1/5Who this town suits
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The honest read
- An airport with scheduled flights is within easy reach — Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG), about 6.3km away.
- An established international community — 23 residents from Western countries already here.
- A younger community than most Italian towns — median age about 47.
- The population is gradually declining — down 0.58% in the latest year. Worth weighing if long-term services and resale matter to you.
Written from the data on this page — this town's own ISTAT and OpenStreetMap figures, not editorial impressions.
People
Where the population is heading
Arrivals and departures over the year, from the ISTAT demographic balance. International migration counts moves across Italy’s border; internal migration counts moves to and from other Italian comuni.
Age structure
Property prices
Agenzia delle Entrate - OMI · 2025 H2 · broad indicative €/m² ranges by OMI zone, not a valuation or a listing price. Always check the specific address and current listings for any property.
Air travel
Nearest airport with scheduled passenger service (great-circle distance). Verified against OurAirports, Assaeroporti and Wikipedia — cargo-only and general-aviation fields are excluded. Check the airport site for current routes and timetables.
Leisure & facilities
Mapped from OpenStreetMap; absence here means “not mapped,” which isn’t always the same as “not there.”
Daily life & distances (within 1 km / 3 km / 5 km)
- 1.Ufficio Postale di Sestu (in Sestu)~1 min driving (0.4 km by road)
- 2.Ufficio Postale Elmas (in Su Masu/Elmas)~12 min driving (7.4 km by road)
- 3.Ufficio Postale di Selargius Su Planu (in San Lorenzo)~13 min driving (7.8 km by road)
- 1.Dr.a Manuela Bernardini (in Su Masu/Elmas)~12 min driving (7.5 km by road)
- 2.Centro Vista (in San Lorenzo)~14 min driving (8.4 km by road)
- 3.Doctor (near San Simone)~17 min driving (10.1 km by road)
- 1.Residenza Sanitaria Assistenziale (in Pauli/Monserrato)~18 min driving (10.8 km by road)
- 2.Clinic (in Pauli/Monserrato)~18 min driving (10.8 km by road)
- 3.Clinica Lay (in Casteddu/Cagliari)~18 min driving (13.5 km by road)
- 1.Sardegnadentale Cagliari (in Cortexandra)~8 min driving (3.6 km by road)
- 2.MGM Studio Odontoiatrico Dott.ssa Maria Giulia Masala (in Bau s'Ulmu)~17 min driving (10.4 km by road)
- 3.Dentalstaff (in Casteddu/Cagliari)~18 min driving (11.1 km by road)
- Policlinico Universitario Duilio Casula (in San Lorenzo)~11 min driving (6.3 km by road)
- Spiaggia di Giorgino (in Giorgino - Villaggio pescatori)~19 min driving (14.5 km by road)
Counts show what’s mapped in OpenStreetMap within each ring. Where little is close, the nearest few are listed with an estimated drive time (a guide, not a measured route; typically ~1.5× the straight-line distance at rural speeds). Daily services are searched to 15 km; hospital and beach to 100 km.
Foreign community
Foreign community — estimated religious background
Estimated from the foreignresidents’ country of citizenship, not a religion census — a guide to the likely background of the foreign community, not a measured figure.
Civic vitality
Read automatically from the comune’s own website — soft signals of how active the local administration is, not a verdict. Some towns use a shared regional portal, so a quiet site doesn’t always mean a quiet town. See the methodology.
Schools & education
School counts from the MIUR Anagrafe scuole (presence by level, not a ranking). Universities and conservatories/academies from the MIUR institution lists; nearby university presence from OpenStreetMap. A student presence often means more rentals and services.
What’s around Sestu
Nearby features by direction and distance — what we could locate, nothing guessed.
Sources: ISTAT↗ · OpenStreetMap↗ · Comune site↗ · Photo↗ · Updated October 9, 2026 · How we know this →