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Sant'Alessio Siculo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Messina, Sicilia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Sant'Alessio Siculo, the Ionian coast between Messina and Taormina

Sant'Alessio Siculo is a seaside village on the Ionian coast of Messina province, between Messina and Taormina, closed off to the south by the headland of Capo Sant'Alessio. The centre stretches along the strip of land between the beach and the hills, with a seafront, low houses and blocks of flats built in recent decades. In summer the population grows with holidaymakers.

Tourism shapes the property market: flats near the sea, holiday homes, villas on the hills behind the village. If you buy close to the beach, consider exposure to storm surges and the effect of salt air on steel and window frames; near streams the report checks the official flood maps, on the hillside the slope and landslides.

Sant'Alessio has grown: Istat, the national statistics office, counts 1,547 residents in 2023, up 3.3% on 2011. The average age is 47.9 against 46.7 in the province, over-65s are 26.3% and foreign residents 7.8%. Households average 1.80 people, and declared incomes are above the provincial average.

The village is in seismic zone 1, like 16 other municipalities in the Messina area, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.237 g. The coast between Messina and Catania has a long history of earthquakes: for a 1970s concrete block of flats, ask whether a seismic assessment exists and what state the pillars and beams are in.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report links the address to the land parcel.

Key points

  • Ionian coast between Messina and Taormina, below Capo Sant'Alessio.
  • Population up 3.3% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 1, expected acceleration 0.237 g.
  • Near the sea: consider salt air and storm surges.

Overview

Sant'Alessio Siculo is a municipality in the province of Messina, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 1,547 residents, ranked 63 of 108 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Alessio Siculo is in seismic zone 1, the highest-risk zone, where very strong earthquakes are possible. Only 17 of 108 municipalities in the province are in zone 1.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.237 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Sant'Alessio Siculo, 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 grown by 3.3%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 7.8% of the population. On average, a household has 1.8 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Alessio Siculo declared an average taxable income of 21,938 euros, above the provincial average (20,687 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sant'Alessio Siculo is in climate zone B, with 652 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 December to 31 March, for up to 8 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 15 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Alessio Siculo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 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 13.2% of the land in Sant'Alessio Siculo, compared with 6.0% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.4 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Official databases list no contaminated sites in Sant'Alessio Siculo.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Sant'Alessio Siculo: 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 Sant'Alessio Siculo 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 Sant'Alessio Siculo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 57 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 10.8%
  • fair 89.2%

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 083085. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.