Rocca di Neto: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Crotone, Calabria. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Rocca di Neto, on the hill above the Neto plain
Rocca di Neto takes its name from the river that flows at the foot of its hill. The town is in the Marchesato, the farming area around Crotone, north-west of the city: the centre is on high ground at about 160 metres, and below it opens the broad, cultivated plain of the Neto, running down towards the Ionian Sea.
It is a farming municipality, with vegetables, olive groves and cereals on the irrigated plain and farms of all sizes. Crotone is the place for work, the hospital and secondary schools, and is reached by car. The town has spread down from its old quarter of narrow streets and tightly packed houses towards districts of small blocks and detached houses built from the 1970s onwards. Many homes are family houses built one floor at a time.
In 2023 there were 5,315 residents according to Istat, Italy's national statistics office, down 5.0% on 2011. The average age is 43.0 (44.3 in the province of Crotone), over-65s make up 20.6%, and households average 2.54 people. Foreign residents account for 8.0%.
Rocca di Neto is in seismic zone 2 of the classification by the Protezione Civile (Civil Protection Department), like 27 of the 27 municipalities in the province of Crotone, and the expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.187 g. For houses that grew one storey at a time, it matters whether the extra floors were designed and authorised: compliance affects both safety and any future sale. It is also worth having a surveyor check the beams, columns and floors.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report finds the plot from the address. On the plain, near the Neto and the canals, flood hazard matters; on the sides of the hill, landslide hazard. The report reads both for the individual address.
Key points
- Marchesato area near Crotone, on the hill above the Neto plain.
- Over-65s at 20.6%; households of 2.54 on average.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.187 g.
- Homes extended floor by floor: check extra storeys at the town hall.
Overview
Rocca di Neto is a municipality in the province of Crotone, in Calabria. At the end of 2023 it had 5,315 residents, ranked 8 of 27 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rocca di Neto is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. All 27 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.187 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Rocca di Neto, 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 5.0%. The estimated average age is 43 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rocca di Neto declared an average taxable income of 16,535 euros, below the provincial average (17,765 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Rocca di Neto is in climate zone C, with 1,132 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 165 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rocca di Neto has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 2 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 1.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.5).
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 4.8% of the land in Rocca di Neto, compared with 3.8% in the province and 5.1% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 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 no contaminated sites in Rocca di Neto.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rocca di Neto: 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 Rocca di Neto 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 29 inhabited census areas in Rocca di Neto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 22.6%
- good 77.4%
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 101019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.