Foreign residents in Domus de Maria
Domus de Maria, in the province of Cagliari, is home to 5 Germans — 0.31% of its 1,639 residents. That is the 345th-highest concentration of Germans of any of the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents, and 23rd within Sardegna.
Across the nationalities we track, Domus de Maria counts 24 foreign residents in total, 1.46% of the population. The largest groups are Germans (5), Portuguese nationals (4), Swiss nationals (2).
Over the period 2019–2025, the number of Germans in Domus de Maria has held roughly steady, from 5 to 5 (+0%).
Separately, ISTAT's census data shows 5.1% of Domus de Maria's population was born outside Italy — 2.5% outside the EU and 2.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5 | 0.31% |
| Portugal | 4 | 0.24% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.12% |
| Ireland | 2 | 0.12% |
| Norway | 2 | 0.12% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.12% |
| United States | 2 | 0.12% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.06% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.06% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.06% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.06% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 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% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,555 | 94.87% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 43 | 2.62% |
| Born outside the EU | 41 | 2.50% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Cagliari
Full BES profile for Cagliari →Cagliari on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Domus de Maria 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 Domus de Maria is below the Cagliari average of €1,604/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
22.7 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 €3,700/m², against €1,400 for an apartment.
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.