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Partinico: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Palermo, Sicilia. 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: Corso dei Mille 1, Partinico.

Partinico, a farming plain between Palermo and the sea

Partinico sits on a plain ringed by mountains west of Palermo, opening towards the Gulf of Castellammare. It is a large farming town surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and citrus orchards, and its civic history is tied to Danilo Dolci, the social reformer who in the 1950s and 1960s led non-violent campaigns here and in Trappeto for jobs and for a dam on the river Jato, which was eventually built and still irrigates the plain.

People buying in Partinico usually have a link with Palermo, reached on the A29 motorway, which runs right past the town. The historic centre has low houses and small palazzi, often needing renovation, while the newer town has grown with apartment blocks on wide streets. The sea is close, with the beaches of Balestrate and Trappeto a short drive away, and in the countryside there are rural houses and villas used as second homes. Climate zone B means mild winters: heating costs little, while shade and summer cooling matter more.

There were 30,678 residents in 2023, down 2.3% since 2011. The estimated average age is 44.1, a little below the 44.7 of the province of Palermo, and over-65s make up 22.4%. Foreign nationals are 3.6%, many working on the farms. Average incomes are below the provincial figure, which the city of Palermo pushes up.

For earthquakes almost the whole province of Palermo is in zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification: 81 municipalities out of 82, Partinico included, with an expected ground acceleration here of about 0.172 g. Western Sicily remembers the 1968 Belice earthquake, which struck towns not far from here. For old masonry houses, or those with storeys added over time, a structural check before buying is worth paying for.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, so the report finds the plot from the address and then checks landslides on the slopes and flooding on the plain against the official maps.

Key points

  • Farming plain between the mountains and the Castellammare gulf.
  • A29 motorway to Palermo right next to the town.
  • Population down 2.3% since 2011, foreign nationals 3.6%.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.172 g.

Overview

Partinico is a municipality in the province of Palermo, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 30,678 residents, among the most populous in the province (5 of 82).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Partinico is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (81 of 82) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.172 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Partinico, 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 2.3%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 3.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Partinico declared an average taxable income of 18,292 euros, below the provincial average (21,337 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Partinico is in climate zone B, with 796 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 December to 31 March, for up to 8 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 175 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Partinico has 30 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 15 grocery shops and supermarkets, 29 healthcare facilities, 20 sports facilities and 4 parks and green areas.

There are 0.9 healthcare facilities 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 10.5% of the land in Partinico, compared with 5.7% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Partinico, and 4 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 Partinico: 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 Partinico 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 153 inhabited census areas in Partinico. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 80 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.5%
  • fair 13.0%
  • good 32.6%
  • very good 53.9%

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 082054. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.