 According to 31 December 2004 demographic data, has a population of 4,233 in an area of .It Is about northeast from Milan, the main city in Northern Italy.Malgrate, located after Lecco to the West, is one of the gates of the Brianza.Malgrate borders Galbiate, where in Figina, (in the current territory of Villa Vergano, a frazione of Galbiate), appears the first written mention of the name Brianza.