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Orio al Serio: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bergamo, Lombardia. 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 Portico 1, Orio al Serio.

Orio al Serio, Bergamo's airport town on the city's edge

Orio al Serio borders Bergamo and is home to the city's airport, along with a large shopping centre and a dense area of offices, hotels and car parks. Land-use data confirm what you see on the ground: much of the area is covered by runways, roads, car parks and buildings.

That changes how you assess a house. The village proper is gathered around its old centre, with low-rise houses and a few blocks of flats, and central Bergamo is just a few minutes away. The thing to watch carefully is aircraft noise, which varies a lot from street to street depending on the position relative to the runway, so visit at different times, including the evening, and find out about flight paths. For anyone working at the airport or in logistics, the location is convenient.

The services data list 15 transport-related points. Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,634 residents in 2023, down 5.7% since 2011; the average age is 45.4 and foreign residents make up 12.4%.

All 243 municipalities in the province of Bergamo are in seismic zone 3. In Orio the expected ground acceleration is 0.118 g, so for a building from the 1960s or 1970s it is worth asking whether the structure has been assessed.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report works back from the address to the land parcel, with distances to services measured from the exact location of the house.

Key points

  • Home of Bergamo airport, right on the city's edge.
  • Aircraft noise to be checked street by street, evenings too.
  • All 243 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 3.
  • 15 transport-related points in the services data.

Overview

Orio al Serio is a municipality in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,634 residents, ranked 159 of 243 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Orio al Serio is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 243 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.118 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 5.7%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Orio al Serio declared an average taxable income of 24,349 euros, below the provincial average (26,939 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Orio al Serio is in climate zone E, with 2,522 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 241 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Orio al Serio has 2 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 2 healthcare facilities, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

There are 3.7 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Orio al Serio.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 68.3% of the land in Orio al Serio, compared with 12.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 9.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Orio al Serio is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. 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 no contaminated sites in Orio al Serio.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Orio al Serio: 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 Orio al Serio 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 9 inhabited census areas in Orio al Serio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 55 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 100.0%

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 016150. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.