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Turate: 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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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 Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour 1, Turate.

Turate, a motorway exit town near Saronno

Turate has a practical asset that weighs heavily with buyers: its own exit on the A9 motorway, the Autostrada dei Laghi, which leads to Milan one way and Como the other. The municipality lies at the southern tip of the province of Como, on a plain crowded with houses, industrial sheds and roads, a few kilometres from Saronno, which serves as the reference point for many services.

The railway does not run through the town: for the train you go to Saronno or to neighbouring towns on the Nord line, so if you work in Milan, weigh up driving against a short drive plus the train. Turate is heavily built up, with about a third of its land covered, and residential streets often back onto industrial areas or the motorway, so check the noise on the spot. Schools and sports facilities are fewer than the provincial average per resident, so it is worth checking the distances from the address, which the report does.

Turate is growing and young. There were 9,809 residents in 2023, up 9.3% from 8,973 in 2011; the estimated average age is 44.5 against 46.3 for the province, and over-65s make up 21.4%. Foreign residents account for 9.5%. Declared incomes are above the Como average.

Like the rest of the province of Como, Turate is in seismic zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.040 g. For recent terraced houses and small blocks, energy rating and build quality matter most; for older ones, roof, services and insulation.

The report looks up the plot on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps and checks the flood maps for the address, which is useful on a plain where small watercourses run between built-up areas.

Key points

  • Its own exit on the Milan to Como motorway, near Saronno.
  • Population up 9.3% since 2011, average age 44.5.
  • No station in town: take the train from Saronno or nearby towns.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.040 g.

Overview

Turate is a municipality in the province of Como, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 9,809 residents, among the most populous in the province (8 of 147).

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Turate 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 grown by 9.3%. The estimated average age is 44 years, lower than the province average (46). 21% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Turate declared an average taxable income of 28,039 euros, in line with the province (26,761 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Turate is in climate zone E, with 2,410 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 240 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Turate has 3 schools and 2 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 4 sports facilities and 2 parks and green areas.

There are 0.3 schools per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.9).

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 32.1% of the land in Turate, compared with 12.3% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.5 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Turate 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 Turate.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Turate: 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 Turate 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 38 inhabited census areas in Turate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 74 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.5%
  • good 78.8%
  • very good 15.7%

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 013227. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.