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Marostica: 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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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 Montello 1, Marostica.

Marostica, the chessboard square and the cherry hills

The square with its giant chessboard, where every other year a chess game is played with living pieces, and the walls climbing from the lower castle to the upper castle on the hill are the image of Marostica. The town sits at the foot of the Asiago plateau, where the Vicenza plain runs up against the first hills, a few kilometres from Bassano del Grappa.

The area has two sides. On the plain are the walled centre, newer neighbourhoods and small industrial zones; in the hills to the north, among vineyards and cherry orchards, are villages such as Valle San Floriano and Crosara, with scattered houses and narrow, steep roads. Marostica cherries carry a protected geographical indication, and in spring the hills fill with white blossom. If you buy in the hills, allow for slopes, cold winters and longer trips to schools and shops.

Marostica has 14,024 residents in 2023, up 1.7% since 2011, so close to flat. The average age is 46.6, over-65s are 24.6% against 23.4% for the province of Vicenza, and foreign residents 5.5%. Visitors to the square keep plenty of places open: 85 bars and restaurants in Overture Maps data.

The Venetian foothills are seismically active. Marostica is in zone 2, like 78 other municipalities in the province, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.171 g. In the old centre, where houses are often old masonry with timber floors, ask what work has been done on walls and roof and whether a seismic vulnerability assessment exists.

In the hills the report also checks landslide hazard and slope for the plot.

Key points

  • Walled town at the foot of the Asiago plateau.
  • Hill villages among cherry orchards, steep roads.
  • Seismic zone 2; acceleration about 0.171 g.
  • 14,024 residents, up 1.7% since 2011.

Overview

Marostica is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 14,024 residents, ranked 13 of 112 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Marostica 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 0.171 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Marostica, 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 1.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Marostica declared an average taxable income of 25,851 euros, in line with the province (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Marostica is in climate zone E, with 2,432 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 103 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Marostica has 9 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 14 grocery shops and supermarkets, 14 healthcare facilities, 17 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 1.0 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 13.4% of the land in Marostica, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Marostica 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 Marostica, and 4 more have 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 Marostica: 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 Marostica 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 110 inhabited census areas in Marostica. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 64 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.8%
  • fair 53.4%
  • good 44.8%

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 024057. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.