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Uboldo: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Varese, 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 Quattro Novembre 1, Uboldo.

Uboldo, a residential town on the west side of Saronno

Anyone house-hunting around Saronno, north of Milan, usually ends up looking at Uboldo too, the municipality bordering Saronno to the west. It is a town on the plain where nearly everything is residential: detached houses with gardens, small blocks of flats and a few warehouses on the edges. For the weekly shop many people drive to supermarkets in nearby towns; the data show Uboldo has fewer per resident than the provincial average.

The town has no station of its own, and public transport data show no stops in the municipality. Saronno station, with trains to Milan, Como, Varese and Novara, is only a few kilometres away, though, and many people get there by car or bike. If you work in Milan, work out the door-to-door time, parking included.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,869 residents in 2023, up 4.0% on 2011. The estimated average age is 45.1 against 46.5 for the province of Varese, over-65s are 22.6% and households average 2.30 people. Foreign residents make up 9.6%. Average declared incomes are slightly above the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is the lowest in Italy's classification: all 136 municipalities in the province are in zone 4, with an expected acceleration of about 0.040 g. In a house from the 1970s or 1980s the useful questions are different: what the roof is made of (old asbestos-cement roofing must be removed by licensed firms), how well the house is insulated, and what state the boiler and electrics are in.

Much of the land is built on and most of the greenery is private gardens, although public parks per resident are above the provincial average. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes Uboldo's cadastral maps, and the report traces each address to its plot; the same goes for flood hazard, which depends on the exact location.

Key points

  • Residential town on Saronno's western border.
  • 10,869 residents, up 4.0% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, expected acceleration about 0.040 g.
  • 1970s houses: check the roof, insulation and boiler.

Overview

Uboldo is a municipality in the province of Varese, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 10,869 residents, ranked 19 of 136 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Uboldo is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 136 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 4.0%. The estimated average age is 45 years, in line with the province. 23% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.6% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Uboldo declared an average taxable income of 28,009 euros, in line with the province (27,186 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Uboldo is in climate zone E, with 2,408 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 205 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Uboldo has 5 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 healthcare facilities, 9 sports facilities and 3 parks and green areas.

The data shows no grocery shops and supermarkets within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.4 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

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

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 33.2% of the land in Uboldo, compared with 21.1% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.2 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Uboldo 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 2 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Uboldo, and 2 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 Uboldo: 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 Uboldo 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 56 inhabited census areas in Uboldo. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 68 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.3%
  • fair 19.7%
  • good 80.0%

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 012130. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.