Brigittenau
Last updated: November 2026
Brigittenau is Vienna's 20th district, with a Living Score of 80. It is strongest on Air quality and Safety, while Green space is more of a trade-off.
In short: Brigittenau, Vienna's 20th district, has a Living Score of 80 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Air quality 7.5 and Safety 6.8 out of 10, weakest Green space 3.7. Rent about €15/m², purchase about €4,015/m².
Along the broad avenues lined with municipal housing blocks, life is often quiet. At the same time, the Danube is close, and with it plenty of green. Urban life gathers in a few centres, while away from the main roads a noticeable stillness sets in. There is a solid choice of places to eat — cultural events are rarer.
The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses.
Brigittenau is one of Vienna's Gemeindebau districts — around 11,903 flats in municipal estates (open building data) shape whole neighbourhoods here.
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Greenable roofs in Brigittenau
The roofs here are largely flat — industrial estates, post-war and new development roof that way. Of 139 hectares of roof area in the 20th district, 83 hectares are flat enough for greening — 60.1 %, of which 61 hectares lie up to 5°, where a deeper build-up with beds would also work. Greened, that area would hold back on the order of 160,000 cubic metres of rain a year that otherwise runs into the sewer.
Own calculation of roof pitch per roof face from the City of Vienna’s official roof model (LOD2.1, CC BY 4.0), suitability thresholds of 5° and 20° as in the City’s green-roof potential cadastre. Whether a roof is already green is unknown to a geometry model; plant rooms and chimneys are not subtracted, and the statics have a say. The retention is a model built from 626.3 mm of annual rainfall (Hohe Warte, 1991–2020) and the runoff coefficients of ÖNORM B 2501. All districts compared → What a single roof may still carry — an attic conversion or an added storey — is calculated from the zoning plan on Attic conversion in Vienna.
Parking in Brigittenau: short-stay zone 1200
In the 20th district the short-stay parking zone applies as everywhere in Vienna: Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours, €3.40 an hour with a parking voucher or mobile parking. Residents park with the Parkpickerl (€13 a month) without a voucher. There are 11 public car parks in the district (1.9 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. Parking in Vienna: short-stay zone, Parkpickerl, all car parks →
Rules as of September 2026, City of Vienna; car parks from the City’s open garage register.
Neighbourhoods in this district
Handelskai Brigittenau Zentrum Dresdner Straße Augarten Nord
Metro and S-Bahn in Brigittenau
U6 R1 REX1 REX2 REX3 REX92 S1 S2 S3 S4 S7 S45 S80 · Handelskai R1 REX1 REX2 REX3 REX92 S1 S2 S3 S4 S7 S80 · Traisengasse U6 · Dresdner Straße U4 · Friedensbrücke U6 · Jägerstraße S40 · Nußdorf
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Transit reach from Brigittenau
From a stop in Brigittenau you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 16.2% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 4.1% within 20 — above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 13 of 23). You get furthest from Handelskai (29% in 30 minutes), least far from Griegstraße (7%).
Median over the district's 34 stops, computed with the timetable router (GTFS of Wiener Linien, Badner Bahn and ÖBB S-Bahn, departures 8:00–8:20, up to three rides, walking up to 1.2 km from the last stop). Counted in building addresses of the City of Vienna, not residents. Timetable, not real time. All 23 districts ranked ›
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Is Brigittenau a good district to live in?
Brigittenau is a solid place to live (Living Score 80/100): strong on Air quality and Safety, weaker on Green space. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Brigittenau?
Safety in Brigittenau: Good (6.8/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Brigittenau dangerous?
Brigittenau is considered safe overall (safety 6.8/10 by the crime statistics). As everywhere there is more going on around big squares and stations; the residential streets are calmer. An orientation value, not an address statement.
How good is public transport in Brigittenau?
Public transport in Brigittenau: Average (5.6/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Brigittenau noisy?
Quiet in Brigittenau: Average (5.5/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 65% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is A221 (Nordbrückenzubringer). The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: A221 (Nordbrückenzubringer) (~103,900/day), Brigittenauer Lände (~32,457/day), Adalbert-Stifter-Straße (~29,190/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Brigittenau get in summer?
In summer Brigittenau is rather warm — about the Vienna average. Heat index 59 of 100 (Vienna average 56), modelled. Dense, enclosed building form stores the day's heat and releases it slowly at night; there is little green to cool it. This is a MODELLED index (from building form, density, green space, street trees, water and elevation, checked against the City of Vienna's climate analysis map), not a measured temperature and not a count of hot days. Within one area it varies a lot: a green courtyard and a treeless street a few metres apart are not the same place.
How green is Brigittenau?
Green space in Brigittenau: Limited (3.7/10), about 16.4% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Brigittenau a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value clean air and a safe area. Less ideal if lots of greenery at the doorstep is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Brigittenau expensive?
Guide prices for Brigittenau: rent around €15.3/m², buying around €4,015/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Average.
How is the natural light in Brigittenau?
It varies a lot by Grätzl: Brigittenau Zentrum is low and openly built — plenty of free sky — while Handelskai is much tighter, with light falling narrow into the lanes. How bright a single flat is also comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side.
What is Vienna's 20th district called?
Vienna's 20th district is called Brigittenau (postal code 1200).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 20th district?
The 20th district (Brigittenau) has the postal code 1200.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 20th district (1200)?
Yes. In Brigittenau, as everywhere in Vienna, the short-stay zone applies Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours; residents park with the Parkpickerl. There are 11 public car parks in the district (1.9 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Brigittenau in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Brigittenau, a median 16.2% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Handelskai it is 29%. Computed from the timetable with transfers and walking up to 1.2 km — not real time, and counted in addresses, not residents.
What kind of buildings shape Brigittenau?
In Brigittenau: The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 88% of the residential buildings here are Gründerzeit apartment houses (1848–1918). How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.
How much roof area in Brigittenau could be greened?
83 of the 139 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 60.1 %. The roofs here are largely flat — industrial estates, post-war and new development roof that way. The figure comes from an own calculation of the pitch of every roof face in the City of Vienna’s official roof model, and says nothing about which roofs are already green.