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Santa Elisabetta: what to know before buying a home

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

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Santa Elisabetta, wheat and hills inland from Agrigento

Santa Elisabetta is a small municipality inland from Agrigento, in open hill country planted with wheat, almonds and olives. The village is compact, with low houses, and lives mainly from farming and from commuting to the provincial capital, which is reached by car. The beaches of the Agrigento coast are within easy reach for a day out.

Like many villages in inland Sicily it has lost a lot of residents. In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,176, down 16.6% from 2,608 in 2011. The average age is 46.0, in line with 45.6 for the province, and 24.5% are over 65. Foreign nationals make up 3.5%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.

Most homes for sale are detached houses on two or three floors, some needing renovation. The climate is mild, zone C, but summers are hot and dry, so ask about orientation, roof insulation and water supply before buying. Overture Maps data show 3 schools and 1 pharmacy in the village.

Santa Elisabetta is in seismic zone 2, like 27 of the 43 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.062 g. The value is moderate, but with an older building it still helps to know how the floors and walls are built. The report starts from the address, finds the plot on the Revenue Agency cadastral maps and reads the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Wheat and almond hills inland from Agrigento.
  • 2,176 residents, down 16.6% since 2011.
  • Average age 46.0, in line with the province.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.062 g.

Overview

Santa Elisabetta is a municipality in the province of Agrigento, in Sicilia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,176 residents, ranked 36 of 43 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Santa Elisabetta is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (27 of 43) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.062 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Santa Elisabetta, 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 16.6%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 3.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Santa Elisabetta declared an average taxable income of 16,753 euros, below the provincial average (18,027 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Santa Elisabetta is in climate zone C, with 1,230 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 457 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Santa Elisabetta has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 6.0% of the land in Santa Elisabetta, compared with 5.8% in the province and 6.6% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

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 Santa Elisabetta.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Santa Elisabetta: 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 Santa Elisabetta 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 8 inhabited census areas in Santa Elisabetta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.7%
  • good 94.3%

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 084037. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.