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Mandela: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Roma, Lazio. 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 Colle Cappellino 4, Mandela.

Mandela, Aniene valley between the A24 and the Pescara railway

Leave the A24 motorway at the Vicovaro-Mandela junction and you are a few minutes from Mandela, a small village in the Aniene valley built on a hill above the valley floor. The old centre, gathered at the top, looks down on the valley where the motorway, the Via Tiburtina and the Rome to Pescara railway run.

These links are what set Mandela apart from many villages in the area: Tivoli and Rome are reachable by motorway, and the railway gives an alternative to driving for people who work in the city. The village has basic services; for anything else you go to the valley towns or to Tivoli. Houses in the centre are stone, on several levels and reached on foot; at the foot of the hill and along the country roads there are newer buildings, detached houses and homes with land.

According to Istat, the national statistics office, there were 904 residents in 2023, up 0.8% on 2011. The average age is 46.8 against 46.0 in the Metropolitan City of Rome, over-65s make up 25.2% and foreign residents 10.1%. Households average 2.16 people. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Mandela is in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection classification, like 96 other municipalities in the province, while 24 are in zone 3. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is 0.155 g. In a stone house in the old centre, ask whether work has been done on the walls and floors, and under which permits.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here. The report reads the official landslide maps for houses on the hill, and the flood maps for those near the Aniene, at the individual address.

Key points

  • Hill village in the Aniene valley, near the A24 junction.
  • Rome to Pescara railway on the valley floor.
  • Population up 0.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.155 g.

Overview

Mandela is a municipality in the province of Roma, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 904 residents, ranked 96 of 121 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mandela is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2B. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 121) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.155 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Mandela, 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 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 10.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mandela declared an average taxable income of 24,956 euros, below the provincial average (28,682 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mandela is in climate zone D, with 2,075 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 487 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mandela has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 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 4.7% of the land in Mandela, compared with 13.2% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

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 Mandela.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Mandela: 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 Mandela 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 7 inhabited census areas in Mandela. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 3.0%
  • fair 97.0%

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 058053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.