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Costabissara: 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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For example: Strada Statale 46 del Pasubio 1, Costabissara.

Costabissara, at the foot of the hills north-west of Vicenza

Costabissara lies just north-west of Vicenza, where the plain meets the first hills rising towards the mountains. It is a residential part of the Vicenza commuter belt, with detached and terraced houses and small apartment blocks built in recent decades, and scattered houses and villas among the woods on the hills behind.

Declared incomes here are well above the Vicenza average, and the figures describe a town of families. At the end of 2023 there were 7,611 residents, according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 6.3% since 2011, with an average age of 44.7, below the provincial 45.9, and foreign residents at 5.8%.

People usually buy here to be close to the city without living in it. Vicenza is a few minutes' drive away, and the basic services are in town: Overture Maps lists 6 supermarkets and 10 sports facilities, more per resident than the provincial average. Gradients, access and distance from services change a good deal between the flat part of town and the hillside.

Earthquake hazard in the Vicenza area is moderate: 79 municipalities in the province are in zone 2 of the Civil Protection Department's classification, Costabissara among them, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.158 g. For houses built before the 1990s, find out whether any structural work has been done; for recent ones, ask for the design and the inspection certificate.

On the hillsides the report checks landslide hazard, while in the lower part, crossed by channels and streams running down towards Vicenza, it checks flood hazard. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the plot.

Key points

  • Commuter belt north-west of Vicenza, between plain and hills.
  • Population up 6.3% since 2011, average age 44.7.
  • Declared incomes well above the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.158 g.

Overview

Costabissara is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 7,611 residents, ranked 34 of 112 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Costabissara 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 0.158 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Costabissara, 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 grown by 6.3%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Costabissara declared an average taxable income of 30,418 euros, above the provincial average (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Costabissara is in climate zone E, with 2,388 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 49 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Costabissara has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 6 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.8 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 20.4% of the land in Costabissara, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Costabissara 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 no contaminated sites in Costabissara.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Costabissara: 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 Costabissara 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 37 inhabited census areas in Costabissara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.4%
  • fair 98.6%

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 024035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.