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Sabaudia: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Latina, Lazio. 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: Via Carlo Alberto 1, Sabaudia.

Sabaudia, a 1930s new town between the lakes and Circeo

In the 1930s, while the Pontine Marshes were being drained, Sabaudia was built in a matter of months, one of the new towns founded in that period. The centre keeps its original rationalist layout, with the town hall square and the civic tower. Around it lies a very large, flat area of coastal lakes, dunes and the Circeo headland, much of it inside the Circeo National Park.

Buyers here face three different markets. The centre has flats in buildings from the founding years and later; the strip towards the sea and the lakes has villas and holiday homes used in summer and at weekends, often by people from Rome; and the countryside of the farming hamlets has smallholdings and rural houses tied to agriculture on the Pontine plain. Inside the park, strict building rules apply, and they should be understood before planning any extension.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 19,431 residents in 2023, up 3.3% on 2011. Foreign residents make up 12.0%, partly linked to farm work, and the average age (45.9) is close to that of the province of Latina. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average, and there are 8 parks and green areas.

Seismic risk is limited: zone 3, like 29 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.064 g. In houses close to the sea, salt, damp and the state of render and steelwork matter more.

Water is the thing to check. The reclaimed plain lies only a few metres above sea level and stays dry thanks to canals and pumping stations, while the coast is subject to erosion. The report checks the official flood maps for the address and finds the plot on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • 1930s new town, partly inside the Circeo National Park.
  • 19,431 residents in 2023, up 3.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.064 g.
  • Reclaimed low plain: flood hazard checked per address.

Overview

Sabaudia is a municipality in the province of Latina, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 19,431 residents, ranked 9 of 33 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sabaudia is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 3B. Most municipalities in the province (30 of 33) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.064 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 grown by 3.3%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 12.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sabaudia declared an average taxable income of 22,301 euros, in line with the province (21,502 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sabaudia is in climate zone C, with 1,171 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 17 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sabaudia has 10 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 14 grocery shops and supermarkets, 8 healthcare facilities, 17 sports facilities and 8 parks and green areas.

There are 0.5 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 8.1% of the land in Sabaudia, compared with 10.1% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 6.7 hectares.

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 6 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Sabaudia, and 2 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 Sabaudia: 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 Sabaudia 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 185 inhabited census areas in Sabaudia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 23.2%
  • good 38.8%
  • very good 32.4%
  • excellent 5.6%

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 059024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.