Student rents skyrocket: in Cagliari, a single room costs 450 euros a month; in 2020, the price was 280.
A 58% increase, bringing the Sardinian capital up to Verona, Venice, Naples, and Trento. Only Bari has seen a higher increase in the last six years (+59%).
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Cagliari is among the university cities where single-room rental prices have risen the most over the past six years (from March 2020 to March 2026). The Sardinian capital recorded a 58% increase, second only to Bari (+59%) .
Six years ago, renting a single room in Cagliari cost an average of 283 euros a month, today it is 449 .
This is revealed by a study by Immobiliare.it Insights, a proptech company led by Luke Brucato, specializing in market analysis and data intelligence and part of the Immobiliare.it group.
The most expensive city remains Milan (729 euros), followed by Florence (625), Rome (609) and Bologna (599) . Padua closes the top 5, even if, with its 490 euros per month, it remains far behind the first four cities.
On the other hand, two Sicilian capitals, Messina and Catania, are the least expensive, with an average asking price of 284 euros per month for both . The third least expensive city is Perugia (300), ahead of Palermo (309) and Udine (310).
The cities hosting the country's ten mega-state universities, with over 40,000 students, saw single room prices increase by an average of 41% between March 2020 and March 2026, a full 10 percentage points higher than the increase for studio apartments in the same cities over the same period. The two most significant increases occurred in Bari and Palermo, which recorded +59% and +55% respectively. Padua and Florence came in third, with both +46%. Just outside the top three was Turin (+45%) , while in Rome prices rose by 40%. Bologna, Naples, and Milan also showed significant increases, between 30% and 40%. The least significant change was recorded in Pisa, where the cost of a single room increased by 16% over the period analyzed .
Looking at other major state universities, increases in the prices of single rooms over the last six years stand at +31% , and are therefore on average less marked than those recorded in the cities of mega-universities. Cagliari's +58% stands out, ahead of Messina (+46%) and Genoa (+41%) , while elsewhere no other increases above +40% have been noted. The price of a single room in Cagliari is similar to that of Venice (459 euros per month), Trento (454), Verona and Naples (both 447) . All cities where cost growth over the last six years has been decidedly less marked.
A studio apartment is worthwhile, because even in the centers that host these smaller universities, the price increase for single rooms is significantly higher than that of studio apartments, which cost 22% more.
(Unioneonline/L)
