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Schiavon: what to know before buying a home

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

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Schiavon, the plain between Bassano and Vicenza

Schiavon lies in the Vicenza plain, south of the hills around Marostica and Breganze, about twenty minutes from Bassano del Grappa and a little more from Vicenza. It is a farming and small-business municipality, with its main village and a few hamlets spread among fields, workshops and straight provincial roads, as so often in central Veneto.

For buyers the village mainly offers detached and semi-detached houses with gardens, built from the 1970s onwards, plus a few rural buildings to restore. Much of the work is in the nearby manufacturing districts, and people get about by car. Climate zone E brings cold, foggy winters: for older houses, budget for external insulation, windows and a new boiler.

The population is stable: according to Istat, the national statistics office, there are 2,618 residents (2023), up 0.7% on 2011. The average age is 45.0, slightly below the 45.9 of the province of Vicenza, and 22.0% of residents are over 65. Foreign residents make up 3.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

The Veneto foothills are an active seismic area, and Schiavon is in zone 2, with an expected acceleration of 0.167 g. For a house built before current rules, ask for the walls and floors to be checked and find out whether any improvement work has been done, perhaps under the building tax incentives of recent years.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published. On a plain crossed by irrigation channels, the report reads the official flood maps for the exact address.

Key points

  • Vicenza plain, south of Marostica and Breganze
  • Bassano and Vicenza within driving distance
  • 2,618 residents, average age 45.0
  • Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration 0.167 g

Overview

Schiavon is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 2,618 residents, ranked 82 of 112 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Schiavon is in seismic zone 2, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible. Most municipalities in the province (79 of 112) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.167 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

For anyone buying in Schiavon, the building matters a great deal: ask for the design year, whether it met the 2008 seismic standards, and whether any seismic retrofit has been carried out.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Schiavon declared an average taxable income of 24,300 euros, below the provincial average (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Schiavon is in climate zone E, with 2,360 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 74 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Schiavon has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 sports facility.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.

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 12.1% of the land in Schiavon, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Schiavon is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Veneto in 2025. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 contaminated sites in Schiavon.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Schiavon: 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 Schiavon 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 35 inhabited census areas in Schiavon. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 1.5%
  • fair 67.8%
  • good 30.7%

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 024099. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.