Skip to content
Vicinalia
Italiano Sign up

Barrali: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Cagliari, Sardegna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

Liveability index free for any address

Search for an address in Barrali

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 Roma 1, Barrali.

Barrali, a small village inland from Cagliari

If you work in Cagliari and want a house with a courtyard, at a price worth checking in the report, Barrali is one of the options inland, at around 140 metres, in an area of farmland and low hills north of the city. The village is compact, with low houses, courtyards and quiet streets.

The distance to Cagliari is covered by car, and for secondary schools, the hospital and big shops the reference is the city or the larger towns along the way. The village has 1 pharmacies and 3 school sites. Housing is mostly detached, some of it built of sun-dried earth bricks and needing renovation, some recent; declared incomes are below the provincial average. The climate zone is C.

The fall in residents is modest: there were 1,099 in 2023, 3.5% fewer than in 2011. The population is a little younger than the provincial one, with an average age of 46.5 against 48.1 and over-65s at 24.9% against 25.7%. Foreign nationals are very few, at 0.5%.

All 70 municipalities in the province of Cagliari are in seismic zone 4, the lowest, with an expected ground acceleration of 0.050 g. Summer heat and damp walls in older houses matter more than earthquakes: ask when the roof and plaster were last redone.

The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes cadastral maps, and the report traces the address to its land parcel. For houses near streams in the countryside, the official flood maps are checked for the address.

Key points

  • Inland north of Cagliari, houses with courtyards.
  • 1 pharmacies in the village.
  • Residents down 3.5% since 2011.
  • All 70 municipalities in the province in seismic zone 4.

Overview

Barrali is a municipality in the province of Cagliari, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 1,099 residents, ranked 52 of 70 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Barrali is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 70 municipalities in the province are in the same zone.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.050 g, a moderate 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 fallen by 3.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, lower than the province average (48). 25% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 0.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Barrali declared an average taxable income of 17,525 euros, below the provincial average (19,085 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Barrali is in climate zone C, with 1,292 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 November to 31 March, for up to 10 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 140 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Barrali has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.9 per 1,000 residents.

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.6% of the land in Barrali, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Barrali is one of the municipalities designated as a radon priority area by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. According to the ISPRA map, the estimated radon emission in the municipality is medium. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Barrali: 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 Barrali 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 8 inhabited census areas in Barrali. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 72 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.8%
  • good 99.2%

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 118004. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.