Josefstadt
Last updated: November 2026
Josefstadt is Vienna's 8th district, with a Living Score of 78. It is strongest on Safety and Public transport, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Josefstadt, Vienna's 8th district, has a Living Score of 78 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Safety 8.5 and Public transport 8.3 out of 10, weakest Affordability 1.9. Rent about €23/m², purchase about €6,028/m².
In Josefstadt much is within walking distance, with cafés and small shops shaping the district. Distances are short and daily life mostly stays within the neighbourhood. For plenty of green, though, you do have to walk a fair way.
The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses.
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Greenable roofs in Josefstadt
The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. Of 63 hectares of roof area in the 8th district, 23 hectares are flat enough for greening — 36.6 %, of which 18 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 40,000 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 Josefstadt: short-stay zone 1080
In the 8th 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 6 public car parks in the district (5.5 per km²). 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
Josefstädter Straße Piaristengasse
Metro and S-Bahn in Josefstadt
U6 · Josefstädter Straße U2 · Rathaus U6 · Thaliastraße
Every vehicle in the district on the map, by timetable ›
Transit reach from Josefstadt
From a stop in Josefstadt you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 25% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 7.1% within 20 — well above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 3 of 23). You get furthest from Rathaus (29% in 30 minutes), least far from Theater in der Josefstadt (18.8%).
Median over the district's 12 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 Josefstadt a good district to live in?
Josefstadt is a solid place to live (Living Score 78/100): strong on Safety and Public transport, weaker on Affordability. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Josefstadt?
Safety in Josefstadt: Excellent (8.5/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Josefstadt dangerous?
Josefstadt is considered very safe: it ranks above average in the official police crime statistics (safety 8.5/10). An orientation value for the area, not a statement about a single address.
How good is public transport in Josefstadt?
Public transport in Josefstadt: Excellent (8.3/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Josefstadt noisy?
Quiet in Josefstadt: Average (6.4/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 24% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Landesgerichtsstraße. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Auerspergstraße (~36,960/day), Landesgerichtsstraße (~29,150/day), Lerchenfelder Straße (~17,035/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Josefstadt get in summer?
In summer Josefstadt is heat-prone — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 63 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 Josefstadt?
Green space in Josefstadt: Limited (3.0/10), about 8.8% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Josefstadt a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value a safe area and short trips by public transport. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Josefstadt expensive?
Guide prices for Josefstadt: rent around €23.2/m², buying around €6,028/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Low.
What is Vienna's 8th district called?
Vienna's 8th district is called Josefstadt (postal code 1080).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 8th district?
The 8th district (Josefstadt) has the postal code 1080.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 8th district (1080)?
Yes. In Josefstadt, 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 6 public car parks in the district (5.5 per km²). As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Josefstadt in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Josefstadt, a median 25% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Rathaus 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 Josefstadt?
In Josefstadt: The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 75% 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 Josefstadt could be greened?
23 of the 63 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 36.6 %. 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.