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Ultimo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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For example: Via Marson 180, Ultimo.

Ultimo, a long side valley above Merano

The Val d'Ultimo branches off the Adige valley near Lana and climbs for miles towards the Ortler range, partly inside the Stelvio National Park. The municipality of Ultimo takes up its upper part, with hamlets strung along the valley road: Santa Valburga, where the town hall stands at over a thousand metres, San Nicolò and Santa Gertrude, the last before the mountains.

Life here revolves around the mountains: farmsteads, livestock, forestry and quiet tourism in summer and winter. Buyers should allow for climate zone F, the coldest in Italy's classification, roads that need winter equipment, and long drives to Merano for bigger services. In farmhouses and traditional homes, what matters is insulation, the heating system and a roof built to carry heavy snow. German is the main language.

There are 2,913 residents (2023), almost unchanged since 2011 (down 0.2%). The mean age is 42.4, below South Tyrol's already young 43.4, and households average 2.50 people.

Earthquakes are a minor concern: all 116 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 4, the lowest, and the expected ground acceleration is 0.048 g. Something else matters more. South Tyrol uses the land register system known as the tavolare, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) does not publish its parcel maps here, so the report cannot show the cadastral plot and says so. Ownership and boundaries are recorded in the Libro fondiario, the land book, held at the land registry office. The landslide, avalanche and flood maps are still worth checking for the address.

Key points

  • Upper Val d'Ultimo, partly in the Stelvio National Park
  • Seismic zone 4, town hall above a thousand metres
  • 2,913 residents, mean age 42.4
  • Tavolare land register: no Revenue Agency parcel maps

Overview

Ultimo is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 2,913 residents, ranked 54 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ultimo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 116 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.048 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 42 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 1.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ultimo declared an average taxable income of 24,099 euros, below the provincial average (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ultimo is in climate zone F, with 4,228 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,190 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Health lists, Ultimo has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 green area.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.2 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 65 public transport stops, served by 5 bus lines. That is about 22.3 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 1.0% of the land in Ultimo, compared with 2.7% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ultimo is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Provincia autonoma di Bolzano in 2026. 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 open contaminated sites in Ultimo; 3 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Ultimo: 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

For Ultimo the Revenue Agency does not publish cadastral maps: the land registry here uses the tavolare (land book) system. The report cannot give a parcel reference, but it still checks risks, services and transport at the address and states this clearly.

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 44 inhabited census areas in Ultimo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 43.1%
  • good 56.9%

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

ISTAT code 021104. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.