Foreign residents in Cardedu
Cardedu, in the province of Ogliastra, is home to 6 Swiss nationals — 0.30% of its 1,983 residents. That is the 60th-highest concentration of Swiss nationals of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 3rd within Sardegna.
Across the nationalities we track, Cardedu counts 14 foreign residents in total, 0.71% of the population. The largest groups are Swiss nationals (6), Germans (5), Argentinians (1).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Swiss nationals in Cardedu has risen, from 5 to 6 (+20%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 7.2% of Cardedu's population was born outside Italy — 2.6% outside the EU and 4.6% elsewhere in the EU. ISTAT does not publish this broken down by specific country at comune level, so it isn't directly comparable to the per-nationality citizenship figures above.
Population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 6 | 0.30% |
| Germany | 5 | 0.25% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.05% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.05% |
| France | 1 | 0.05% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,841 | 92.84% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 91 | 4.59% |
| Born outside the EU | 51 | 2.57% |
Swiss nationals over time
Tax regimes
Cardedu qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime. Comfortably below the 30,000-resident ceiling.
Qualifying is about the town. Whether it applies to you depends on criteria no map can check — where you were tax-resident before, and where your income comes from.
How the 7% pensioner regime works, and every qualifying comune →Property prices
Buying in Cardedu is below the Ogliastra average of €1,333/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
22.3 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
A detached house here averages €1,725/m², against €1,132 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighbourhood — a house costs 24% more per square metre.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square metre, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.