Margareten
Last updated: November 2026
Margareten is Vienna's 5th district, with a Living Score of 63. It is strongest on Safety and Air quality, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Margareten, Vienna's 5th district, has a Living Score of 63 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Safety 7.4 and Air quality 7.3 out of 10, weakest Affordability 2.3. Rent about €20/m², purchase about €5,099/m².
In Margareten, everyday life often happens on foot, with cafés and small shops shaping the district. Life plays out right outside your door — even if larger parks play a minor role.
Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape.
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Greenable roofs in Margareten
The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. Of 101 hectares of roof area in the 5th district, 38 hectares are flat enough for greening — 37.9 %, of which 29 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 70,000 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 Margareten: short-stay zone 1050
In the 5th 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 5 public car parks in the district (2.5 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
Matzleinsdorfer Platz Reinprechtsdorf
Metro and S-Bahn in Margareten
CJX9 R3 R4 REX1 REX2 REX9 REX92 S1 S2 S3 S4 S80 · Matzleinsdorfer Platz U4 · Kettenbrückengasse U4 · Margaretengürtel U4 · Pilgramgasse
Every vehicle in the district on the map, by timetable ›
Transit reach from Margareten
From a stop in Margareten you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 19.7% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 4.9% within 20 — well above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 9 of 23). You get furthest from Pilgramgasse (30.9% in 30 minutes), least far from Reinprechtsdorfer Brücke (11.8%).
Median over the district's 23 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 Margareten a good district to live in?
Margareten scores 63/100 on the Living Score — not top-tier, but with clear strengths in Safety and Air quality (often affordable and well connected). The trade-off is Affordability. "Good" depends on what matters to you.
How safe is Margareten?
Safety in Margareten: Good (7.4/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Margareten dangerous?
Margareten is considered safe overall (safety 7.4/10 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 Margareten?
Public transport in Margareten: Limited (3.7/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Margareten noisy?
Quiet in Margareten: Good (6.5/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 33% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Margaretengürtel. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Margaretengürtel (~40,284/day), Unterfahrung Matzleinsdorfer Platz (~32,085/day), Reinprechtsdorfer Straße (~19,524/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Margareten get in summer?
In summer Margareten is heat-prone — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 68 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 Margareten?
Green space in Margareten: Limited (3.0/10), about 6.4% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Margareten 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 Margareten expensive?
Guide prices for Margareten: rent around €20/m², buying around €5,099/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 5th district called?
Vienna's 5th district is called Margareten (postal code 1050).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 5th district?
The 5th district (Margareten) has the postal code 1050.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 5th district (1050)?
Yes. In Margareten, 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 5 public car parks in the district (2.5 per km²). As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Margareten in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Margareten, a median 19.7% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Pilgramgasse it is 30.9%. 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 Margareten?
In Margareten: Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 55% 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 Margareten could be greened?
38 of the 101 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 37.9 %. 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.