Torre Annunziata: 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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Torre Annunziata, pasta, Oplontis and Vesuvius behind
For generations Torre Annunziata was one of Italy's pasta capitals: factories along the shore used the sea breeze and the sun to dry macaroni, and a few producers still work here. Beneath the modern town lies Oplontis, with the great Roman villa attributed to Poppaea, protected by UNESCO together with Pompeii and Herculaneum. Vesuvius rises behind the town and the Bay of Naples lies in front.
The volcano is also the first thing a buyer should weigh. Torre Annunziata is inside the red zone of the national Vesuvius emergency plan, the area to be evacuated in advance if an alert is raised, and regional rules have restricted new residential building here for years. Sales go ahead normally, but it affects daily life and the prospects of anyone hoping to extend or rebuild.
The municipality is small and almost entirely built up. Between the historic centre, the working-class districts and the blocks near the port, building quality changes a lot from one street to the next, and prices follow. Trains run on the Naples-Salerno line and on the Circumvesuviana, the local railway around the volcano.
Figures from Istat, the national statistics office, show 40,036 residents in 2023, down 8.0% since 2011, or 3,485 fewer people. Households average 2.59 members, over-65s are 22.1% against 20.0% across the province of Naples, and foreign residents only 1.7%. Average incomes are below the provincial level.
The town is in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection classification, like 76 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.141 g. On top of tectonic earthquakes, the area also feels tremors linked to the volcano. Many blocks date from the post-war decades and some have had extra floors added, so ask for structural surveys and check that no amnesty applications for unauthorised work (condono) are still pending. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the plot.
Key points
- Inside the red zone of the Vesuvius emergency plan.
- 40,036 residents, down 8.0% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.141 g.
- Oplontis excavations and a long pasta-making tradition.
Overview
Torre Annunziata is a municipality in the province of Napoli, in Campania. At the end of 2023 it had 40,036 residents, ranked 15 of 92 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Torre Annunziata is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (76 of 92) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.141 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Torre Annunziata, 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 8.0%. The estimated average age is 43 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 21%). Foreign residents make up 1.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Torre Annunziata declared an average taxable income of 20,619 euros, in line with the province (21,545 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Torre Annunziata is in climate zone C, with 1,123 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 9 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Torre Annunziata has 26 schools and 15 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 19 grocery shops and supermarkets, 23 healthcare facilities, 22 sports facilities and 5 parks and green areas.
There are 0.6 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.9).
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 71.5% of the land in Torre Annunziata, 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 6 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Torre Annunziata, and 7 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 Torre Annunziata: 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 Torre Annunziata 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 154 inhabited census areas in Torre Annunziata. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 3.9%
- fair 71.6%
- good 24.5%
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
- 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 063083. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.