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Barbariga: what to know before buying a home

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

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Barbariga, farmland of the lower Brescia plain

Fields of maize and fodder, farmsteads, livestock farms and irrigation ditches: Barbariga's landscape is that of the western Bassa Bresciana, the farming plain south-west of Brescia. The village is small, with a centre of courtyard houses and a parish church, and residential streets of detached homes that have grown up around the edges in recent decades.

Buyers here usually want a detached house with a garden or an old courtyard house to restore, and work for businesses on the plain, towards Brescia or in the larger towns of the lowlands. No public transport lines are listed for the municipality in the published timetables, so a car is needed for almost everything. The village has 3 schools, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket and 9 bars and restaurants.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,323 residents (2023), down 2.7% from 2,388 in 2011. The average age is 45.8, in line with the province of Brescia (45.4), and over-65s make up 23.4%. Foreign residents are 11.8%, a significant presence. Average incomes are a little below the provincial level.

Barbariga is in seismic zone 3 under the Civil Protection classification, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.133 g; in the province of Brescia 52 municipalities are in the more exposed zone 2. For a brick courtyard house, check the walls, the roof and rising damp, and in any house the insulation: climate zone E brings cold, foggy winters.

In countryside dense with channels and ditches, the report checks the official flood maps at the address. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps cover the municipality.

Key points

  • Farming plain of the Bassa Bresciana, south-west of Brescia
  • 2,323 residents, down 2.7% since 2011
  • Foreign residents at 11.8%, average age 45.8
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.133 g

Overview

Barbariga is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,323 residents, ranked 129 of 205 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Barbariga is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (153 of 205) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.133 g, a moderate 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 2.7%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Barbariga declared an average taxable income of 24,553 euros, below the provincial average (26,155 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Barbariga is in climate zone E, with 2,341 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 81 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Barbariga has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.7 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Barbariga.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.7% of the land in Barbariga, compared with 10.5% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Barbariga is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia 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 no contaminated sites in Barbariga.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Barbariga: 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 Barbariga 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 9 inhabited census areas in Barbariga. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 50.6%
  • good 49.4%

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 017011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.