Binasco: 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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Binasco, a castle town on the Naviglio Pavese canal
Binasco sits roughly halfway along the old Giovi road between Milan and Pavia. The town lies on the Naviglio Pavese canal and is gathered around a Visconti castle; just outside it the irrigated farmland of the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano begins, with rice fields, old farmsteads and ditches. The Binasco junction of the A7 motorway between Milan and Genoa is right next to the built-up area.
If you commute to Milan, the road will be your main link: there is no railway station within the municipality, so check which bus routes stop near the address and how far the most convenient station is in a neighbouring town. What you get in return is more room than in the suburbs on Milan's edge, with farmyard houses, detached homes and low-rise blocks of flats.
At the end of 2023 Binasco had 7,087 residents according to Istat, the national statistics institute, down 1.0% on the 7,158 counted in 2011. The population is older than that of the metropolitan area as a whole: the average age is 47.9 against 45.6, and over-65s make up 26.8% against 23.0%. Foreign residents account for 8.6%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average, although that figure is pushed up by Milan itself.
Earthquake risk is low. Binasco is in seismic zone 3, along with 59 other municipalities in the Milan area, while the remaining 73 are in zone 4, the lowest class set by the Civil Protection Department. The expected ground acceleration is about 0.051 g. In old courtyard houses the roof, rising damp and the age of the wiring and heating usually matter more.
On flat land crossed by canals and drainage ditches, water needs checking address by address, especially near the Naviglio. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps here, and the report goes from the address to the land parcel.
Key points
- Between Milan and Pavia, on the Naviglio Pavese, close to the A7.
- 7,087 residents, down 1.0% since 2011.
- Over-65s at 26.8%, against 23.0% in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.051 g.
Overview
Binasco is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 7,087 residents, ranked 84 of 133 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Binasco is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 60 of 133 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.051 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 27% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 8.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Binasco declared an average taxable income of 27,370 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Binasco is in climate zone E, with 2,514 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 101 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Binasco has 4 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.4 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Binasco.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 39.4% of the land in Binasco, 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
Binasco 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 one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Binasco, and one more has 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 Binasco: 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 Binasco 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 76 inhabited census areas in Binasco. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 37.1%
- good 62.9%
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.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): ATM Milano, Comune di Milano - AMAT, orari del trasporto pubblico ATM (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261029.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- 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 Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 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 015024. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.