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Ivrea: 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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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Torino 3, Ivrea.

Ivrea, Olivetti's town on the Dora Baltea

For much of the twentieth century Ivrea was Olivetti's town, and you can still see it walking along Via Jervis among the factories, offices and housing built for the company's staff, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an industrial city of the twentieth century. The old town, with its castle and cathedral, stands on the banks of the Dora Baltea where the river leaves the Aosta Valley. Around it lies a vast ring of glacial moraine hills, closed to the east by the long ridge of the Serra, with small lakes in between. At Carnival, teams of orange-throwers battle it out in the squares.

The housing stock is varied: old buildings in the centre, houses and small villas in the Olivetti districts, post-war blocks. For protected buildings inside the UNESCO area, check the restrictions before planning any work. The Chivasso to Aosta railway and the Turin to Aosta motorway connect the town with Turin.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 22,427 residents in 2023, down 4.9% on 2011. Ivrea is an old town in demographic terms, with an average age of 49.5 against 47.4 for the province and over-65s at 30.0%. Foreign residents make up 9.1%. Declared incomes remain above the Turin metropolitan average, a legacy of decades of skilled work.

The Dora Baltea runs through the town and is the first thing to check for homes near the river, which has had serious floods in the past. The report looks up the official flood and landslide maps for the address.

Earthquake hazard is low: Ivrea is in seismic zone 3, like 271 of the 312 municipalities in the province, and expected ground acceleration is low, about 0.043 g. Heating and insulation matter more in a town with cold winters. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published, and the report finds the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • Olivetti's town, a UNESCO site, on the Dora Baltea.
  • 22,427 residents, down 4.9% since 2011.
  • An older population, over-65s at 30.0%.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.043 g.

Overview

Ivrea is a municipality in the province of Torino, in Piemonte. At the end of 2023 it had 22,427 residents, among the most populous in the province (14 of 312).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Ivrea 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 0.043 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 4.9%. 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 9.1% of the population. On average, a household has 2.0 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Ivrea declared an average taxable income of 28,069 euros, in line with the province (27,231 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Ivrea is in climate zone E, with 2,737 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 253 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Ivrea has 30 schools and 7 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 20 grocery shops and supermarkets, 32 healthcare facilities, 34 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 1.4 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more 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 21.4% of the land in Ivrea, compared with 8.6% in the province and 6.7% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 4.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Ivrea 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 9 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Ivrea, 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 Ivrea: 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 Ivrea 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 129 inhabited census areas in Ivrea. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.2%
  • fair 41.4%
  • good 58.4%

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 001125. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.