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Bonarcado: what to know before buying a home

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

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Bonarcado, at the foot of the Montiferru

Two Romanesque churches and a medieval manuscript made Bonarcado's name: the basilica of Santa Maria, tied to an old monastery, and the sanctuary of Nostra Signora di Bonacattu, while the Condaghe of Bonarcado is a medieval register studied by historians of Sardinia. The village sits on the south eastern side of the Montiferru massif, where the hills drop towards the Oristano plain.

It is a farming and livestock village, and Oristano, the provincial capital, is a short drive away for offices, the hospital and secondary schools. Houses in the centre are often built of stone, on one or two floors around an inner courtyard. Buyers should budget for damp walls, roofs that need redoing and old wiring and plumbing rather than major structural work.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 1,533 residents in 2023, down 5.8% since 2011. The average age is 47.7, below the provincial 49.8, and over-65s make up 27.9%. Foreign residents are few, at 1.0%. Declared incomes are lower than the provincial average.

Earthquake hazard is low: all 87 municipalities in the province are in seismic zone 4, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.050 g. Even so, in an old building it is worth having the beams and roof checked.

Winters are mild and summers hot. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so the report reaches the land parcel from the address; landslide hazard on the slopes and flood hazard along the streams are read for the exact spot, not as an average for the village.

Key points

  • On the south eastern side of the Montiferru, towards the Oristano plain.
  • All 87 municipalities in the province: zone 4.
  • Population down 5.8% since 2011.
  • Stone houses: check for damp, roofs and wiring.

Overview

Bonarcado is a municipality in the province of Oristano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 1,533 residents, ranked 26 of 87 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Bonarcado is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 87 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 5.8%. The estimated average age is 48 years, lower than the province average (50). 28% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.0% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Bonarcado declared an average taxable income of 16,434 euros, below the provincial average (19,764 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Bonarcado is in climate zone C, with 1,338 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 282 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Bonarcado 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 0.6 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 2.5% of the land in Bonarcado, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Bonarcado is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Sardegna in 2022. 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 Bonarcado: 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 Bonarcado 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 9 inhabited census areas in Bonarcado. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 0.3%
  • good 99.7%

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 115015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.