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Goito: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Mantova, Lombardia. 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: Strada Statale Goitese 1, Goito.

Goito, a bridge on the Mincio between Mantua and Brescia

Goito grew up around its bridge over the Mincio, on the road from Mantua to Brescia, which takes its name, the Goitese, from the town. The river, flowing out of Lake Garda, runs through a green corridor protected by the Mincio Regional Park, and during the wars of Italian unification the crossing was fought over. Today Goito is a farming and small-business town on the Mantua plain, with many hamlets scattered across the countryside.

The municipality is large and flat, made up of fields, farmsteads and livestock farms, with the main town on the river and smaller settlements several kilometres away. For buyers, the first decision is where to be: the town has shops and services, while the hamlets offer bigger houses with land but are further from everything. Getting to Mantua or the Castiglione delle Stiviere area almost always means driving, and the report shows how far schools, pharmacies and bus stops are from the address. There are 1.50 sports facilities per 1,000 residents, against 0.79 in the province.

In 2023 there were 10,022 residents, down 2.6% on 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office. The estimated average age of 46.3 is in line with the province, and foreign residents make up 14.3%, a high share for the province. Declared incomes are slightly below the Mantua average.

Goito is in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification, like 59 of the 64 municipalities in the province, with expected acceleration of about 0.117 g. The Mantua area felt the 2012 Emilia earthquakes closely, so for masonry houses and farm buildings ask whether there was any damage and how it was repaired.

Along the Mincio and the irrigation canals, flood exposure has to be read at the address, which the report does. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the plot can be traced.

Key points

  • On the Mincio, along the Goitese road between Mantua and Brescia.
  • Large area with scattered hamlets: some homes are far from services.
  • Foreign residents 14.3%; population down 2.6% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.117 g.

Overview

Goito is a municipality in the province of Mantova, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 10,022 residents, ranked 10 of 64 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Goito is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 64) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.117 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 fallen by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 14.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Goito declared an average taxable income of 24,295 euros, in line with the province (25,367 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Goito is in climate zone E, with 2,388 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 33 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Goito has 8 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 15 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.7 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Goito.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.0% of the land in Goito, compared with 10.7% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Goito is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. 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 open contaminated sites in Goito; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Goito: 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 Goito 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 212 inhabited census areas in Goito. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.0%
  • fair 79.1%
  • good 19.9%

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 020026. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.