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Asiago: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Vicenza, Veneto. 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 Pennar 8, Asiago.

Asiago, the Seven Communities plateau at a thousand metres

At a thousand metres, among meadows, fir woods and summer dairy farms, Asiago is the main town of the Seven Communities plateau (Altopiano dei Sette Comuni), above the plain of Vicenza. Its name travels around Italy on the cheese made here and across the plateau. It is also a First World War site: the front line ran across these mountains, and the military memorial on Leiten hill holds the remains of tens of thousands of soldiers. For centuries the plateau was home to Cimbrian-speaking communities, using an old Germanic dialect that survives in many place names.

Much of the property market is second homes: flats and chalets used in winter for skiing, especially cross-country, and in summer to escape the heat. It shows in the services listed by Overture Maps: 98 bars and restaurants, or 15.71 per 1,000 residents against 4.54 for the province.

If you plan to live here all year, reckon with climate zone F, the coldest on the Italian scale, with heating on for most of the year, snow and mountain roads down to Vicenza or Bassano. In an older house the energy rating matters as much as the purchase price.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counts 6,240 permanent residents (2023), down 2.4% since 2011. The population is old: 27.8% are over 65, against 23.4% in the province, households average 2.15 people and foreign residents are few, at 3.7%.

Asiago is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection scale, where 1 is the highest hazard, like 78 other municipalities in the province of Vicenza, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.141 g. In the mountains the roof matters too: ask whether it is designed for snow loads and when it was last redone. On slopes and at the edge of the woods the report checks the official landslide maps for the address.

Key points

  • Seven Communities plateau, around a thousand metres, climate zone F.
  • 98 bars and restaurants, a sign of tourism and second homes.
  • Over-65s at 27.8%, against 23.4% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 2; check roofs for snow loads.

Overview

Asiago is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,240 residents, ranked 42 of 112 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Asiago is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (79 of 112) 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 Asiago, 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 2.4%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Asiago declared an average taxable income of 23,674 euros, below the provincial average (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Asiago is in climate zone F, with 4,163 heating degree days, with no limits on when heating may be used. The same table puts the town hall at 1,001 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Asiago has 8 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 11 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 1.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more 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 2.5% of the land in Asiago, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Asiago is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Asiago. 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 Asiago: 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 Asiago 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 61 inhabited census areas in Asiago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 53 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 37.6%
  • fair 62.4%

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 024009. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.