All things you need to know about living in Ponderano
Ponderano, in the province of Biella, is home to 4 Brazilians: 0.11% of its 3,629 residents.
That is the 1412th-highest concentration of Brazilians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Piemonte it ranks 216th.
ISTAT counts 187 residents with a foreign citizenship in Ponderano, 5.15% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (4), Spaniards (2), French nationals (2).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Biella scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for nonprofit organizations and PM10 Annual average concentration.
It scores in the bottom quarter for road mortality in non-urban roads and intentional homicide rate.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 26.6°C (80°F) and winters a low of -1.4°C (29°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Ponderano sees about 9 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,404mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 162 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Ponderano at about €670 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 13.3 years of renting the same property.
Ponderano population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 51 | 1.41% |
| Ukraine | 7 | 0.19% |
| Brazil | 4 | 0.11% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.08% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0.06% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.06% |
| France | 2 | 0.06% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 1 | 0.03% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.03% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 3,319 | 91.46% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 73 | 2.01% |
| Born outside the EU | 237 | 6.53% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Biella
Full BES profile for Biella →Biella on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Ponderano is above the Biella average of €566/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
13.3 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
A detached house here averages €775/m², against €670 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 16% more per square meter.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Seismic zone
Ponderano is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Ospedale Degli Infermi, about 2.1 km / 3 minutes by road from Ponderano (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Degli Infermi, Ponderano (DEA level I), about 2.1 km / 3 minutes by road from Ponderano (the main town).
Nearest airport: Turin Airport (TRN), about 79.9 km / 58 minutes by road from Ponderano (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): famila, about 1.9 km / 3 minutes by road from Ponderano (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Azzellino, about 1.4 km / 2 minutes by road from Ponderano (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Biella San Paolo, about 3.3 km / 4 minutes by road from Ponderano (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Ponderano, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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