Piano di Sorrento: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Napoli, Campania. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Piano di Sorrento, between Marina di Cassano and the Lattari hills
Piano di Sorrento takes up the middle of the Sorrento peninsula, on a shelf of tufa (the soft volcanic stone of this coast) that climbs from the sea towards the Lattari mountains, between Meta and Sant'Agnello. The town ends at a cliff above the Bay of Naples. At the bottom, reached by a steep road, is Marina di Cassano, a small harbour used by fishermen and pleasure boats. Seafaring runs deep here, as it does across the whole peninsula.
Compared with Sorrento, Piano feels more like a place where people live all year, although tourism still counts. There are apartment buildings along the main road through the centre, villas among the citrus groves and scattered houses on the hills towards the Lattari, where the lanes become narrow and steep. The Circumvesuviana railway station links the town with Sorrento and Naples. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.
In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 12,288 residents, down 5.4% on 2011. The population is older than the provincial one, with an estimated average age of 45.9 against 43.2 and over-65s at 24.3% against 20.0%. Foreign residents make up 2.5%. For such a small place there are plenty of bars and restaurants: 6.67 per 1,000 residents, against 4.49 across the metropolitan area.
Almost the whole province of Naples is in seismic zone 2 (76 municipalities). Piano di Sorrento is one of the 16 in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.098 g. Many houses in the centre have tufa walls and are more than a hundred years old, so before signing ask to see what work has been done on floors, roofs and walls, and whether any strengthening has been carried out.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the plot. On the cliffs down to the harbour and on the Lattari slopes, the hazard of rockfalls and landslides changes a great deal from one spot to the next and is checked for the individual address.
Key points
- Heart of the Sorrento peninsula, with Marina di Cassano below the cliff.
- Population down 5.4% since 2011; average age 45.9.
- Seismic zone 3, one step below most of the province.
- Circumvesuviana station with trains to Sorrento and Naples.
Overview
Piano di Sorrento is a municipality in the province of Napoli, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 12,288 residents, ranked 56 of 92 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Piano di Sorrento is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 16 of 92 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.098 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 5.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, higher than the province average (43). 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 2.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Piano di Sorrento declared an average taxable income of 24,758 euros, above the provincial average (21,545 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Piano di Sorrento is in climate zone C, with 1,121 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 96 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Piano di Sorrento has 10 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 13 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.
There are 1.1 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 25.7% of the land in Piano di Sorrento, compared with 34.9% 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 no contaminated sites in Piano di Sorrento.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Piano di Sorrento: 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 Piano di Sorrento 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 53 inhabited census areas in Piano di Sorrento. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 40.0%
- good 60.0%
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 063053. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.