All things you need to know about living in Oristano
Oristano, in the province of Oristano, is home to 30 Spaniards: 0.10% of its 30,067 residents.
That is the 383rd-highest concentration of Spaniards among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Sardegna it ranks 11th.
ISTAT counts 966 residents with a foreign citizenship in Oristano, 3.21% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Spaniards (30), Brazilians (22), Russians (14).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Oristano scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for burglaries reported and urban green.
It scores in the bottom quarter for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and hospital beds in high-care wards.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 31.3°C (88°F) and winters a low of 6.5°C (44°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Oristano sees about 54 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 661mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 89 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Oristano at about €1,553 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 17.2 years of renting the same property.
Oristano population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 209 | 0.70% |
| Spain | 30 | 0.10% |
| Poland | 24 | 0.08% |
| Ukraine | 24 | 0.08% |
| Brazil | 22 | 0.07% |
| Russia | 14 | 0.05% |
| Bulgaria | 13 | 0.04% |
| Slovakia | 13 | 0.04% |
| Albania | 10 | 0.03% |
| Hungary | 10 | 0.03% |
| Lithuania | 10 | 0.03% |
| Germany | 8 | 0.03% |
| United States | 8 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 6 | 0.02% |
| France | 6 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 6 | 0.02% |
| Czechia | 5 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 2 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 2 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0.01% |
| Portugal | 2 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 1 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 1 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 28,588 | 95.08% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 585 | 1.95% |
| Born outside the EU | 894 | 2.97% |
Spaniards over time
Quality of life in Oristano
Full BES profile for Oristano →Oristano on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Oristano is well above the Oristano average of €828/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
17.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 39% more than ordinary condition — €2,155/m² against €1,553.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
Seismic zone
Oristano is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
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Nearest hospital: C.C. 'Madonna del Rimedio' - Oristano, about 0.9 km / 1 minute by road from Aristanis/Oristano (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: P. Ospedaliero 'San Martino' - Oristano (DEA level I), about 1.5 km / 2 minutes by road from Aristanis/Oristano (the main town).
Nearest airport: Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG), about 91.3 km / 58 minutes by road from Aristanis/Oristano (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Crai, about 0.1 km / 1 minute by road from Aristanis/Oristano (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Bresciani Achenza Snc, about 0.3 km / 1 minute by road from Aristanis/Oristano (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Oristano, about 1.3 km / 2 minutes by road from Aristanis/Oristano (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Oristano, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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