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Escalaplano: what to know before buying a home

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

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For example: Corso Sardegna 1, Escalaplano.

Escalaplano, an inland upland near the Flumendosa

Far from the coast and the busier roads, Escalaplano sits on an upland in the interior of south-eastern Sardinia, at just over three hundred metres, near the valley of the Flumendosa river. The landscape is pasture, Mediterranean scrub and farmland, with the compact village at the centre of a large territory.

For anyone thinking of buying, isolation is the point to bear in mind. Cagliari can be reached by car, but it takes more than an hour on winding inland roads. People who live here do so because of family ties or for space and quiet at low cost. Houses in the centre have one or two floors, many built or rebuilt in recent decades, next to a few old stone houses with courtyards. The village has 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets and 3 school sites.

Istat, the national statistics office, counted 2,055 residents in 2023, down 9.4% on 2011. The average age is 48.9 (province: 48.1) and 30.1% are over 65. There are almost no foreign residents, 0.3%. Declared incomes are below the provincial average.

Earthquakes are not a concern here. Escalaplano is in seismic zone 4, like all the other 69 municipalities in the province, with expected ground acceleration of 0.050 g. Summers are hot and winters mild, and in older houses damp, roofs and services matter most.

At the edges of the upland, slopes drop steeply to the valleys. The report locates the parcel on the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) maps and compares it with the official landslide and flood maps.

Key points

  • Inland upland near the Flumendosa valley.
  • More than an hour's drive from Cagliari.
  • Population down 9.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest on the scale.

Overview

Escalaplano is a municipality in the province of Cagliari, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 2,055 residents, ranked 36 of 70 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Escalaplano 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 9.4%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 30% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 0.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Escalaplano declared an average taxable income of 16,184 euros, below the provincial average (19,085 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Escalaplano is in climate zone C, with 1,135 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 338 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Escalaplano has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 2 grocery shops and supermarkets.

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 1.6% of the land in Escalaplano, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Escalaplano 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 Escalaplano: 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 Escalaplano 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 14 inhabited census areas in Escalaplano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 71 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 22.5%
  • good 77.5%

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 118015. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.