Santa Maria la Carità: 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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Santa Maria la Carità, greenhouses and homes below the Lattari hills
On the plain between Castellammare di Stabia, Sant'Antonio Abate and Pompeii, Santa Maria la Carità is a young municipality: until a few decades ago it was part of Gragnano, before becoming independent. The landscape is that of the Sarno plain, flat and fertile, farmed for vegetables, with many greenhouses among the houses. The Lattari mountains rise to the south, and to the north the plain runs on towards Vesuvius.
The town has grown along its roads without a real historic centre, and mixes family houses of two or three storeys, small blocks of flats and farms. Buyers will generally find lower prices than on the coast, with Castellammare and the Circumvesuviana railway a short drive away. Check what the neighbouring land is zoned for, often agriculture, and whether any extensions were properly authorised.
The population is flat. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 11,731 residents in 2023, just 5 more than the 11,726 of 2011. It is one of the youngest populations in the province, with an estimated average age of 40.4 against 43.2 and over-65s at 16.5%. Households are large, 2.91 people on average, and foreign residents make up 1.4%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average. There are 0.77 supermarkets per 1,000 residents, above average, while bars and restaurants are few.
Almost the whole province of Naples, 76 municipalities, is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection Department's scale. Santa Maria la Carità is instead one of the 16 in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.119 g. It is still sensible to ask when the house was built and what structural checks exist, especially where floors were added at different times.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. The plain is crossed by drainage canals running towards the Sarno, so flood hazard depends on the exact position and is checked address by address.
Key points
- Farming plain between Castellammare, Pompeii and the Lattari hills.
- Average age 40.4; households of 2.91 people.
- Seismic zone 3, one step below most of the province.
- Drainage canals: flood hazard checked address by address.
Overview
Santa Maria la Carità is a municipality in the province of Napoli, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 11,731 residents, ranked 60 of 92 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Santa Maria la Carità is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 16 of 92 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.119 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 40 years, lower than the province average (43). 16% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 1.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.9 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Santa Maria la Carità declared an average taxable income of 17,311 euros, below the provincial average (21,545 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Santa Maria la Carità is in climate zone C, with 1,112 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 16 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Santa Maria la Carità has 11 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).
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 48.6% of the land in Santa Maria la Carità, compared with 34.9% in the province and 10.6% 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 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 no contaminated sites in Santa Maria la Carità.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Santa Maria la Carità: 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 Maria la Carità 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 66 inhabited census areas in Santa Maria la Carità. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 15.1%
- good 84.9%
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 063090. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.