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Giardinello: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Palermo, Sicilia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Vittorio Emanuele 1, Giardinello.

Giardinello, a hill village behind Carini

The hills between the Carini coast and the interior of the province of Palermo are planted with olives, citrus and vines, and Giardinello sits in the middle of this landscape, at around three hundred metres, within easy reach of the city and the sea. It is a small village with a tidy centre and mostly twentieth-century houses.

For buyers, being close to Palermo and the coast is the main draw. Many residents work in the city or around Carini and the airport, and drive. On offer are family homes in the village, small villas and country houses with land, often also used as summer homes. With country houses, check planning compliance, utility connections and the access road.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, records 2,245 residents in 2023, down 0.6% since 2011, so broadly stable. The average age of 43.1 is lower than the 44.7 of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, and over-65s are 20.7%. Foreign residents make up 1.6%. Declared incomes are below the metropolitan average. The climate is mild (climate zone C).

Giardinello is in seismic zone 2 on the scale kept by the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department), like 80 other municipalities in the Palermo area, with an expected acceleration of 0.176 g. For a masonry or reinforced concrete house a few decades old, a structural check by a surveyor or engineer is useful.

The report for the address adds the official landslide and flood maps for that exact point.

Key points

  • Hill village behind Carini, close to Palermo.
  • 2,245 residents, broadly stable since 2011.
  • Average age 43.1, below 44.7 in the area.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.176 g.

Overview

Giardinello is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,245 residents, ranked 59 of 82 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Giardinello is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) 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 Giardinello, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (45). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 1.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Giardinello declared an average taxable income of 18,180 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Giardinello is in climate zone C, with 1,012 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 275 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Giardinello has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 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 5.8% of the land in Giardinello, compared with 5.7% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Giardinello.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Giardinello: 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 Giardinello 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 17 inhabited census areas in Giardinello. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 15.8%
  • good 84.2%

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 082038. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.