Zero Branco: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Treviso, Veneto. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Zero Branco, countryside and family homes between Treviso and Mestre
The name comes from the river Zero, a spring-fed watercourse that crosses the municipality's farmland on its way towards the Venetian lagoon. Zero Branco lies on the plain between Treviso to the north and Mestre to the south, in a landscape of fields, rows of trees, warehouses and scattered houses typical of central Veneto. The land is flat and low-lying, just a few metres above sea level.
People who move here usually want a detached house with a garden for less than they would pay in Treviso or Mestre, while staying about twenty minutes' drive from both. The stock is mostly detached, semi-detached and terraced houses built in recent decades, a few low-rise blocks of flats and old farmhouses out in the countryside. With no railway in the town, a car is close to essential.
By the standards of the province of Treviso, this is a young town. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 11,629 residents in 2023, 643 more than in 2011, growth of 5.9%. The estimated average age is 43.5 against 46.0 for the province, over-65s are 19.2% against 23.8%, and households have 2.50 members on average. Foreign residents make up 5.4%. Shops and services per resident are below the provincial average, so for many things people go to Treviso or to nearby shopping centres.
Most of the province of Treviso, 72 municipalities, is in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection Department's scale, towards the hills and the Piave. Zero Branco is on the plain to the south, one of the 18 municipalities in zone 3, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.126 g. In recent houses, what counts is build quality and insulation; in old farmhouses, the state of walls and roofs.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. On such low ground, full of ditches and drains, water can collect after heavy rain, so flood hazard is checked for the individual house.
Key points
- Plain between Treviso and Mestre, crossed by the river Zero.
- Population up 5.9% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 19.2%, against 23.8% in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.126 g.
Overview
Zero Branco is a municipality in the province of Treviso, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 11,629 residents, ranked 18 of 94 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Zero Branco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 18 of 94 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.126 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 5.9%. The estimated average age is 43 years, lower than the province average (46). 19% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Zero Branco declared an average taxable income of 25,029 euros, in line with the province (26,083 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Zero Branco is in climate zone E, with 2,411 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, Zero Branco has 7 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 5 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.3 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).
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 24.1% of the land in Zero Branco, compared with 16.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.9 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Zero Branco 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Zero Branco, and 2 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 Zero Branco: 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 Zero Branco 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 102 inhabited census areas in Zero Branco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 58 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 5.8%
- fair 74.3%
- good 19.9%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Veneto, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2025.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 026095. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.