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Pastorano: 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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Pastorano, lowland farmland near Capua

Pastorano is a lowland municipality in the province of Caserta, a short distance from Capua, set in flat farmland of arable fields and orchards crossed by local roads. The village is small and compact, with a few hamlets, and lies at about 70 metres above sea level. Caserta and the Capua area are the reference points for work and services, and the A1 motorway passes close by.

People buying here usually want a detached house or a villa, and use the car every day. The climate is mild, zone C, with hot summers and short winters. As everywhere on the Caserta plain, check carefully that the house complies with building and land registry records before making an offer, comparing the actual property with the filed documents.

The village is relatively young: a mean age of 43.7, close to the province of Caserta (43.1), with 20.3% over 65. There were 2,871 residents in 2023, down 1.7% since 2011, and foreign nationals make up 7.2%. Declared incomes are in line with the provincial average.

On earthquakes, Pastorano is in seismic zone 2, like 95 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.117 g. In houses built without a clear structural design, this is the first thing to have checked. The report adds the official flood maps for the address, useful on a plain criss-crossed by channels and ditches.

Key points

  • Caserta plain, near Capua
  • Climate zone C, short winters
  • Mean age 43.7, 20.3% over 65
  • Seismic zone 2, acceleration 0.117 g

Overview

Pastorano is a municipality in the province of Caserta, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 2,871 residents, ranked 66 of 104 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pastorano 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 0.117 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Pastorano, 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 1.7%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 7.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pastorano declared an average taxable income of 20,416 euros, in line with the province (20,073 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pastorano is in climate zone C, with 1,176 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 67 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pastorano has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

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 18.6% of the land in Pastorano, compared with 10.5% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

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 no open contaminated sites in Pastorano; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Pastorano: 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 Pastorano 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 22 inhabited census areas in Pastorano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.2%
  • fair 98.8%

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 061055. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.