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Latina: what to know before buying a home

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

Search for an address in Latina

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: Via Dante 7, Milan.

Latina, a twentieth-century city

Latina has no medieval core: it was founded in 1932 under the name Littoria, during the draining of the Pontine Marshes, and took its present name after the Second World War. The town plan, with streets radiating from the central square and the rationalist buildings of the 1930s, still reflects that origin. The municipality is flat and reaches the Tyrrhenian coast at its own beach.

It is also the fastest-growing of Lazio's provincial capitals: 127,859 residents at the end of 2023, 8.5% more than at the 2011 census. The municipality is home to 22.6% of the province's population. It is a relatively young place, with an estimated average age of 45.6 and 22.6% of residents over 65, below the Lazio average of 23.4%. The average household has 2.27 people, and foreign residents make up 9.5%.

Seismic hazard is lower than in inland Lazio. Latina is in zone 3, regional sub-zone 3A, like the vast majority of its province (30 of 33 municipalities, with the other 3 in zone 2). The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.077 g, a moderate value. Even in zone 3, for a building that is not recent it is worth asking how and when it was designed.

Services: Overture Maps data record 161 sports facilities, 1.26 per 1,000 residents against 0.94 across the province, and 93 healthcare facilities. Supermarkets are less dense than the provincial average (0.46 against 0.64 per 1,000). The Ministry of Health lists 35 pharmacies.

Sheet and parcel numbers (foglio and particella) are easy to find, because the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the municipality's cadastral maps. On a reclaimed plain criss-crossed by drainage canals and bordered by the coast, flood hazard and the local price range have to be checked for each address, which is what the report does.

Key points

  • Founded in 1932 during the draining of the Pontine Marshes.
  • Population up 8.5% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.6; over-65s at 22.6%.
  • Seismic zone 3 (sub-zone 3A); ground acceleration about 0.077 g.

Overview

Latina is the capital of the province of Latina, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 127,859 residents, the most populous municipality in the province. 23% of the province's residents live here.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Latina is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3A. Most municipalities in the province (30 of 33) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.077 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.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood risk changes from one street to the next, even within the same municipality: for this reason we do not summarise it as a single figure for the whole of Latina.

The report checks the exact address against the ISPRA national maps and tells you in plain words whether the building falls within an at-risk area. The official map is also available on IdroGEO.

House prices

We do not publish price tables by municipality. The report gives the minimum and maximum price per square metre for the address's zone, from the Revenue Agency's OMI valuations, with the reference half-year. It is a range for the zone, not the value of a specific home.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 8.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 9.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Latina has 103 schools and 35 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 59 grocery shops and supermarkets, 93 healthcare facilities, 161 sports facilities and 25 parks and green areas.

There are 0.7 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

This data is gathered from several providers: services may be missing or closed businesses may still appear. The report counts services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre of the address.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

Land registry

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps for Latina: the report finds the building's parcel, that is its sheet and parcel number, starting from the address.

Data sources

ISTAT code 059011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.