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Rubano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Padova, 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 Giuseppe Mazzini 0, Rubano.

Rubano, just outside Padua on the road to Vicenza

Leave Padua heading west and you are in Rubano almost without noticing. The municipality borders the city and stretches along the road to Vicenza, split into several villages: Sarmeola, the closest to Padua, then Rubano itself, Bosco and Villaguattera. Between them, patches of farmland, ditches and rows of trees survive.

Rubano has grown thanks to people who work in Padua and want a house with a garden or a fairly new flat without moving far: the city centre is close and the ring road is within easy reach. Homes are mostly small detached houses, terraces and apartment blocks built largely in recent decades, and average declared incomes are above the provincial average. Along the main roads, homes, shops and businesses alternate, and about a third of the land is built over.

Growth is clear: 16,982 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 8.4% since 2011, or 1,313 more people. The average age of 45.9 is slightly below the province, over-65s are 23.1% and foreign nationals 9.8%. Healthcare and sports facilities are above the provincial rate per resident, supermarkets below it, partly because many people shop in the city.

Rubano is in seismic zone 3 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 89 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.094 g. On the plain between Padua and the Euganean Hills the water table is close to the surface and the network of drainage ditches is dense, so for a house with a garage or rooms below ground, ask whether they have ever taken in water. The report checks the official flood maps for the address and finds the land parcel on the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Borders Padua: Sarmeola, Rubano, Bosco and Villaguattera.
  • 16,982 residents, up 8.4% since 2011.
  • Average incomes above the provincial average.
  • Seismic zone 3; high water table, check basements.

Overview

Rubano is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 16,982 residents, among the most populous in the province (9 of 101).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Rubano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (89 of 101) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.094 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 grown by 8.4%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Rubano declared an average taxable income of 27,467 euros, in line with the province (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Rubano is in climate zone E, with 2,383 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 18 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Rubano has 11 schools and 5 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 14 healthcare facilities, 14 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

There are 0.6 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

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 34.0% of the land in Rubano, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Rubano 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 no open contaminated sites in Rubano; 6 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Rubano: 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 Rubano 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 72 inhabited census areas in Rubano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 60 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 8.0%
  • fair 58.5%
  • good 33.5%

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 028072. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.