Vimercate: 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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Vimercate, east Brianza between hospital, offices and ring road
The San Rocco bridge, medieval in origin, still crosses the Molgora stream at the entrance to Vimercate's old centre. The town is the main centre of eastern Brianza, north-east of Milan, and around its historic core it has added residential districts, company offices and a new hospital that serves an area far larger than the municipality.
Anyone working in Milan should know one thing before house hunting: Vimercate has no railway station. People mostly travel by car, using Milan's eastern ring road (the Tangenziale Est), which reaches the town, or by bus. It is worth timing the real journey from a given address, since it varies a lot between the centre and the areas near the ring road.
At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 25,925 residents, up 2.4% since 2011. By Brianza standards the population is old: over-65s make up 28.1% against 23.5% in the province of Monza and Brianza, and the average age reaches 47.9. Households are small, 2.16 people on average, and average incomes are above the provincial figure.
Services are denser than in neighbouring towns. Healthcare facilities number 1.08 per 1,000 residents, against a provincial rate of 0.59, and supermarkets, cafés and restaurants are also above the provincial average.
Seismic hazard is low. Vimercate is in zone 3, like 39 other municipalities in the province, while 15 are in zone 4, and the expected ground acceleration is about 0.062 g. For a flat, the state of the building, the service charges and the energy rating matter more. Along the Molgora the report checks the flood maps for the address, and the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) cadastral maps lead to the plot.
Key points
- Main town of east Brianza, with a hospital and company offices.
- No railway station: Milan by car, ring road or bus.
- Over-65s at 28.1%, against 23.5% in the province.
- Seismic zone 3, low expected acceleration: 0.062 g.
Overview
Vimercate is a municipality in the province of Monza e della Brianza, in Lombardia. At the end of 2023 it had 25,925 residents, ranked 9 of 55 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Vimercate is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (40 of 55) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.062 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 2.4%. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (46). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 24%). Foreign residents make up 9.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Vimercate declared an average taxable income of 32,434 euros, above the provincial average (29,649 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Vimercate 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 194 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Vimercate has 23 schools and 8 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 14 grocery shops and supermarkets, 28 healthcare facilities, 22 sports facilities and 6 parks and green areas.
There are 1.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more than the province average (0.6).
Public transport
The open timetables available for the area do not list any stops within the territory of Vimercate.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 29.1% of the land in Vimercate, compared with 40.9% in the province and 12.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.0 hectares.
Radon and contaminated sites
Vimercate 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 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Vimercate, 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 Vimercate: 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 Vimercate 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 229 inhabited census areas in Vimercate. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.0%
- fair 8.2%
- good 91.8%
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 108050. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.