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Liscate: 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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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 Giovanni Strada 2, Liscate.

Liscate, east of Milan between warehouses and fields

On the plain east of Milan, towards the Adda, Liscate is one of the municipalities where irrigated farmland sits alongside logistics warehouses, fast roads and new industrial zones. A large share of its land is now built on, more than in most towns of this size, while fields, farmsteads and ditches still surround the centre.

The reason people choose Liscate is location. Milan is about twenty kilometres away, the main roads heading east are close by, and Melzo station, on the railway into Milan, is a few kilometres off. The town has detached and terraced houses and recent blocks of flats. If you are buying near the logistics areas, go and see the lorry traffic for yourself at different times of day.

There were 4,064 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, virtually the same as in 2011, up just 0.3%. The population is young for the metropolitan area: average age 44.2 against 45.6, over-65s at 19.8% against 23.0%. Foreign residents make up 9.9%. Average declared incomes are below the very high figures of the metropolitan city.

The metropolitan city of Milan is split between seismic zones 3 and 4 of the Civil Protection classification. Liscate is in zone 3, with 59 other municipalities, and expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.068 g, a low value. In lowland homes, insulation, the heating and plumbing and service charges matter more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) land registry is published, and the report finds the plot from the address. With irrigation channels and many sealed surfaces, flood hazard during heavy storms should be read for the individual address. The climate zone is E.

Key points

  • Plain east of Milan, near Melzo station.
  • Population steady since 2011, average age 44.2.
  • Over-65s at 19.8%, against 23.0% in the province.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.068 g.

Overview

Liscate is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 4,064 residents, ranked 114 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Liscate is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 60 of 133 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.068 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 number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 44 years, in line with the province. 20% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.9% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Liscate declared an average taxable income of 27,352 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Liscate is in climate zone E, with 2,557 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 115 metres above sea level.

Services

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

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.8 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 26.7% of the land in Liscate, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Liscate 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 Liscate. 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 Liscate: 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 Liscate 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 25 inhabited census areas in Liscate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 67 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.1%
  • fair 4.5%
  • good 95.5%

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 015122. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.