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Carimate: what to know before buying a home

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

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Carimate, a castle and a train to Milan in Como's Brianza

The Visconti castle in the middle of the village, now a hotel, and the golf course are what make Carimate known beyond the province of Como. The village lies in the Como part of Brianza, south of Cantù, among low hills, woods and residential areas where many families work between Como, Monza and Milan.

The train is the main link. In the official timetables the municipality has 1 stop on the line between Milan and Como, served by 1 railway line and 1 bus line: for anyone working in Milan it is a real alternative to the car. The report calculates the distance to the station for each address, and in the hillier parts of the municipality the difference is noticeable.

Residents are well off. Declared incomes are well above the provincial average, and homes are mainly villas and detached houses with gardens, with a few blocks of flats towards the centre. There are 4,407 residents, up 1.8% since 2011; the average age is 45.8, over-65s make up 22.6% and foreign residents 4.7%. The data lists 26 services, 6 of them linked to schools.

The earthquake picture is calm: all 147 municipalities in the province of Como are in seismic zone 4, the lowest, and the expected ground acceleration in Carimate is about 0.044 g. If you are buying a villa from the 1960s or 1970s, energy rating, windows, heating and the roof deserve more attention.

Built-up land covers a large share of the area, as it does across Brianza. The Revenue Agency's cadastral maps are published and the report traces the plot, with the official landslide and flood maps for the address.

Key points

  • Visconti castle and golf course, in Brianza south of Cantù.
  • 1 railway stop on the line between Milan and Como.
  • High incomes; residents up 1.8% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province of Como.

Overview

Carimate is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,407 residents, ranked 42 of 147 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carimate is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 147 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.044 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 1.8%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carimate declared an average taxable income of 34,917 euros, above the provincial average (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carimate is in climate zone E, with 2,446 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 265 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carimate has 6 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility and 2 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 1 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 train line. That is about 0.2 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 30.8% of the land in Carimate, compared with 12.3% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Carimate 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 Carimate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Carimate: 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 Carimate 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 16 inhabited census areas in Carimate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 12.4%
  • good 87.6%

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 013046. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.