Casale di Scodosia: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Padova, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Casale di Scodosia, reproduction furniture in the Padua lowlands
In the lowlands south of Padua, between Montagnana and Este, Casale di Scodosia is known above all for furniture. For decades, joiners and workshops here and in nearby towns have specialised in period-style furniture, and showrooms along the roads are as much part of the scenery as the fields. Scodosia is the old name for this strip of plain south of the Euganean Hills.
The town is flat, surrounded by farmland and a dense network of drainage ditches and canals. The walls of Montagnana are a few minutes away and Padua about an hour by car. Buyers will find detached houses with gardens, a few blocks of flats in the centre and many homes with a workshop or shed alongside, the legacy of an economy built on small family firms. Prices are generally low, as are declared incomes, which sit well below the provincial average.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 4,630 residents in 2023, down 4.8% on 2011. The average age is 46.5, the same as the province (46.5); over-65s make up 24.8% and foreign residents 9.4%.
In the province of Padua, 89 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 12 in zone 2. Casale di Scodosia is in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.074 g. In houses built on low-lying clay ground, look for cracks and rising damp. The report checks the official flood maps for the address, useful on a plain where water levels are kept in check by pumping stations.
Key points
- Lowlands between Montagnana and Este, home of period furniture.
- 4,630 residents, down 4.8% since 2011.
- Average age 46.5, foreign residents at 9.4%.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.074 g.
Overview
Casale di Scodosia is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 4,630 residents, ranked 60 of 101 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Casale di Scodosia is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (89 of 101) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.074 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 4.8%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.6 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Casale di Scodosia declared an average taxable income of 20,213 euros, below the provincial average (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Casale di Scodosia is in climate zone E, with 2,421 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 13 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Casale di Scodosia has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities and 6 sports facilities.
There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer 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 15.6% of the land in Casale di Scodosia, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.4 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Casale di Scodosia is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. 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 Casale di Scodosia, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. 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 Casale di Scodosia: 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 Casale di Scodosia 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 45 inhabited census areas in Casale di Scodosia. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 61 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 79.3%
- good 20.7%
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.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- 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 028027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.