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Carugo: 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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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 Vittorio Veneto 1, Carugo.

Carugo, furniture-making Brianza on the Milan line

Carugo is a municipality in the Como side of Brianza, the busy area north of Milan, on the border with the province of Monza and Brianza, in a district where furniture has been made for generations. Workshops, small factories and showrooms sit among the houses, and the land is almost entirely built up, with little green space between one town and the next.

For anyone commuting to Milan, the big advantage is Carugo-Giussano station, on the Ferrovie Nord line that runs from Asso down to Milan via Seveso. The report gives the walking distance to the station from each address, which makes a real difference both to prices and to daily life. Como and Monza are a drive away, while Cantù and Mariano Comense are only minutes off. Homes are mostly detached houses and low-rise flats, with a few old courtyards in the historic core.

The town is growing. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 6,607 residents in 2023, 5.8% more than in 2011. It is also younger than the province of Como: the average age is 44.9 against 46.3, and over-65s are 21.0% against 24.1%. Foreign residents make up 7.9%. Declared incomes are close to the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is among the lowest in Italy. All 147 municipalities in the province of Como are in seismic zone 4 on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and the expected acceleration in Carugo is about 0.047 g. In houses a few decades old, insulation, windows and the boiler deserve more attention, since winters in climate zone E are long.

With so much of the ground built over, rainwater has few places to go, and Brianza's small streams can burst their banks in heavy storms. The report reads flood hazard for the exact address. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps here, so each address can be traced to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Como side of Brianza, in the furniture district, bordering Monza and Brianza.
  • Carugo-Giussano station on the Ferrovie Nord line to Milan.
  • Over-65s at 21.0%, against 24.1% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.047 g.

Overview

Carugo is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,607 residents, ranked 20 of 147 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carugo 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 0.047 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 5.8%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carugo declared an average taxable income of 25,970 euros, in line with the province (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carugo is in climate zone E, with 2,453 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 270 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carugo has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

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

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 36.7% of the land in Carugo, 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

Carugo 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 Carugo, 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 Carugo: 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 Carugo 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 20 inhabited census areas in Carugo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 70 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 4.2%
  • good 86.3%
  • very good 9.5%

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 013048. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.