Mariahilf
Last updated: November 2026
Mariahilf is Vienna's 6th district, with a Living Score of 72. It is strongest on Safety and Air quality, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Mariahilf, Vienna's 6th district, has a Living Score of 72 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Safety 7.5 and Air quality 7.3 out of 10, weakest Affordability 2.0. Rent about €23/m², purchase about €6,395/m².
The lanes are narrow, the buildings close together, and daily life keeps a certain pace — much of it on foot. Cafés and small shops define the district, and in the evening there is a wide choice of places to eat. For real green space, though, the walk is longer here.
The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses.
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Greenable roofs in Mariahilf
The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards steep ones. Of 81 hectares of roof area in the 6th district, 35 hectares are flat enough for greening — 43 %, of which 27 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 Mariahilf: short-stay zone 1060
In the 6th 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 7 public car parks in the district (4.8 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
Mariahilfer Straße Linke Wienzeile
Metro and S-Bahn in Mariahilf
U3 U6 CJX5 CJX58 REX50 REX51 S50 · Westbahnhof U6 · Gumpendorfer Straße U4 · Kettenbrückengasse U4 · Margaretengürtel U2 · Museumsquartier U3 · Neubaugasse U4 · Pilgramgasse U3 · Zieglergasse
Every vehicle in the district on the map, by timetable ›
Transit reach from Mariahilf
From a stop in Mariahilf you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 24% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 6.4% within 20 — well above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 4 of 23). You get furthest from Gumpendorfer Straße (35.4% in 30 minutes), least far from Brückengasse (13.6%).
Median over the district's 14 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 Mariahilf a good district to live in?
Mariahilf is a solid place to live (Living Score 72/100): strong on Safety and Air quality, weaker on Affordability. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Mariahilf?
Safety in Mariahilf: Good (7.5/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Mariahilf dangerous?
Mariahilf is considered safe overall (safety 7.5/10 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 Mariahilf?
Public transport in Mariahilf: Limited (3.9/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Mariahilf noisy?
Quiet in Mariahilf: 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 Linke Wienzeile. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Getreidemarkt (~50,992/day), Linke Wienzeile (~27,750/day), Mariahilfer Gürtel (~23,102/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Mariahilf get in summer?
In summer Mariahilf is heat-prone — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 67 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 Mariahilf?
Green space in Mariahilf: Limited (3.0/10), about 4.5% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Mariahilf 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 Mariahilf expensive?
Guide prices for Mariahilf: rent around €23.2/m², buying around €6,395/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 6th district called?
Vienna's 6th district is called Mariahilf (postal code 1060).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 6th district?
The 6th district (Mariahilf) has the postal code 1060.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 6th district (1060)?
Yes. In Mariahilf, 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 7 public car parks in the district (4.8 per km²). As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Mariahilf in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Mariahilf, a median 24% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Gumpendorfer Straße it is 35.4%. 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 Mariahilf?
In Mariahilf: 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 Mariahilf could be greened?
35 of the 81 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 43 %. The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards steep ones. 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.