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Pero: 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 Sempione 2, Pero.

Pero, the red metro line and the trade fair north-west of Milan

For anyone working in Milan, Pero has an advantage few towns in the ring around the city can match: the red metro line, M1, runs through the municipality and reaches the centre with no changes. In the published public transport timetables the municipality has 5 stops served by 1 metro line and 1 bus line. Pero borders Milan to the north-west and Rho, and hosts part of the large Fiera Milano exhibition centre, between the city and the motorway.

It is a flat municipality almost completely built over, hemmed in by ring roads, motorways and the old Simplon road, and crossed by the river Olona. Alongside the old village core and former workers' housing there are apartment blocks from various periods and recent developments on disused industrial land. Exact location matters a lot: a few blocks can change traffic noise, outlook and distance from the metro, and on the days of the biggest trade fairs the surrounding roads fill up.

Growth has been strong. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 11,734 residents in 2023, 1,443 more than in 2011, an increase of 14.0%. Foreign residents make up 18.8%, households are small (2.13 people on average) and over-65s are 21.3%, fewer than the 23.0% of the metropolitan area. Declared incomes are below the provincial average, which Milan pushes up. Supermarkets and sports facilities are denser than average.

Earthquake risk is minimal. Pero is in seismic zone 4, the lowest on the Civil Protection Department's scale, like 72 other municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of about 0.044 g. For a flat, the condition of the building, the service charges and the energy rating count for more.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, and the report finds the plot from the address. Near the Olona, flood hazard needs careful checking, as it depends on the distance from the river and the ground level of the individual house.

Key points

  • M1 metro line in the municipality, 5 stops in all.
  • Population up 14.0% since 2011.
  • Foreign residents 18.8%; households of 2.13 people.
  • Seismic zone 4; flood hazard to check near the Olona.

Overview

Pero is a municipality in the province of Milano, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 11,734 residents, ranked 56 of 133 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Pero is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. Most municipalities in the province (73 of 133) are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.044 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 14.0%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 18.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Pero declared an average taxable income of 26,164 euros, below the provincial average (33,635 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Pero 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 144 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Pero has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 7 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 13 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.6 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

Within the municipality there are 5 public transport stops, served by 1 bus line, 1 metro line. That is about 0.4 stops per 1,000 residents.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 64.7% of the land in Pero, compared with 32.0% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land shrank by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Pero 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 7 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Pero, and 15 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 Pero: 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 Pero 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 81 inhabited census areas in Pero. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 76 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 23.8%
  • good 47.9%
  • very good 28.3%

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 015170. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.