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Sant'Anna Arresi: what to know before buying a home

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

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Sant'Anna Arresi, the Sulcis and the dunes of Porto Pino

The name belongs to the village, but for many people Sant'Anna Arresi means Porto Pino, its seaside hamlet with beaches and white dunes in the south-west of Sardinia. The main settlement is inland, on flat ground a few metres above sea level, surrounded by the farmland of the lower Sulcis. For larger services people head towards Carbonia and Giba, and Cagliari is roughly an hour and a half by car.

Buyers here face two different markets. In the village there are homes lived in all year, often detached with a courtyard; towards the coast holiday homes dominate, used mainly in summer. For a house by the sea, what matters is access in winter, the condition of systems left unused for months and exposure to salt air and wind. The climate is mild, zone B, with short winters.

Istat, the national statistics office, counts 2,642 residents (2023), down 2.6% since 2011. The population is older: the average age is 50.5, close to the 50.6 of the province, and 31.1% are over 65. Foreign residents make up 2.3%.

On earthquakes the picture is calm: the municipality is in seismic zone 4, the lowest, with an expected acceleration of 0.050 g. In houses near the sea, upkeep matters more than seismic design, especially balcony steelwork, render and roofs.

Revenue Agency cadastral maps are published and the report finds the property from the address. In the low-lying areas near the coast and the lagoons, the official maps show whether an address falls in a flood-prone area.

Key points

  • Inland Sulcis village with a seaside hamlet, Porto Pino
  • 2,642 residents, average age 50.5
  • Seismic zone 4, the lowest
  • Seaside homes: systems, salt air and winter access

Overview

Sant'Anna Arresi is a municipality in the province of Sulcis Iglesiente, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 2,642 residents, ranked 14 of 24 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Sant'Anna Arresi is in seismic zone 4, the lowest-risk zone, where strong earthquakes are very rare. All 24 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 2.6%. The estimated average age is 51 years, in line with the province. 31% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 2.3% of the population. On average, a household has 2.1 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Sant'Anna Arresi declared an average taxable income of 19,245 euros, in line with the province (19,085 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Sant'Anna Arresi is in climate zone B, with 863 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 December to 31 March, for up to 8 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 75 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Sant'Anna Arresi has 3 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 3 grocery shops and supermarkets and 1 green area.

The data shows no healthcare facilities within the municipality, against a provincial average of 0.5 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 Sant'Anna Arresi, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 0.7 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Sant'Anna Arresi 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 Sant'Anna Arresi: 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 Sant'Anna Arresi 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 35 inhabited census areas in Sant'Anna Arresi. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 22.9%
  • good 77.1%

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 119019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.