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Manduria: what to know before buying a home

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

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Manduria, Primitivo wine, Messapian walls and the Ionian Sea

Wine made the name famous. Primitivo di Manduria comes from the flat countryside of vineyards and olive groves around the town, in the eastern part of the province of Taranto, where the Salento peninsula begins. Taranto is less than forty kilometres to the west. From its oldest past the town keeps stretches of Messapian walls, built by the people who lived here before the Romans, and the Fonte Pliniana, a cave with a spring described by Pliny the Elder.

For a buyer, Manduria is really two places. There is the town itself, whose old centre is made of courtyards and narrow lanes, and there are the beach settlements on the Ionian Sea, about ten kilometres away, San Pietro in Bevagna among them. On the coast summer houses dominate, lived in for a few months a year, so wiring, plumbing, utility connections and the legality of past building work deserve closer checks than usual. In the old town, the low price of some historic houses has to be weighed against the cost of the work they need.

There were 29,810 residents in 2023, down 3.6% since 2011. Among the 29 municipalities of the province, Manduria ranks number 5 by population and holds 5.4% of its residents. The estimated average age is 47.4, against 46.5 for the province, and foreign residents make up 3.4%. Average declared incomes are below the provincial figure.

Earthquake hazard is low. Manduria is in seismic zone 4 together with 18 other municipalities in the province, while 10 municipalities, Taranto and the western part of the province, sit one class higher. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.052 g. With stone buildings, the first things to look at are the floors and the roof.

The almost flat land raises another point: after heavy rain, water can pool in low-lying areas, especially towards the coast. The report checks the official flood maps at the exact point of the address.

Key points

  • Primitivo country between Taranto and Salento, with beaches on the Ionian.
  • Population down 3.6% since 2011, average age 47.4.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.052 g.
  • Coastal summer houses: check systems and building permits.

Overview

Manduria is a municipality in the province of Taranto, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 29,810 residents, ranked 5 of 29 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Manduria is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (19 of 29) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.052 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has fallen by 3.6%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Manduria declared an average taxable income of 17,984 euros, below the provincial average (20,557 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Manduria is in climate zone C, with 1,174 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 79 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Manduria has 16 schools and 11 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 16 grocery shops and supermarkets, 19 healthcare facilities, 20 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

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 10.7% of the land in Manduria, compared with 9.6% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 11.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Manduria is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Puglia in 2025. 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Manduria. 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 Manduria: 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 Manduria 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 108 inhabited census areas in Manduria. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 35.3%
  • good 64.4%

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 073012. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.