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Villacidro: 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 Sassari 1, Villacidro.

Villacidro, at the foot of the Linas massif

Villacidro lies where the Medio Campidano plain meets the mountains: behind the town rises the Monte Linas massif, with woods, streams and walking trails. It is the town where the writer Giuseppe Dessì grew up and which he portrayed in his novels. It shares the role of provincial capital of Medio Campidano with Sanluri.

For buyers, Villacidro's position between mountain and plain has practical consequences. A house on the upper edge of town and one in the lower part can differ greatly in elevation, slope and proximity to watercourses. The report measures the elevation and gradient of the ground at the address and compares the spot with the official landslide and flood hazard maps. None of these figures is summarised for the municipality as a whole.

Daily life counts as well. In a town of this size, the distance to schools, pharmacies and shops makes a real difference, particularly for anyone who would rather not drive everywhere, and the report calculates it from the house itself, not from the town hall.

Seismic hazard is at the bottom of the national scale. The province has 28 municipalities and every one of them is in zone 4, so in Villacidro a structural assessment is more about maintenance and build quality than about earthquake resistance.

Cadastral maps are available: the Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes them for Villacidro too, and the report finds the land parcel from the address, including land and houses outside the built-up area.

Key points

  • Town between the plain and Monte Linas, joint capital with Sanluri.
  • Elevation, slope and watercourses vary widely across the municipality.
  • Seismic zone 4, like all 28 municipalities in Medio Campidano.
  • Cadastral maps available for land and outlying houses too.

Overview

Villacidro is the capital of the province of Medio Campidano, in Sardegna. At the end of 2023 it had 13,117 residents, the most populous municipality in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Villacidro 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 8.2%. The estimated average age is 48 years, lower than the province average (49). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 27%). Foreign residents make up 1.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.3 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Villacidro declared an average taxable income of 18,092 euros, below the provincial average (19,085 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Villacidro is in climate zone C, with 1,335 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 267 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Villacidro has 12 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 9 grocery shops and supermarkets, 3 healthcare facilities, 3 sports facilities and 1 green area.

There are 0.2 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 3.2% of the land in Villacidro, compared with 3.4% in the region. In 2024 built-up land grew by 9.0 hectares.

Radon and contaminated sites

Villacidro 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 Villacidro: 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 Villacidro 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 53 inhabited census areas in Villacidro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 82 or more.

Residents by band

  • fair 1.3%
  • good 19.7%
  • very good 79.0%

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 117025. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.