Toritto: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Bari, Puglia. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Toritto, almond groves on the Murgia south-west of Bari
On the first step of the Murgia plateau south-west of Bari, between Bitonto, Grumo Appula and Altamura, Toritto is a farming town known above all for its almonds: the local varieties, grown for generations, are protected by a Slow Food presidium. The municipality also includes the hamlet of Quasano, higher up towards the woods and pastures of the Alta Murgia.
Bari is about half an hour by car, and many residents work in the city or its industrial area. The old centre has low stone houses, often with roof terraces and inner courtyards, surrounded by newer districts of apartment blocks and detached houses. In the countryside there are rural houses and small dry-stone buildings among almond and olive groves. If you buy a country house, check carefully that it is fully legal in planning terms and has access to water and utilities.
In 2023 Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 8,000 residents, 6.4% fewer than in 2011. The estimated average age is 45.2, close to that of the Bari metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 22.8%. Foreign residents are few, at 2.2%. Average incomes are lower than in the Bari area. Recorded sports facilities are few compared with the provincial average.
In the Bari metropolitan area, 34 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 of the Civil Protection classification and 7 in zone 4. Toritto is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.087 g, a low value. In the stone houses of the centre, what matters most is the roof, damp and the condition of the vaulted ceilings.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps are published and the report traces the plot from the address. On the Murgia, rainwater runs through the lame, natural gullies that cross the plateau: houses near one can flood in heavy storms, and the report checks the hazard for the individual address.
Key points
- Almonds protected by Slow Food, and the hamlet of Quasano.
- Bari about half an hour by car, up on the Murgia.
- Population down 6.4% since 2011; foreign residents 2.2%.
- Seismic zone 3; check houses near the lame gullies.
Overview
Toritto is a municipality in the province of Bari, in Puglia. At the end of 2023 it had 8,000 residents, among the smallest in the province (37 of 41).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Toritto is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (34 of 41) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.087 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 fallen by 6.4%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 2.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Toritto declared an average taxable income of 18,232 euros, below the provincial average (21,788 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Toritto is in climate zone D, with 1,516 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 233 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Toritto has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities and 1 sports facility.
There are 0.6 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
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 5.1% of the land in Toritto, compared with 9.7% in the province and 8.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Toritto is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Puglia in 2025. 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 open contaminated sites in Toritto; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Toritto: 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 Toritto 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 43 inhabited census areas in Toritto. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 35.1%
- good 64.9%
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.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Puglia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- 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 072044. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.