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Maida: what to know before buying a home

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

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Maida, the hill town above the Lamezia plain

London has a district called Maida Vale, and the name comes from here: it commemorates the battle fought in 1806 on the plain below the town between British and French troops. Maida is a hill town in the province of Catanzaro, looking over the plain of Sant'Eufemia, the broad lowland of Lamezia Terme that runs down to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Lamezia airport and Lamezia Terme Centrale station are about twenty minutes away by car.

The municipality has two faces. On the hill is the old town, with masonry houses packed together and sloping streets; below is the farmed plain, with olive groves, citrus orchards, greenhouses and scattered homes. Buyers should work out straight away where the property is, because the issues and costs differ: in the old centre it is the age of the walls and access, on the plain the distance from services and from watercourses.

There are 4,493 residents, practically as many as in 2011 (36 more). The population is relatively young, with an average age of 44.8 against 46.1 in the province, and foreign residents make up 12.4%, a high share for Calabria, in an area where farming on the plain needs a lot of labour. Declared incomes are well below the provincial average.

Seismic risk is among the highest in Italy. Maida is in zone 1 of the Civil Protection classification, like 44 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.268 g. Before buying, ask for the year of construction, the type of structure and any work carried out. The report also checks the official landslide maps on the slopes and the flood maps on the plain, always for the individual address.

Key points

  • Hill town above the Lamezia plain; Maida Vale is named after it.
  • 4,493 residents, stable since 2011; 12.4% foreign residents.
  • Seismic zone 1, high acceleration: about 0.268 g.
  • Hill town and farmed plain: different risks.

Overview

Maida is a municipality in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 4,493 residents, ranked 16 of 80 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Maida is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (45 of 80) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.268 g, a high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Maida, 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 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Maida declared an average taxable income of 15,211 euros, below the provincial average (19,667 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Maida is in climate zone C, with 1,323 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 299 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Maida has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 2 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 2.0 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.7).

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 5.5% of the land in Maida, compared with 6.6% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Maida. 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 Maida: 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 Maida 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 37 inhabited census areas in Maida. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.5%
  • fair 99.5%

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 079069. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.