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Sesto Fiorentino: 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 Antonio Gramsci 1, Sesto Fiorentino.

Sesto Fiorentino, porcelain, a science campus and Monte Morello

Sesto Fiorentino stretches out at the foot of Monte Morello, north-west of Florence, between wooded hills and the plain. The town's name is tied to porcelain: the Doccia works, later Richard-Ginori, have operated here since the eighteenth century and employed generations of local families. Down on the plain is the University of Florence science campus, with departments and research laboratories.

The character changes between hill and plain. Higher up, in Colonnata, Quinto and on the slopes of Morello, there are older houses, villas with gardens and steep streets. Lower down, residential districts run out towards the Osmannoro industrial and retail area.

For commuters the location works well. The station is on the Florence to Prato line, the motorway runs close to town and Florence airport sits on the municipal boundary. The airport also needs weighing up: in the lower part of town aircraft can be heard, and plans for a new runway have been debated for years. Overture Maps data record 0.18 transport facilities per 1,000 residents, against 0.11 in the province.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 48,997 residents in 2023, up 2.6% since 2011. Over-65s make up 27.0%, slightly above the province (26.1%), and foreign residents 10.8%. Declared incomes are in line with or a little above the Florence area average.

Sesto is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 27 other municipalities in the province, with an expected acceleration of about 0.135 g. For stone houses on the hill, check the walls and roof; for blocks on the plain, the construction date and any work carried out. Streams coming down from Morello and drainage channels on the plain make it worth checking flood hazard at the exact address. The Revenue Agency's land registry maps are available.

Key points

  • Richard-Ginori porcelain and a University of Florence campus.
  • 48,997 residents, up 2.6% since 2011.
  • Airport on the boundary: noise worth checking in the lower town.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.135 g.

Overview

Sesto Fiorentino is a municipality in the province of Firenze, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 48,997 residents, among the most populous in the province (4 of 41).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sesto Fiorentino 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 0.135 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 resident population has grown by 2.6%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 10.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sesto Fiorentino declared an average taxable income of 27,660 euros, in line with the province (27,023 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sesto Fiorentino is in climate zone D, with 1,772 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 55 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sesto Fiorentino has 32 schools and 15 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 13 grocery shops and supermarkets, 31 healthcare facilities, 45 sports facilities and 12 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.4).

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 20.9% of the land in Sesto Fiorentino, compared with 7.4% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.3 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Sesto Fiorentino 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 9 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Sesto Fiorentino, and 26 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 Sesto Fiorentino: 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 Sesto Fiorentino 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 373 inhabited census areas in Sesto Fiorentino. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.7%
  • fair 73.2%
  • good 26.1%

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

ISTAT code 048043. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.