Lurate Caccivio: 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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Lurate Caccivio, between Como, Varese and the Swiss border
Two villages that grew until they touched, Lurate and Caccivio, now form a single municipality south-west of Como, on the road towards Olgiate Comasco and Varese. The land is the glacial hill country of the Como area, at around 320 metres, with gentle ups and downs and little farmland left: more than a third of the municipality is built up, a very high share even for Lombardy.
Homes, small factories and roads alternate with few open gaps, and the town has the feel of a working place in the belt between Como and Varese, with many firms that started out in textiles. Buyers find detached houses, blocks from the 1970s and 1980s and a few old courtyard houses in the centre. Being close to the Swiss border brings many cross-border commuters who live here and work in the canton of Ticino, which keeps demand for homes steady.
Getting around means driving: the roads to Como and the motorway fill up at rush hour, so try them before deciding. It is also worth checking, house by house, what is on the neighbouring plots, because in such a dense area a warehouse or a busy road may be only a few metres away.
At the end of 2023 there were 9,695 residents, down 2.3% on 2011. The estimated average age is 46.2, practically the same as the provincial 46.3, over-65s are 24.4% and foreign residents 6.5%. Declared incomes are a little below the provincial average.
Earthquake hazard is the lowest in the national classification: the whole province of Como is in seismic zone 4, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.040 g. With so much sealed ground, the most useful check is flooding after storms, which the report runs at the address along with the cadastral land parcel.
Key points
- Between Como and Olgiate Comasco, on glacial hills.
- Densely built: check what is on the neighbouring plots.
- Whole province in seismic zone 4, acceleration about 0.040 g.
- 9,695 residents, average age 46.2.
Overview
Lurate Caccivio is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 9,695 residents, among the most populous in the province (9 of 147).
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Lurate Caccivio 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 0.040 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 fallen by 2.3%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 24% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 6.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Lurate Caccivio declared an average taxable income of 25,000 euros, below the provincial average (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Lurate Caccivio is in climate zone E, with 2,587 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 322 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Lurate Caccivio has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets, 6 healthcare facilities, 10 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.
There are 0.2 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Lurate Caccivio.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 38.3% of the land in Lurate Caccivio, 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
Lurate Caccivio 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 open contaminated sites in Lurate Caccivio; one has been cleaned up or closed.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Lurate Caccivio: 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 Lurate Caccivio 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 42 inhabited census areas in Lurate Caccivio. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 14.8%
- good 85.2%
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
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Public transport timetables (GTFS): Trenord, Regione Lombardia - Trenord, orari ferroviari (GTFS). Licence CC BY 4.0, version 20261111.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Lombardia, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2023.
- Contaminated sites, Regione Lombardia. Licence CC0 1.0 (pubblico dominio), updated to 15 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 013138. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.