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Limbiate: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, 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 Trieste 1, Limbiate.

Limbiate, Mombello and the edge of the Groane park

Woodland and dense housing sit side by side in Limbiate, in the western part of the province of Monza and Brianza on the border with the metropolitan city of Milan. Part of its land belongs to the Groane regional park, with woods and heathland, and in the district of Mombello stands the large villa that for many decades housed a psychiatric hospital and now contains schools. The rest is a dense plain of housing estates, industrial sheds and through roads.

Public transport is the weak point for Milan commuters: the public timetables list no railway station within the municipality, and many people drive to Milan or to stations in neighbouring towns. If you are considering a home here, work out the time and cost of the daily journey.

Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 34,993 residents in 2023, up 3.2% since 2011. The population is a little younger than the province as a whole (mean age 44.9 against 45.9) and foreign residents make up 13.0%. Declared incomes are well below the Monza and Brianza average.

On earthquakes, the Civil Protection Department places Limbiate in zone 4, the lowest class, like 14 other municipalities in the province, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.045 g. In blocks from the 1960s and 1970s the real issues are insulation, building services and postponed maintenance: ask for the accounts and meeting minutes before making an offer.

The Groane soils are clay-rich and drain poorly, so some areas can hold standing water after heavy rain. The report checks flood hazard at the address, starting from the land parcel in the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps.

Key points

  • Partly within the Groane park, home to the Mombello villa.
  • No railway station in the municipality in the public timetables.
  • 34,993 residents, up 3.2% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.045 g.

Overview

Limbiate is a municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 34,993 residents, ranked 7 of 55 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Limbiate is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Only 15 of 55 municipalities in the province are in zone 4.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.045 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 3.2%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 13.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Limbiate declared an average taxable income of 24,234 euros, below the provincial average (29,649 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Limbiate is in climate zone E, with 2,421 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 187 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Limbiate has 22 schools and 11 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 9 healthcare facilities, 14 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.6).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 42.3% of the land in Limbiate, compared with 40.9% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.6 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Limbiate 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 Limbiate, and 5 more have 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 Limbiate: 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 Limbiate 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 86 inhabited census areas in Limbiate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 73 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.8%
  • good 86.6%
  • very good 12.6%

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 108027. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.