicino is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 82,481 residents, the third most populous in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Fiumicino is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3B. Only 24 of 121 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.070 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 22.0%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 12.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Fiumicino declared an average taxable income of 23,786 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Fiumicino is in climate zone C, with 1,240 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 1 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Fiumicino has 55 schools and 21 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 41 grocery shops and supermarkets, 45 healthcare facilities, 83 sports facilities and 27 parks and green areas.
There are 0.5 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 14.1% of the land in Fiumicino, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 11.0 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list 19 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Fiumicino, and 7 more have 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 Fiumicino: 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 Fiumicino 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 890 inhabited census areas in Fiumicino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 14.2%
- fair 75.4%
- good 10.3%
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 058120. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.