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Postal: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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Postal, orchards and railway in the Adige valley

Postal (Burgstall) is a municipality in the Adige valley between Merano and Bolzano, in South Tyrol, on a valley floor planted almost entirely with apple orchards. The village is compact, and a cable car climbs from here to Verano, on the plateau above the valley. Merano is very close and Bolzano is a short trip by car or train.

Transport links are its strong point. Postal has a station on the Bolzano-Merano line, and the public transport data lists 9 lines and 17 stops, covering rail, bus and cable transport. For anyone working in either town it is a convenient base. Istat, Italy's statistics office, counts 2,021 residents in 2023, up 14.6% since 2011.

The average age is 42.8, slightly below the provincial 43.4, with 18.6% over 65 and 7.3% foreign residents. Declared incomes are above the South Tyrol average. The market mainly offers flats in small blocks and terraced houses, and provincial rules reserve part of new housing for local residents, so before an offer check with the municipality or a notary whether the property carries such a restriction.

South Tyrol uses the tavolare land registry, with ownership entered in the Land Book (Libro fondiario), and the Revenue Agency does not publish plot maps here; the report says so. On the Adige valley floor the report also reads the official flood maps for the address, and at the foot of the slopes the landslide maps.

Postal is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, with an expected acceleration of 0.046 g. In homes here, insulation, energy rating and the state of the systems matter most.

Key points

  • Adige valley between Merano and Bolzano, among orchards.
  • Station and 9 transport lines in the data.
  • Population up 14.6% since 2011.
  • Tavolare land registry: no Revenue Agency plot maps.

Overview

Postal is a municipality in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. At the end of 2023 it had 2,021 residents, ranked 72 of 116 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Postal is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 116 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.046 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 14.6%. The estimated average age is 43 years, in line with the province. 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 22%). Foreign residents make up 7.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Postal declared an average taxable income of 31,262 euros, above the provincial average (28,222 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Postal is in climate zone E, with 2,831 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 270 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Health lists, Postal has 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 2 healthcare facilities and 2 sports facilities.

The data shows no schools within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.2 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 17 public transport stops, served by 7 bus lines, 1 funicular line, 1 train line. That is about 8.4 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 9.8% of the land in Postal, compared with 2.7% in the province and 2.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Postal is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Provincia autonoma di Bolzano in 2026. 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 Postal; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Postal: 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

For Postal the Revenue Agency does not publish cadastral maps: the land registry here uses the tavolare (land book) system. The report cannot give a parcel reference, but it still checks risks, services and transport at the address and states this clearly.

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 25 inhabited census areas in Postal. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 8.7%
  • good 91.3%

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

ISTAT code 021066. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.