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Lustra: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Salerno, 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: Via Ripetta 1, Lustra.

Lustra and Rocca Cilento, hill country inland in the Cilento

Two main settlements make up Lustra, a municipality inland in the Cilento in the province of Salerno: Lustra itself and Rocca Cilento, the hamlet built around the medieval castle. The landscape is hills planted with olive trees, with woodland on the steeper slopes, and the coast around Agropoli is the nearest place for shops and services.

Buyers here mostly look at village houses and country cottages with a little land and a few olive trees, either to live in all year or as a base not far from the sea. You need a car for everything: secondary schools, the hospital and large shops are on the coast or towards Salerno. The climate zone is D, with mild winters, but stone houses that have been shut up for a long time suffer from damp and deserve a careful look.

In 2023 there were 1,007 residents, down 8.5% on the 2011 census. The average age (46.1) is close to the provincial figure (45.2), over-65s make up 23.9% and foreign residents 4.4%. Average declared incomes are lower than in the province as a whole.

The province of Salerno spans several seismic zones. Lustra is in zone 3 along with 42 other municipalities, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.085 g. For a cottage that needs restoring, have a surveyor or engineer assess the walls and roof before you make an offer, because structural work can cost more than the finishes.

Using the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps, the report goes from the address to the plot. For hillside land it shows the slope and the official landslide maps at that exact spot, as well as the local price band and how far the nearest services are.

Key points

  • Lustra and Rocca Cilento, with its castle, among olive-covered hills.
  • 1,007 residents in 2023, down 8.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.085 g.
  • Cottages with land: have walls and roof checked before an offer.

Overview

Lustra is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 1,007 residents, ranked 123 of 158 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lustra is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 43 of 158 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.085 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 8.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 4.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lustra declared an average taxable income of 16,456 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lustra is in climate zone D, with 1,720 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 466 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lustra has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 7.3% of the land in Lustra, compared with 8.0% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is low. 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 contaminated sites in Lustra.

Landslides and flooding

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

Residents by band

  • fair 79.2%
  • good 20.8%

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 065064. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.