Sant'Antimo: 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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Sant'Antimo, in the dense belt north of Naples
Coming into Sant'Antimo from Naples or Aversa, it is hard to tell where one town ends and the next begins. Named after its martyr patron saint, it belongs to the ring of towns north of Naples that have grown until they touch, and most of its land is now built on. A few farmed fields remain at the edges.
For buyers, the typical home is a flat in a small block or a courtyard house in the old centre, often divided over time between several families and heirs. In those cases, check ownership, subdivisions and whether the floor plans match what is registered. Public space and sports facilities are scarce: 8 sports facilities on record, 0.25 per 1,000 residents against 0.63 in the province, and 1 green areas. Many residents drive to work in Naples or the industrial area to the north.
The population is younger than the provincial average, with an average age of 41.1 against 43.2, over-65s at 16.4% and large households of 2.76 people on average. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 32,409 residents in 2023, down 5.0% since 2011. Average declared income is below the provincial average and foreign residents make up 3.2%.
Sant'Antimo is in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, like 75 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.152 g. In blocks built between the 1960s and 1980s, often with floors added later, ask for the design date, the structural sign-off and any amnesty paperwork before signing.
With so much ground covered by tarmac and concrete, water struggles to drain during the heaviest storms and some streets flood; the report checks the hazard for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) land registry maps are published and lead to the plot.
Key points
- Very dense town north of Naples, almost entirely built up.
- Average age 41.1, households of 2.76 people.
- 32,409 residents, down 5.0% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.152 g.
Overview
Sant'Antimo is a municipality in the province of Napoli, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 32,409 residents, ranked 22 of 92 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Antimo is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (76 of 92) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.152 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Sant'Antimo, 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 41 years, lower than the province average (43). 16% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 3.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.8 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Antimo declared an average taxable income of 18,286 euros, below the provincial average (21,545 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Sant'Antimo is in climate zone C, with 1,032 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 58 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Antimo has 29 schools and 10 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 18 grocery shops and supermarkets, 18 healthcare facilities, 8 sports facilities and 1 green area.
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 65.8% of the land in Sant'Antimo, compared with 34.9% in the province and 10.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Sant'Antimo. 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 Sant'Antimo: 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'Antimo 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 151 inhabited census areas in Sant'Antimo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.1%
- fair 22.9%
- good 77.1%
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 063073. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.