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Serrenti: 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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For example: Via Nazionale 1, Serrenti.

Serrenti, on the Campidano plain along the Carlo Felice road

If you drive the SS131 Carlo Felice highway between Cagliari and Oristano, you pass right by Serrenti, one of the farming towns of the Campidano plain in the province of Medio Campidano. Cagliari, the regional capital, is about fifty kilometres away and Sanluri a few minutes. The landscape is Sardinia's great plain, with cereal fields, olive groves and low hills in the background.

The old centre still has many courtyard houses in the local style, with a large gateway on the street and an inner yard. Some are built with mud bricks, known as ladiri: they stay cool in summer and have thick walls, but they suffer from damp and from repairs made with the wrong materials, such as cement render. Before buying one, have it looked at by a surveyor who knows this kind of building.

The town is losing people. In 2023 there were 4,506 residents, 522 fewer than in 2011, a fall of 10.4%. The average age is 49.5, in line with the province (49.4), over-65s make up 29.3% and foreign residents just 0.8%. Serrenti is still one of the larger towns in the province, ranked 9 of 28 by population.

Earthquakes are not a concern here: like the whole of Sardinia, the municipality is in seismic zone 4 of the Civil Protection classification, the lowest, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.050 g. The climate is mild (climate zone C), with hot, dry summers. For buildings, what matters most is upkeep, insulation and protection from the heat, and in low-lying areas near channels the report also checks the flood maps.

Key points

  • Campidano plain, on the Carlo Felice road between Cagliari and Oristano.
  • Mud-brick courtyard houses: get an expert to inspect them.
  • 4,506 residents, down 10.4% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 4, like the whole of Sardinia.

Overview

Serrenti is a municipality in the province of Medio Campidano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 4,506 residents, ranked 9 of 28 municipalities in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Serrenti 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 10.4%. 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 0.8% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Serrenti declared an average taxable income of 19,158 euros, in line with the province (19,085 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Serrenti is in climate zone C, with 1,147 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 114 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Serrenti has 4 schools and 1 pharmacy. The Overture Maps data also lists 4 grocery shops and supermarkets, 5 healthcare facilities, 1 sports facility and 1 green area.

There are 1.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, more 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 5.7% of the land in Serrenti, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 2.8 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Serrenti 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 Serrenti: 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 Serrenti 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 24 inhabited census areas in Serrenti. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 77 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 4.3%
  • good 67.3%
  • very good 28.3%

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 117019. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.