Villa Santa Lucia: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Frosinone, Lazio. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Villa Santa Lucia, hillside Cassino country
Villa Santa Lucia belongs to the Cassinate, the part of southern Lazio that revolves around Cassino. The town sits north of the city, where the plain starts climbing towards the mountains, and it depends closely on Cassino for schools, hospital, shopping and work. The A1 motorway, Italy's main north-south route, has a junction at Cassino, handy for Rome or Naples, and other links run on provincial roads.
The municipality is split between the old centre on the slope and newer houses along the roads leading down to the valley. For a hill municipality a fair amount of land is built up, with homes, workshops and services. Buyers mostly find small villas, detached houses with gardens and low blocks of flats. If a property is higher up, check the gradient, access and retaining walls; on the valley floor, look at the flood maps, which the report reads for the address along with the landslide maps.
In 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,472 residents, down 6.3% since 2011. The average age of 46.3 is close to that of the province of Frosinone (46.8), as is the share of over-65s, 25.3%. Foreign residents account for 4.9%. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.
In town there are 5 school-related places, 3 supermarkets and 10 cafés and restaurants; for anything else, people go to Cassino.
Earthquakes deserve the most attention. Villa Santa Lucia is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, like 58 other municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration is about 0.199 g. For a building put up before the latest seismic rules, ask for the structural paperwork and, if there is none, have a surveyor check it before completion.
Key points
- Cassino area, on the first slopes north of the city.
- A1 motorway junction at Cassino for Rome and Naples.
- Population down 6.3% since 2011, average age 46.3.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.199 g.
Overview
Villa Santa Lucia is a municipality in the province of Frosinone, in Lazio. At the end of 2023 it had 2,472 residents, ranked 43 of 91 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villa Santa Lucia is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. The region uses a finer breakdown: here the classification is 2A. Most municipalities in the province (59 of 91) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.199 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Villa Santa Lucia, 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 6.3%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 23%). Foreign residents make up 4.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villa Santa Lucia declared an average taxable income of 20,218 euros, below the provincial average (21,514 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Villa Santa Lucia is in climate zone D, with 1,726 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 323 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villa Santa Lucia has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 sports facility.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
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 11.0% of the land in Villa Santa Lucia, compared with 6.9% in the province and 8.2% 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 high. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Villa Santa Lucia. 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 Villa Santa Lucia: 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 Villa Santa Lucia 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 48 inhabited census areas in Villa Santa Lucia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 99.8%
- good 0.2%
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 060089. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.