Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Arluno: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Arluno

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 Marconi 1, Arluno.

Arluno, between Milan and Magenta on the Turin motorway

Arluno lies on the plain west of Milan, along the A4 Milan to Turin motorway, which has a junction named after the town. Milan is about twenty kilometres away, Magenta a little further west, and around it are the towns of the Magenta and upper Milan districts. The land alternates between housing, industrial units and farmland, and part of the municipality lies within the Parco del Roccolo.

There is no railway station within the municipality. The nearest is Vittuone-Arluno, on the line to Novara, served by suburban trains that cross Milan through the underground rail link known as the Passante. Many people still drive: the A4 and the old Padana Superiore main road are close at hand, with rush-hour traffic towards the city.

The population is growing. Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 12,431 residents in 2023, up 8.1% on 2011, a typical pattern for the Milan commuter belt, where homes cost less than in the city. The average age is 44.9, below the metropolitan area's 45.6, and foreign nationals make up 9.2%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average, which is pulled up by Milan itself.

Earthquake risk is low. Arluno is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, with 72 other municipalities in the Milan area, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.040 g. In a lowland home of this kind the useful questions concern insulation, energy rating and systems, plus the service charges in a block of flats.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps and the report finds the land parcel from the address. On the plain, flood hazard comes from canals, irrigation ditches and rainwater in heavily built areas, and the report checks the official maps at the exact spot. Distance from the motorway matters too, for noise.

Key points

  • A4 junction in town; nearest station Vittuone-Arluno.
  • Residents up 8.1% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected ground acceleration about 0.040 g.
  • Average age 44.9, below the Milan metropolitan area.

Overview

Arluno is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 12,431 residents, ranked 52 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Arluno is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.040 g, a low value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

In zone 4 the risk is low, but for an older building it is still worth asking about the state of the structure.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 8.1%. 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 9.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Arluno declared an average taxable income of 27,970 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Arluno is in climate zone E, with 2,563 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 156 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Arluno has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 12 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.5 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

Public transport

The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Arluno.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 35.6% of the land in Arluno, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 3.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Arluno is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Arluno, and 10 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 Arluno: 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 Arluno 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 38 inhabited census areas in Arluno. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 14.9%
  • good 77.4%
  • very good 7.7%

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 015010. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.