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Garbagnate Monastero: 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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Garbagnate Monastero, in the heart of the Lecco Brianza

Not to be confused with Garbagnate Milanese, Garbagnate Monastero is a small municipality in the Lecco part of Brianza, in the belt of low hills and closely spaced villages between Lecco and the Monza side of Brianza. Its territory is small and heavily built up: houses, industrial units and roads cover much of the land, and it is hard to tell where one village ends and the next begins.

Life here revolves around work at Brianza firms and commuting to Lecco, Monza and Milan. Housing is detached and terraced homes and small blocks of flats, with a few older courtyard houses in the centre. If you are moving in, test the travel times to the expressway and to stations in nearby towns at rush hour. Declared incomes are in line with the average for the province of Lecco.

There are 2,523 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 3.8% since 2011. The average age is 44.3, lower than the provincial 46.6; 21.2% are over 65 and 7.4% are foreign residents.

Garbagnate Monastero is in seismic zone 3, with a low expected ground acceleration of 0.052 g. In a house from the 1970s or 1980s the main issue is energy efficiency, given the cold winters of climate zone E: insulation, windows and the boiler.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastre is published. The report starts from the street, finds the land parcel and checks the official flood maps for streams and ditches at that spot.

Key points

  • Lecco Brianza, not to be confused with Garbagnate Milanese
  • Small, heavily built-up territory
  • 2,523 residents, up 3.8% since 2011
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration 0.052 g

Overview

Garbagnate Monastero is a municipality in the province of Lecco, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 2,523 residents, ranked 45 of 84 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Garbagnate Monastero 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 grown by 3.8%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (47). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 7.4% of the population. On average, a household has 2.5 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Garbagnate Monastero declared an average taxable income of 28,188 euros, in line with the province (28,624 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Garbagnate Monastero is in climate zone E, with 2,494 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 299 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Garbagnate Monastero has 2 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 healthcare facility and 4 sports facilities.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 31.5% of the land in Garbagnate Monastero, 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

Garbagnate Monastero 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 low. 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 Garbagnate Monastero.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Garbagnate Monastero: 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 Garbagnate Monastero 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 14 inhabited census areas in Garbagnate Monastero. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 66 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 33.7%
  • good 66.3%

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 097037. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.