Innere Stadt
Last updated: September 2026
Innere Stadt is Vienna's 1st district, with a Living Score of 75. It is strongest on Safety and Air quality, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
The morning light catches in the old façades as the first coffee machines start up in the cafés of the old town. Viennese life plays out here, tightly packed and always in motion. Quiet is hard to find.
Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape.
The six dimensions
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Greenable roofs in Innere Stadt
The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. Of 139 hectares of roof area in the 1st district, 54 hectares are flat enough for greening — 38.6 %, of which 40 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 100,000 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 →
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Frequently asked about Innere Stadt
Is Innere Stadt a good district to live in?
Innere Stadt reaches a Living Score of 75 out of 100 (Good place to live). It is strongest on Safety (Excellent), followed by Air quality; Affordability is more of a trade-off. The score combines six dimensions from open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria).
How safe is Innere Stadt?
Safety in Innere Stadt: Excellent (8.0/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Innere Stadt dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Innere Stadt sits at 8.0 out of 10 on the safety dimension (Excellent). One thing worth knowing when reading such figures: crime statistics count offences where they HAPPEN, not where those affected live. Districts with major stations, nightlife and many visitors therefore collect more reports without a residential street a few corners away being any different. Within a district, the gap between a busy hub and a quiet side street is usually larger than the gap between two districts.
How good is public transport in Innere Stadt?
Public transport in Innere Stadt: Good (6.9/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Innere Stadt noisy?
Quiet in Innere Stadt: Average (6.0/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 50% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Franz-Josefs-Kai. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Franz-Josefs-Kai (~30,872/day), Obere Donaustraße (~23,748/day), Vordere Zollamtsstraße (~18,142/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Innere Stadt get in summer?
In summer Innere Stadt is heat-prone — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 71 of 100 (Vienna average 57), 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 Innere Stadt?
Green space in Innere Stadt: Limited (3.6/10), about 16.4% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Innere Stadt a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value a safe area and clean air. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Innere Stadt expensive?
Guide prices for Innere Stadt: rent around €29.01/m², buying around €11,576/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Low.
What is Vienna's 1st district called?
Vienna's 1st district is called Innere Stadt (postal code 1010).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 1st district?
The 1st district (Innere Stadt) has the postal code 1010.
Is Innere Stadt a good district to live in?
Innere Stadt is a solid place to live (Living Score 75/100): strong on Safety and Air quality, weaker on Affordability. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
Is Innere Stadt dangerous?
Innere Stadt is considered very safe: it ranks above average in the official police crime statistics (safety 8.0/10). An orientation value for the area, not a statement about a single address.
What kind of buildings shape Innere Stadt?
In Innere Stadt: Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 53% 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 Innere Stadt could be greened?
54 of the 139 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 38.6 %. The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. 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.