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Noci: what to know before buying a home

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

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Noci, trulli and farmhouses on the Murgia plateau

Between Alberobello, Putignano and Gioia del Colle, above four hundred metres, Noci sits on the Murgia plateau south-east of Bari, in the land of the trulli, the cone-roofed stone houses of Puglia. The old centre, with narrow lanes and small courtyards known locally as gnostre, clusters on a rise. Around it lies countryside of dry-stone walls, oak woods, trulli and masserie (fortified farmhouses), and just outside town is the Benedictine abbey of the Madonna della Scala.

House hunters in Noci choose between two worlds. In town there are the old centre's small houses, often on several levels, and the districts built in the second half of the twentieth century with low-rise blocks and detached houses. In the countryside there are trulli, lamie (stone cottages) and masserie, sought after as second homes or guest accommodation, but they need work and attention to landscape protection rules and to whether past alterations were authorised. On this limestone plateau rainwater collects in the lame, the shallow valleys, and in hollows, and the report checks flood hazard for the address.

The population is falling and ageing. In 2023 there were 18,221 residents, down 5.5% since 2011 according to Istat, the national statistics office; the estimated average age is 47.8 against 45.8 in the Bari metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 26.4%. Foreign nationals are 2.8%. Cafés and restaurants are plentiful for the size of the town, 5.87 per 1,000 residents against 5.00 in the province, helped by tourism in the trulli area. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The earthquake picture is calm. Noci is in zone 3 of the Civil Protection Department's classification, like 34 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.074 g. In trulli and farmhouses the state of the stone roofs, damp and the systems, often due for replacement, matter more. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and for a trullo in the countryside it is worth checking that the map matches what actually stands on the land.

Key points

  • Old centre with small courtyards, countryside of trulli and farmhouses.
  • Residents down 5.5%, average age 47.8.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected ground acceleration about 0.074 g.
  • For trulli: check roofs, protection rules and the cadastral map.

Overview

Noci is a municipality in the province of Bari, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 18,221 residents, ranked 23 of 41 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Noci is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (34 of 41) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.074 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 5.5%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Noci declared an average taxable income of 20,539 euros, below the provincial average (21,788 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Noci is in climate zone D, with 1,785 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 420 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Noci has 11 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 17 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.7 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).

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 7.0% of the land in Noci, compared with 9.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 5.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Noci 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 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Noci, and one more has 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 Noci: 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 Noci 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 82 inhabited census areas in Noci. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 27.5%
  • good 72.3%

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 072031. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.