Galliera Veneta: 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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Galliera Veneta, Villa Imperiale and the Treviso border
Galliera Veneta is one of the last municipalities in Padua province before Treviso, between Cittadella and Castelfranco Veneto. Its best-known building is Villa Imperiale, a Venetian villa with a large park, but the surrounding landscape is typical of today's upper Padua plain: warehouses, link roads, housing estates and fields squeezed ever tighter between one business park and the next. The share of built-up land is among the highest in the area.
For a buyer that means jobs nearby and traffic. Firms in the belt between Cittadella, Castelfranco and Bassano employ many residents, and the provincial roads often carry heavy lorries, so a house near a business park or a through road should also be visited at rush hour. The housing is detached and semi-detached houses and terraces, with some blocks of flats in the centre. Schools, 7 according to Overture Maps, are more plentiful per head than the provincial average.
At the end of 2023 there were 7,119 residents according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 1.1% on 2011. The population is a little younger than the Padua area, with an average age of 45.4 against 46.5 and over-65s at 22.6%. Households are large for the Veneto, 2.51 people on average, and foreign residents make up 9.7%.
The figure to look at most carefully is earthquake risk. In Padua province only 12 of the 101 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 on the Civil Protection scale, and Galliera Veneta is one of them, like other municipalities near the foothills. The expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.170 g. For houses built before the recent anti-seismic rules, ask for the structural design and whether any strengthening has been done, perhaps alongside energy-efficiency work.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report traces the address back to its plot. On a plain crossed by irrigation channels and canals, flood hazard is also checked by address on the official maps.
Key points
- Upper Padua plain on the Treviso border, near Cittadella.
- One of only 12 Padua municipalities in seismic zone 2.
- Expected acceleration about 0.170 g: ask for the structural design.
- Households of 2.51 people on average, population rising.
Overview
Galliera Veneta is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 7,119 residents, ranked 42 of 101 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Galliera Veneta is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Only 12 of 101 municipalities in the province are in zone 2.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.170 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Galliera Veneta, 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 1.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Galliera Veneta declared an average taxable income of 26,377 euros, in line with the province (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Galliera Veneta is in climate zone E, with 2,431 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, Galliera Veneta has 7 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 4 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.7).
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 34.6% of the land in Galliera Veneta, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.8 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Galliera Veneta 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 open contaminated sites in Galliera Veneta; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Galliera Veneta: 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 Galliera Veneta 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 46 inhabited census areas in Galliera Veneta. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.1%
- fair 77.6%
- good 22.3%
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 028039. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.