Olevano sul Tusciano: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Olevano sul Tusciano, hamlets in the valley above Battipaglia
Olevano sul Tusciano has no single centre. It is made up of several hamlets spread along the valley of the Tusciano, a stream running down from the Monti Picentini to the plain around Battipaglia. On the mountainside above the valley is the cave of San Michele, an ancient sanctuary set inside a cavern and a place of strong local devotion.
Battipaglia is about ten kilometres away and is where people go for work, shopping and the hospital; Salerno is a little further. Getting around means driving on hill roads. The landscape is olive and chestnut groves, and homes are mostly detached, often with a plot of land, or in small blocks of flats; from one hamlet to the next, the height and the distance to shops and schools change a lot. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.
The town is younger than the province as a whole. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,568 residents in 2023, down 4.6% since 2011, but the average age is 43.5 against 45.2 for the province, and over-65s make up 20.5% against 22.7%. Households have 2.53 members on average. Foreign residents are 3.8%. There are 3 pharmacies, above the provincial average per head.
Olevano is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 97 municipalities in the province of Salerno, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.120 g. Many houses in the valley were built or rebuilt at different times, often with later additions, so before buying ask for the plans, the permits and details of any structural work.
The Tusciano and its tributaries run through narrow valleys and can rise fast in heavy rain, while on the Picentini slopes the ground can slip. The report reads slope, landslide and flood hazard for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces each address to its land parcel.
Key points
- Hamlets along the Tusciano valley, about ten kilometres from Battipaglia.
- Average age 43.5, against 45.2 for the province.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.120 g.
- Streams and slopes: check flooding and landslides by address.
Overview
Olevano sul Tusciano is a municipality in the province of Salerno, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 6,568 residents, ranked 38 of 158 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Olevano sul Tusciano is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (97 of 158) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.120 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Olevano sul Tusciano, 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 4.6%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (45). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Olevano sul Tusciano declared an average taxable income of 17,425 euros, below the provincial average (19,912 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Olevano sul Tusciano is in climate zone D, with 1,542 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 197 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Olevano sul Tusciano has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 8.0% of the land in Olevano sul Tusciano, compared with 8.0% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Olevano sul Tusciano. 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 Olevano sul Tusciano: 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 Olevano sul Tusciano 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 50 inhabited census areas in Olevano sul Tusciano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 1.3%
- fair 50.2%
- good 48.6%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 065082. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.