Zugliano: 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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Zugliano, between Thiene and the hills below the Asiago plateau
Zugliano lies in the upper Vicenza area, where the plain starts to rise towards the hills at the foot of the Asiago plateau. It borders Thiene, the local centre for shops, secondary schools and the railway station, and belongs to an area of small and medium-sized firms that has employed most residents for decades, around Thiene, Schio and Breganze.
The municipality has its main village on the plain, at around one hundred and fifty metres, and outlying hamlets on the first hills, where houses are more isolated and roads narrower. Lower down, most homes are detached or semi-detached houses built from the 1970s onwards, often with a workshop or storeroom alongside, as was common in the Vicenza area. The Thiene junction on the A31 Valdastico motorway is close and makes trips to Vicenza easy. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.
Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,900 residents in 2023, up 3.1% on 2011. The average age of 45.4 and the share of over-65s, 22.6%, are just below the province. Foreign residents are only 3.9%, far below the Vicenza average. There are few services in the village, 27 in all in the data, and for supermarkets, sport and restaurants daily life revolves around Thiene.
The foothills around Vicenza are in seismic zone 2 under the Civil Protection classification, like 78 other municipalities in the province, and in Zugliano the expected ground acceleration is about 0.163 g, fairly high for Veneto. A house built before 2009, when Italy's current building standards came into force, deserves a check: ask for the structural design and whether any strengthening has been done.
On the hillsides the report checks landslide hazard, and near the streams running down to the plain it checks flood hazard, always for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, which lead to the land parcel.
Key points
- Upper Vicenza area, next to Thiene, below the Asiago plateau.
- Foreign residents only 3.9%; incomes above the provincial average.
- 6,900 residents, up 3.1% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 2, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.
Overview
Zugliano is a municipality in the province of Vicenza, in Veneto. At the end of 2023 it had 6,900 residents, ranked 36 of 112 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Zugliano 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 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
For anyone buying in Zugliano, 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 resident population has grown by 3.1%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 3.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Zugliano declared an average taxable income of 27,014 euros, in line with the province (26,150 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Zugliano is in climate zone E, with 2,440 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 154 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Zugliano has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.
The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 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 17.4% of the land in Zugliano, compared with 12.6% in the province and 11.9% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.3 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Zugliano 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 contaminated sites in Zugliano.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Zugliano: 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 Zugliano 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 30 inhabited census areas in Zugliano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 59 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 90.0%
- good 10.0%
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 024122. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.