Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Saonara: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Padova, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Saonara

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 Vigonovese 1, Saonara.

Saonara, plant nurseries and family homes south-east of Padua

Anyone in the plant trade will know the name: Saonara has a long tradition of nurseries, and greenhouses and fields of ornamental plants still cover part of the countryside. The municipality lies on the plain south-east of Padua and is joined to the city by an almost continuous belt of houses, roads and businesses. Besides the main village there is the hamlet of Villatora.

Most residents work in Padua or in the towns around it, reaching the city by car and, for those who live closer, by bike. For a lowland municipality the area is heavily built up, with recent housing developments next to warehouses and nurseries. Detached and semi-detached houses are the most common type of home, along with small blocks of flats from the last few decades.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 10,539 residents, up 4.9% on 2011. The average age (45.3) is lower than the provincial one (46.5), 20.8% of residents are over 65 and 12.0% are foreign nationals. Declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

The low plain east of Padua is crossed by canals and rivers held in by embankments and pumping stations, and in places the land lies lower than the nearby watercourses. So before buying, look at the official flood maps for the exact address, which the report checks, and ask whether the ground floor has ever had damp or flooding problems.

On earthquakes the picture is calm. Saonara is in seismic zone 3, like 89 of the 101 municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.075 g. The land registry works in the usual way: the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the maps and the report finds the land parcel from the address.

Key points

  • A nursery-growing tradition, with homes on the edge of Padua.
  • 10,539 residents, up 4.9% since 2011.
  • Average age 45.3, below the provincial figure.
  • Seismic zone 3: canals and flooding matter more.

Overview

Saonara is a municipality in the province of Padova, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 10,539 residents, ranked 23 of 101 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Saonara 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 0.075 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 4.9%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 12.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Saonara declared an average taxable income of 27,301 euros, in line with the province (26,932 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Saonara is in climate zone E, with 2,423 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 10 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Saonara has 5 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 7 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.5 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 27.6% of the land in Saonara, compared with 18.7% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.9 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Saonara 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 Saonara; one has been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Saonara: 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 Saonara 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 51 inhabited census areas in Saonara. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 66.8%
  • good 33.2%

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 028085. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.