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Bellusco: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, 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 San Nazzaro 2, Bellusco.

Bellusco, a village in the eastern Brianza near Vimercate

Bellusco lies in the eastern part of the Brianza, the area around Vimercate, on the higher plain north-east of Milan where one village almost runs into the next and warehouses sit between fields of maize. Vimercate is the local centre for the hospital, secondary schools and offices, while Monza and Milan are where most people commute. The old core, grouped around the church and a few traditional Lombard courtyard houses, is surrounded by detached houses and small blocks of flats built from the 1960s onwards.

A car is part of life here. There is no railway station, and the usual route into Milan is the Tangenziale Est ring road, which reaches as far as Vimercate. Before you buy, try the journey at rush hour: it is what shapes the working week.

Istat, the national statistics institute, counted 7,467 residents in 2023, up 3.5% on 2011, when there were 7,212. Growth is slow and driven mostly by families, with 2.27 people per household on average. The estimated average age, 46.2, is close to the province's 45.9; over-65s make up 24.6% and foreign residents 9.2%. Declared incomes are in line with the Brianza average.

Earthquake hazard is low. The Civil Protection Department (Protezione Civile) places Bellusco in seismic zone 3, like 39 other municipalities in the province of Monza and Brianza, with an expected ground acceleration in the built-up area of about 0.072 g. In a house from the 1970s or 1980s, insulation, roof and heating matter more, since they set the energy rating and the running costs.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps for the whole municipality, so the report can go from the address to the plot. Almost a third of the land is built on and the rest is farmland; flood hazard along the smaller streams is checked for each individual address.

Key points

  • Eastern Brianza, with Vimercate as the nearest town centre.
  • 7,467 residents in 2023, up 3.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.072 g.
  • No station: Milan is reached by car via the Tangenziale Est.

Overview

Bellusco is a municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 7,467 residents, ranked 36 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bellusco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (40 of 55) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.072 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 3.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 25% 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 Bellusco declared an average taxable income of 29,784 euros, in line with the province (29,649 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bellusco is in climate zone E, with 2,409 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 214 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bellusco has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 4 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.7 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.4).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 29.5% of the land in Bellusco, compared with 40.9% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bellusco 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 no contaminated sites in Bellusco.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Bellusco: 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 Bellusco 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 31 inhabited census areas in Bellusco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 18.7%
  • good 81.3%

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 108006. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.