Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Carnago: what to know before buying a home

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

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Carnago

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 Giuseppe Garibaldi 3, Carnago.

Carnago, wooded hills between Varese and Gallarate, home of Milanello

Plenty of people know the name Carnago without ever having been there: Milanello, AC Milan's training ground, lies within its boundaries. Otherwise it is a residential municipality in the wooded hills between Varese and Gallarate, at around three hundred and fifty metres, made up of the main village and the hamlet of Rovate.

Location matters if you work locally. Varese, Gallarate and Busto Arsizio are close, the A8 motorway to Milan passes a few kilometres away and Malpensa airport is not far. Trains are another matter: public transport timetables show no stops in the municipality itself, and the nearest stations are on the Varese line in neighbouring towns. Housing is mostly detached and two-storey family houses with gardens, many built in the second half of the twentieth century, alongside a few old farm courtyards in the original village. Declared incomes are above the provincial average.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,612 residents in 2023, up 1.7% since 2011. The average age is 45.8, just below the province (46.5), with over-65s at 23.1%. Foreign residents are 3.4%, fewer than in many nearby towns. Overture Maps lists relatively few services (23 in total), so for supermarkets and sport people often go to the surrounding towns.

The Varese area is one of the quietest parts of Italy for earthquakes. All 136 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and the expected acceleration in Carnago is about 0.038 g. In houses of that era, insulation, windows and the heating system matter more: climate zone E means long, cold winters.

Small streams run down through the woods and some roads follow narrow little valleys, where flood or landslide hazard should be read for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, and the report traces each address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Wooded hills between Varese and Gallarate; home of Milanello.
  • 6,612 residents, up 1.7% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province of Varese.
  • Family houses with gardens: check insulation and heating.

Overview

Carnago is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,612 residents, ranked 35 of 136 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carnago is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.038 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 1.7%. 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 3.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carnago declared an average taxable income of 28,308 euros, in line with the province (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carnago is in climate zone E, with 2,633 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 354 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carnago has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 healthcare facilities and 1 green area.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 25.8% of the land in Carnago, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Carnago 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 Carnago. 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 Carnago: 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 Carnago 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 22 inhabited census areas in Carnago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 62 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 71.4%
  • good 28.6%

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 012033. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.