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Scandicci: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Firenze, Toscana. 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 Pisana 1, Scandicci.

Scandicci, the tram into Florence and the hills to the south

On many streets in Scandicci it is hard to tell where Florence ends. The town borders the city to the south-west, and since 2010 tram line 1 has run from its centre to Santa Maria Novella station. For anyone working in Florence, living near a tram stop makes a real difference to the day. By car, the Firenze Scandicci exit of the A1 motorway and the start of the dual carriageway to Pisa and Livorno are a few minutes away.

The municipality has two very different halves. To the north is the flat land towards the Arno, with residential districts built from the 1960s onwards and an industrial area where many leather goods firms work for the big fashion houses. To the south the hills rise, with farms, country churches and villas; people come here for houses with land, though they will need a car and often narrow roads.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 49,384 residents in 2023, down 0.8% since 2011. It is a mature population, with an average age of 48.2 and over-65s at 27.9% against 26.1% in the Florence area. Foreign residents make up 11.3%, and households are small, averaging 2.16 people.

Scandicci is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 27 other municipalities in the province, while 13, mostly towards the Apennines, are in zone 2. The expected acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.127 g. For a flat in a 1960s or 1970s block, ask whether any structural work has been done; for a stone farmhouse, the roof, floors and walls are what count.

The Greve and Vingone streams run through the lower part of town, so flood hazard should be read address by address, while on the hills the landslide maps matter more. The Revenue Agency publishes the land registry maps.

Key points

  • Tram line 1 runs to Santa Maria Novella station.
  • 49,384 residents; over-65s at 27.9%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.127 g.
  • Industrial plain to the north, country houses in the hills to the south.

Overview

Scandicci is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 49,384 residents, the second most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Scandicci is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (28 of 41) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.127 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 48 years, in line with the province. 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 11.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Scandicci declared an average taxable income of 25,816 euros, in line with the province (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Scandicci is in climate zone D, with 1,817 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 47 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Scandicci has 27 schools and 14 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 14 grocery shops and supermarkets, 31 healthcare facilities, 34 sports facilities and 7 parks and green areas.

There are 0.5 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).

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 15.6% of the land in Scandicci, compared with 7.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Scandicci is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 5 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Scandicci, and 18 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 Scandicci: 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 Scandicci 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 348 inhabited census areas in Scandicci. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.7%
  • fair 39.8%
  • good 58.5%

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 048041. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.