Nova Milanese: 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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Nova Milanese, densely built Brianza north of Milan
Nova Milanese is one of the compact towns of southern Brianza, the area north of Milan, set between Desio, Muggiò, Cinisello Balsamo and Paderno Dugnano on a plain where the boundaries between one town and the next only show up on maps. More than half its land is covered by buildings, roads and car parks. It is mostly residential, with blocks of flats and small houses that grew around the old village core and industrial sites towards the edges, and many residents work in Milan or nearby towns.
Transport needs checking in person. The open public transport timetables used by the site show no stops within the municipality, so people travelling to Milan rely on stations and routes in the neighbouring towns or drive. Before buying, time the real journey from the address at the hour you would make it every day.
The population is growing slowly: 23,160 residents in 2023 according to Istat, the national statistics office, up 3.8% on 2011 and equal to 2.6% of the province of Monza and Brianza. The average age of 45.8 is almost exactly the provincial figure (45.9). Foreign residents make up 10.5%, and households have 2.36 members on average. Declared incomes are slightly below the provincial average.
Earthquake hazard is as low as it gets in Italy. Nova Milanese is in seismic zone 4 along with 14 other municipalities in the province, while the remaining 40 are in zone 3; expected ground acceleration is about 0.049 g. For a flat here, the age of the building, insulation, heating and wiring and the shared running costs count for more. With so much sealed ground, ask whether garages and cellars have ever flooded after heavy storms.
The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report goes from the address to the building's land parcel.
Key points
- Compact Brianza town between Desio, Muggiò and Cinisello Balsamo.
- No stops in the open timetables: check transport on the ground.
- 23,160 residents, up 3.8% since 2011.
- Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.049 g.
Overview
Nova Milanese is a municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 23,160 residents, ranked 13 of 55 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Nova Milanese 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 0.049 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 3.8%. 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 10.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Nova Milanese declared an average taxable income of 26,658 euros, below the provincial average (29,649 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Nova Milanese is in climate zone E, with 2,404 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 175 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Nova Milanese has 12 schools and 6 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 8 grocery shops and supermarkets, 10 healthcare facilities, 14 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.
There are 0.4 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 Nova Milanese.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 58.9% of the land in Nova Milanese, compared with 40.9% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.1 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Nova Milanese 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 8 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Nova Milanese, and 6 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 Nova Milanese: 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 Nova Milanese 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 60 inhabited census areas in Nova Milanese. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.
Residents by band
- fair 8.6%
- good 91.4%
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 108035. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.