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Bulciago: what to know before buying a home

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

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Bulciago, low hills of the Lecco Brianza

Bulciago is one of the small municipalities of the Brianza area in the province of Lecco. It is a landscape of low hills, meadows and copses where villages sit close together and houses alternate with small workshops and factories. The centre lies at around 300 metres, and daily life looks towards Lecco or towards Como and Monza, depending on where people work.

For a buyer this is commuter territory, with the car as the main way of getting about: the most convenient railway stations are in neighbouring villages, and the Brianza's main roads get busy at rush hour. In return you find detached and terraced houses and flats in low blocks with gardens. In homes from the 1960s and 1970s energy efficiency matters a lot, because climate zone E brings cold winters and high bills with old heating systems.

Istat, Italy's national statistics office, counted 2,910 residents in 2023, down 1.3% since 2011, so almost stable. The village is younger than the province: a mean age of 44.4 against 46.6, with 22.9% over 65. Foreign nationals make up 11.2%, and declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.

Seismic risk is limited: zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.052 g. For a specific address it is more useful to look at the official flood maps along the local streams and channels, and at the real distances to schools, pharmacies and supermarkets, which the report measures from the house rather than from the village centre.

Key points

  • Lecco Brianza, low hills at about 300 metres
  • Commuter village for Lecco, Como and Monza
  • Mean age 44.4, younger than the province
  • Seismic zone 3, acceleration 0.052 g

Overview

Bulciago is a municipality in the province of Lecco, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,910 residents, ranked 36 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bulciago is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (64 of 84) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.052 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 fallen by 1.3%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 11.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bulciago declared an average taxable income of 25,930 euros, below the provincial average (28,624 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bulciago is in climate zone E, with 2,503 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 305 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bulciago has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.6 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 34.1% of the land in Bulciago, compared with 12.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bulciago 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Bulciago, 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 Bulciago: 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 Bulciago 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 12 inhabited census areas in Bulciago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 36.4%
  • good 63.6%

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 097011. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.