Pesaro: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
Liveability index free for any address
Land sheet 6 free checks
Search for an address in Pesaro
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: Strada della Romagna 2, Pesaro.
Pesaro, a seaside town that lives all year round
Pesaro is a seaside town that does not shut down when summer ends. It lies on the Adriatic at the mouth of the river Foglia, it is the birthplace of the composer Gioachino Rossini, celebrated every year with an opera festival, and it has long been one of Italy's furniture-making centres. With 95,392 residents at the end of 2023 it is the largest municipality in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in the Marche region, and home to 27.3% of the people living across the province's 50 municipalities.
The population has grown slightly since the 2011 census (-0.6%). The estimated average age is 47.9 against 46.9 for the province, and 26.6% of residents are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 7.7% of the population.
Earthquake classification is the same everywhere in the province: all 50 municipalities are in seismic zone 2, the second highest of the four hazard classes used by Italy's Civil Protection Department. In Pesaro's built-up area the expected ground acceleration is about 0.183 g, which counts as medium-high. For anyone looking at a flat in an older block, the useful questions are when the building was designed and whether its structure has been upgraded since.
Pharmacies are thinner on the ground than in the rest of the province: the Ministry of Health lists 25 in the town, or 0.26 per 1,000 residents against a provincial average of 0.39.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the municipality, so the report can work out a building's sheet and parcel numbers (foglio and particella) from the street address. Two things cannot be summed up for the town as a whole and are checked at the exact address instead: flood and landslide hazard, which varies a great deal in a place set between a river, the sea and the hills, and the price range of the local area, which the report gives as a band rather than a single figure.
Key points
- Largest municipality in the province, with 27.3% of its residents.
- Population up slightly since 2011 (-0.6%).
- Whole province in seismic zone 2; expected ground acceleration about 0.183 g.
- 25 pharmacies, fewer per resident than the provincial average.
Overview
Pesaro is the capital of the province of Pesaro e Urbino, in Marche. At the end of 2023 it had 95,392 residents, the most populous municipality in the province. 27% of the province's residents live here.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pesaro is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 50 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.183 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Pesaro, 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 7.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pesaro declared an average taxable income of 25,927 euros, above the provincial average (23,718 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Pesaro is in climate zone D, with 2,083 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 11 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pesaro has 76 schools and 25 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 55 grocery shops and supermarkets, 81 healthcare facilities, 144 sports facilities and 33 parks and green areas.
There are 0.8 healthcare facilities 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 16.4% of the land in Pesaro, compared with 6.8% in the province and 7.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 8.4 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Official databases list 13 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Pesaro, and 15 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 Pesaro: 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 Pesaro 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 1,050 inhabited census areas in Pesaro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.7%
- fair 25.3%
- good 52.0%
- very good 22.0%
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
- 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 041044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.