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Assago: what to know before buying a home

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

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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 Giacomo Matteotti 1, Assago.

Assago, Milanofiori, the Forum and the green metro line

Assago has two parts that look nothing alike. On one side is the town, with its old core and the residential streets that grew around it; on the other is Milanofiori, a cluster of offices, hotels, shops and cinemas next to Milan's western ring road, which also holds the Forum, the arena used for big concerts and basketball. All around lie the fields of the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, the farmland park south of the city.

The link with Milan is the strong point. The green metro line runs out to Assago, and public transport data show 43 stops in the municipality, with 1 metro line and 5 bus routes. By car the ring road and the motorway to Genoa are right there, and that closeness is exactly what to weigh up: for homes near the big roads, noise and traffic affect value. The report measures the distance to the nearest stop for each address.

It is a growing, well-off municipality. There were 9,224 residents at the end of 2023, 13.5% more than in 2011, the estimated average age is 44.1 against 45.6 for the metropolitan area, and over-65s make up 20.9%. Foreign residents are 5.2%. Declared incomes are above the provincial average, itself among the highest in Italy. With Milanofiori and the Forum there is no shortage of places to eat: Overture lists 74 bars and restaurants.

Earthquakes are not much of a worry. Assago is in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection scale, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.049 g. In blocks from the 1970s and 1980s, energy rating, service charges and any building works already approved matter most.

The Revenue Agency publishes the cadastral maps, so the report finds the plot from the address. On the irrigated plain south of Milan, flooding depends on the exact location and is checked address by address.

Key points

  • Green metro line and 5 bus routes, 43 stops in total.
  • Population up 13.5% since 2011, high incomes.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest.
  • Close to the ring road and A7: check noise house by house.

Overview

Assago is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 9,224 residents, ranked 67 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Assago 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 0.049 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 13.5%. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Assago declared an average taxable income of 35,779 euros, above the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Assago is in climate zone E, with 2,404 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 110 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Assago has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 11 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 43 public transport stops, served by 5 bus lines, 1 metro line. That is about 4.7 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 41.9% of the land in Assago, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Assago 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 Assago, and 9 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 Assago: 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 Assago 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 Assago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.1%
  • good 96.5%
  • very good 3.4%

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 015011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.