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Guspini: what to know before buying a home

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

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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 Giacomo Matteotti 1, Guspini.

Guspini, the mining town of Montevecchio

For more than a century Guspini was a miners' town. The Montevecchio lead and zinc mines, in the hills between Guspini and Arbus, were among the most important in Italy; closed for decades, they are now part of Sardinia's Geomining Park and open to visitors. The town lies in Medio Campidano, south-west Sardinia, where the Campidano plain meets the mountains around Arbus.

It is one of the largest municipalities in the province but has been losing people for years. Istat, the national statistics office, counted 10,856 residents in 2023, down 11.5% on 2011. The estimated average age is 49.3, the same as the province (49.4), and over-65s are 29.1%. Very few foreign residents live here, 1.2%. Average declared incomes are in line with the rest of Medio Campidano.

The market is mostly traditional village houses, often with a courtyard, and homes from the 1960s and 1970s. Prices are low, but many properties need work. Cagliari is about an hour's drive away, and the beaches of the Costa Verde, in neighbouring Arbus, are within easy reach by car: some buyers pick up a summer home here for far less than on the coast.

Earthquakes are not a concern. Sardinia is Italy's least seismic region, and all 28 municipalities in the province are in zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, with an expected acceleration of about 0.050 g. What counts is damp in the walls, the state of the roofs and the building services, and the summer heat.

Near the old mining areas one more check is needed. There are spoil heaps and ground containing processing waste, so for land or a ruin in those parts ask the town hall about clean-up work and restrictions. The report checks the landslide and flood maps at the address and, using the cadastral maps published by the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate), finds the plot.

Key points

  • Montevecchio mining town, in Medio Campidano.
  • 10,856 residents, down 11.5% since 2011.
  • Over-65s 29.1%, foreign residents 1.2%.
  • The whole province in seismic zone 4, the lowest.

Overview

Guspini is a municipality in the province of Medio Campidano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 10,856 residents, the second most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Guspini is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 28 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 11.5%. The estimated average age is 49 years, in line with the province. 29% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.2% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Guspini declared an average taxable income of 18,961 euros, in line with the province (19,085 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Guspini is in climate zone C, with 1,130 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 137 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Guspini has 10 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 10 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.3 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.5).

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 2.7% of the land in Guspini, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 1.1 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Guspini 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 Guspini: 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 Guspini 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 52 inhabited census areas in Guspini. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 83 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 5.0%
  • good 29.1%
  • very good 65.9%

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 117008. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.