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Lurago d'Erba: 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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Lurago d'Erba, Brianza hills on the way to Erba

The name tells you where you are: Lurago is "d'Erba", of Erba, because it lies a few kilometres from the small town that serves as the reference point for this part of the Brianza area around Como. The municipality covers low hills at around three hundred and fifty metres, with Como to the north-west and Milan about forty kilometres to the south. Villages here sit close together; woods and meadows survive between them, but buildings take up a large share of the land.

Residents usually work in Como, Erba, Cantù or the Milan area, and nearly always drive. Homes on the market are mostly small villas and low-rise blocks built from the 1970s onwards, alongside older houses in the centre and the odd historic villa. Average declared incomes are above the average for the province of Como.

The population has grown in recent years. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 5,496 residents in 2023, up 3.0% on 2011. The average age is 45.7, a little under the provincial 46.3; over-65s make up 22.9% and foreign residents 5.5%. Healthcare stands out among the services on record, with 5 facilities, 0.91 per 1,000 residents against 0.59 in the province; the data also list 2 supermarkets.

There is little to say about earthquakes. All 147 municipalities in the province of Como are in zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection Department's scale, and expected ground acceleration here is about 0.047 g. For a villa built a few decades ago, the useful checks lie elsewhere: the boiler, the windows, roof insulation and the energy certificate.

Small streams run between the hills and there are hollows where water collects after storms, while some of the steeper slopes can slip. The report checks the official maps at the exact address and uses the Revenue Agency's cadastral maps to trace the plot.

Key points

  • Hills of the Brianza area near Como, a few kilometres from Erba.
  • 5,496 residents, up 3.0% since 2011.
  • 5 healthcare facilities, above the provincial rate per resident.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole province of Como.

Overview

Lurago d'Erba is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 5,496 residents, ranked 29 of 147 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lurago d'Erba 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 3.0%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 5.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lurago d'Erba declared an average taxable income of 28,479 euros, above the provincial average (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Lurago d'Erba is in climate zone E, with 2,568 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 351 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lurago d'Erba has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities and 4 sports facilities.

There are 0.2 pharmacies 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 Lurago d'Erba.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 28.6% of the land in Lurago d'Erba, 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

Lurago d'Erba 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 no contaminated sites in Lurago d'Erba.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lurago d'Erba: 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 Lurago d'Erba 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 23 inhabited census areas in Lurago d'Erba. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 75 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 3.3%
  • good 96.7%

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 013136. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.