Meidling
Last updated: November 2026
Meidling is Vienna's 12th district, with a Living Score of 57. It is strongest on Air quality and Safety, while Green space is more of a trade-off.
In short: Meidling, Vienna's 12th district, has a Living Score of 57 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Air quality 7.4 and Safety 7.0 out of 10, weakest Green space 3.0. Rent about €16/m², purchase about €4,516/m².
Meidling runs on the rhythm of its shopping streets, where much is done on foot. There's plenty going on by day, but it grows noticeably quieter in the evening. Parks and green spaces are few and far between, but the connections are good.
Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks.
Meidling is one of Vienna's Gemeindebau districts — around 15,259 flats in municipal estates (open building data) shape whole neighbourhoods here.
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Greenable roofs in Meidling
The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards flat surfaces. Of 229 hectares of roof area in the 12th district, 119 hectares are flat enough for greening — 52.1 %, of which 91 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 220,000 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 Meidling: short-stay zone 1120
In the 12th 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 13 public car parks in the district (1.6 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
Meidlinger Hauptstraße Schönbrunn Umgebung Gaudenzdorf
Metro and S-Bahn in Meidling
U6 CJX9 R3 R4 R97 R98 REX1 REX2 REX3 REX6 REX7 REX9 REX65 REX92 REX93 S1 S2 S3 S4 S60 S80 · Meidling R3 R4 REX7 S1 S2 S3 S4 · Hetzendorf U4 U6 · Längenfeldgasse U6 · Am Schöpfwerk U4 · Margaretengürtel U4 · Meidling Hauptstraße U6 · Niederhofstraße U4 · Schönbrunn U6 · Tscherttegasse
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Transit reach from Meidling
From a stop in Meidling you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 20.3% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 4.8% within 20 — well above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 8 of 23). You get furthest from Meidling (36.7% in 30 minutes), least far from Jungnickelweg (4.9%).
Median over the district's 75 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 Meidling a good district to live in?
Meidling scores 57/100 on the Living Score — not top-tier, but with clear strengths in Air quality and Safety (often affordable and well connected). The trade-off is Green space. "Good" depends on what matters to you.
How safe is Meidling?
Safety in Meidling: Good (7.0/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Meidling dangerous?
Meidling is considered safe overall (safety 7.0/10 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 Meidling?
Public transport in Meidling: Limited (4.8/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Meidling noisy?
Quiet in Meidling: Average (5.6/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 39% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Altmannsdorfer Straße. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Altmannsdorfer Straße (~80,901/day), A23 (Südosttangente) (~63,394/day), Eichenstraße (~33,024/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Meidling get in summer?
In summer Meidling is rather warm — about the Vienna average. Heat index 58 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 Meidling?
Green space in Meidling: Limited (3.0/10), about 5.5% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Meidling 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 Meidling expensive?
Guide prices for Meidling: rent around €15.8/m², buying around €4,516/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Houses in the district sold for a median of around €4,575/m² of living space (2024). Value for money in the Living Score: Limited.
What is Vienna's 12th district called?
Vienna's 12th district is called Meidling (postal code 1120).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 12th district?
The 12th district (Meidling) has the postal code 1120.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 12th district (1120)?
Yes. In Meidling, 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 13 public car parks in the district (1.6 per km²). As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Meidling in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Meidling, a median 20.3% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Meidling it is 36.7%. 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 Meidling?
In Meidling: Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks. (City of Vienna building typology.) How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.
How much roof area in Meidling could be greened?
119 of the 229 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 52.1 %. The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards flat surfaces. 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.