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Mira: 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 Nazionale 1, Mira.

Mira, Venetian villas along the Brenta canal

Along the Naviglio del Brenta, the canal between Padua and Venice, Venetian families built their summer villas, and Mira keeps many of them, such as Villa Widmann at Mira Porte. In summer tourist boats come up the canal from Venice and stop in front of the villas. The municipality has no single centre but a string of villages along the water and across the countryside: Mira Porte, Mira Taglio, Oriago, Gambarare, Marano, Borbiago and others, reaching the edge of the lagoon.

The first thing to know is that the land is flat and low, a few metres above sea level, among canals, drainage ditches and embankments. Towards the lagoon some areas are kept dry by pumping stations. Flood hazard changes from one street to the next, and the report checks it on the official maps for the address. In old houses, and even more in villas, rising damp is a cost to budget for.

People get around mainly by car and by bus along the Riviera, and Mestre and Padua are close by.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 37,613 residents in Mira (2023), down 2.4% on 2011. The average age of 47.7 is almost the same as the province of Venice (47.6), over-65s are 25.4% and foreign residents 10.3%. Incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

All 44 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection scale, with modest acceleration values: about 0.077 g in Mira. On soft ground like this, it helps to know what foundations the building sits on and whether there are cracks or signs of settlement. The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps and the report reaches the plot from the address.

Key points

  • Venetian villas and tourist boats along the Brenta canal.
  • 37,613 residents, down 2.4% since 2011.
  • Low land among canals and embankments: check flood hazard.
  • The whole province in seismic zone 3.

Overview

Mira is a municipality in the province of Venezia, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 37,613 residents, among the most populous in the province (4 of 44).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Mira 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 0.077 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 2.4%. The estimated average age is 48 years, in line with the province. 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 10.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Mira declared an average taxable income of 24,985 euros, in line with the province (25,574 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Mira is in climate zone E, with 2,541 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 6 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Mira has 27 schools and 9 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 18 grocery shops and supermarkets, 17 healthcare facilities, 17 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.

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 14.2% of the land in Mira, compared with 14.1% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Mira 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 6 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Mira, and 6 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 Mira: 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 Mira 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 544 inhabited census areas in Mira. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 2.8%
  • fair 63.1%
  • good 34.1%

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 027023. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.