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Dairago: 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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For example: Viale della Circonvallazione 1, Dairago.

Dairago, north-west of Milan between Legnano and Malpensa

Dairago lies on the higher plain north-west of Milan, between Legnano and Castano Primo, in the area known as the Alto Milanese. This is an area of closely packed towns, once farming villages that grew with the textile and engineering factories around Legnano and Busto Arsizio. The centre still has a few old Lombard courtyard houses, around which estates of detached houses and small blocks of flats have spread.

The public transport timetables used by the report show no lines stopping in the municipality, so you need a car. Legnano and its stations are a few kilometres away, Malpensa airport about a quarter of an hour, and Milan some thirty kilometres. People who work at the airport or for local firms find detached homes here at lower prices than in the towns on the railway.

Dairago is growing: 6,380 residents at the end of 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, 518 more than in 2011, a rise of 8.8%. It is young compared with the metropolitan area (average age 44.6 against 45.6), households average 2.40 people and foreign residents make up only 4.7%. Declared incomes are below the Milan average, which the city itself pushes up.

The land is heavily built over, and in heavy storms rainwater has less ground to soak into: for homes with underground garages or basement rooms, ask whether there has ever been flooding and look at the maps the report checks for the address.

In the Milan metropolitan area 60 municipalities are in seismic zone 3 and 73 in zone 4 on the Civil Protection scale. Dairago is among the latter, in zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.039 g, so earthquakes are not the first worry here. The cadastral maps are published, and the report traces the address to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Alto Milanese, close to Legnano and Malpensa airport.
  • Population up 8.8% since 2011, average age 44.6.
  • No public transport stops in the timetables: you need a car.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.039 g.

Overview

Dairago is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 6,380 residents, ranked 90 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Dairago is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.039 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 8.8%. 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 4.7% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Dairago declared an average taxable income of 28,726 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Dairago is in climate zone E, with 2,617 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 194 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Dairago has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 3 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 26.6% of the land in Dairago, 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

Dairago is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Lombardia in 2023. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. 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 open contaminated sites in Dairago; 2 have been cleaned up or closed.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Dairago: 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 Dairago 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 13 inhabited census areas in Dairago. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 69 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.8%
  • good 98.2%

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 015099. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.