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Bairo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Torino, Piemonte. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Bairo, Canavese hill country between Ivrea and Turin

Bairo is a village in the Canavese, the hilly area north of Turin whose main town is Ivrea. It stands at about 360 metres on the edge of the plain, with hills and woods behind it and fields and meadows around the old centre. It is a quiet, residential place where people live in their own houses with a garden or vegetable plot.

Buyers will find village houses with courtyards, rural buildings and detached houses built in recent decades. For work people head towards Ivrea, the nearby Canavese towns or Turin, always by car. Older houses often need work on the roof, systems and insulation; in climate zone E, with cold winters, the energy rating has a big effect on running costs.

The population is older than the provincial average. At the end of 2023 there were 784 residents, down 3.9% on 2011; the average age is 49.4 against 47.4, and over-65s are 30.2%, against 26.4% in the province of Turin. Foreign residents make up 4.5%. Average declared income is slightly below the provincial figure.

Bairo is in seismic zone 3, like most municipalities in the province (271 out of 312), with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.046 g, a low value. Maintenance and the state of the systems matter more than earthquakes and are best checked with a survey.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps and the report links the address to its land parcel and building. Landslides on the hills and flooding along the streams are read from the official maps for the exact spot.

Key points

  • Canavese village between plain and hills, north of Turin.
  • Over-65s at 30.2%, against 26.4% in the province.
  • 784 residents, down 3.9% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration (0.046 g).

Overview

Bairo is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 784 residents, ranked 221 of 312 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bairo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (271 of 312) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 g, a low 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 3.9%. The estimated average age is 49 years, higher than the province average (47). 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 4.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bairo declared an average taxable income of 25,180 euros, below the provincial average (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bairo is in climate zone E, with 2,684 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 360 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bairo has 1 school and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 12.8% of the land in Bairo, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bairo is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Piemonte in 2023. 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 Bairo. 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 Bairo: 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 Bairo 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 21 inhabited census areas in Bairo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 12.9%
  • good 87.1%

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 001015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.