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Meolo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Venezia, 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 Roma 2, Meolo.

Meolo, reclaimed farmland between Mestre and the lower Piave

The small river Meolo runs through the town that shares its name, on the plain of eastern Veneto between Mestre and San Donà di Piave. The town hall stands just a few metres above sea level. Around it is reclaimed farmland of wide fields, ditches and canals, and the town has grown outwards in districts of villas and terraced houses. Meolo belongs to the metropolitan city of Venice but borders the province of Treviso, with Roncade immediately to the west.

For anyone working in Mestre, Treviso or around San Donà, getting about is mainly by car, with the motorway towards Trieste running close by. Families come here looking for a house with a garden at lower prices than in the ring around Mestre, and accept that they will depend on the car.

The first thing to check here is water. The land is low-lying and kept dry by a network of channels and pumping stations run by the land reclamation boards. Flood hazard has to be read street by street, and the report does this on the official maps for each address. On reclaimed ground it is also worth asking whether the building has had cracks or subsidence, as clay and peat soils settle over time.

There were 6,162 residents in 2023, 303 fewer than in 2011, a drop of 4.7%. The average age of 47.2 and the share of over-65s, 25.5%, are close to the rest of the province; foreign residents make up 9.8%. Average incomes are a little below the metropolitan figure.

All 44 municipalities in the Venice area are in seismic zone 3 of the national classification. In Meolo the expected ground acceleration is about 0.097 g, a low hazard that mainly matters for old or badly altered buildings. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report reaches the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Reclaimed plain a few metres above sea level, near Mestre.
  • Population down 4.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.097 g.
  • Flooding and ground settlement to check for each address.

Overview

Meolo is a municipality in the province of Venezia, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,162 residents, ranked 35 of 44 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Meolo is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. All 44 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.097 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 4.7%. The estimated average age is 47 years, in line with the province. 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Meolo declared an average taxable income of 23,737 euros, below the provincial average (25,574 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Meolo is in climate zone E, with 2,447 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 4 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Meolo has 5 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities and 4 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 pharmacies per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).

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 Meolo, compared with 14.1% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Meolo 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Meolo. 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 Meolo: 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 Meolo 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 53 inhabited census areas in Meolo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 4.0%
  • fair 68.1%
  • good 27.9%

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 027022. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.