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Marcianise: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Caserta, 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 San Giuliano 3, Marcianise.

Marcianise, industry and shopping on the Caserta plain

Over recent decades the countryside around Marcianise has filled up with warehouses, logistics centres and large retail sites, including one of the busiest outlet malls in southern Italy. The freight village, shared with Maddaloni, handles a significant share of the goods heading into Campania. The town lies on the plain between Caserta and Naples, a few kilometres from the Royal Palace of Caserta, and lives off that position.

The old centre keeps the courtyard houses typical of villages on the Campanian plain, with large doorways opening onto inner yards; around them are blocks from the 1970s and 1980s and newer districts. Anyone buying a courtyard house should expect major work and sharing the yard with other owners. Traffic towards the shopping areas and the motorway, especially at weekends, is worth taking into account.

Marcianise has a young population: average age 42.2 against 43.1 in the province of Caserta, over-65s at 17.8%, and households of 2.67 people on average. Residents are falling, though: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 38,292 in 2023 against 40,297 in 2011, a drop of 5.0%. Foreign residents make up 3.2%. Average incomes are close to the provincial level.

The province of Caserta has 5 municipalities in seismic zone 1, the highest on the Civil Protection scale, and Marcianise is in zone 2, like 96 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.130 g. Before buying in a block from the second half of the twentieth century, ask for the design date, the structural sign-off and any work on the frame.

The land is flat and crossed by drainage canals, so flood hazard is checked for the address. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report traces the plot.

Key points

  • Freight village, industry and outlet shopping on the Caserta plain.
  • Young population: over-65s at 17.8%.
  • 38,292 residents, down 5.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.130 g.

Overview

Marcianise is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 38,292 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Marcianise is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (96 of 104) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.130 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Marcianise, 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 resident population has fallen by 5.0%. The estimated average age is 42 years, in line with the province. 18% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.7 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Marcianise declared an average taxable income of 20,328 euros, in line with the province (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Marcianise is in climate zone C, with 1,107 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 33 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Marcianise has 49 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 36 grocery shops and supermarkets, 24 healthcare facilities, 21 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 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 39.9% of the land in Marcianise, compared with 10.5% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 10 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Marcianise, and 8 more have been cleaned up or closed. 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 Marcianise: 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 Marcianise 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 56 inhabited census areas in Marcianise. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.0%
  • fair 35.7%
  • good 64.3%

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 061049. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.