Penzing
Last updated: November 2026
Penzing is Vienna's 14th district, with a Living Score of 77. It is strongest on Green space and Air quality, while Public transport is more of a trade-off.
In short: Penzing, Vienna's 14th district, has a Living Score of 77 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Green space 9.4 and Air quality 9.0 out of 10, weakest Public transport 2.7. Rent about €18/m², purchase about €4,699/m².
In Penzing the city begins to turn towards the Vienna Woods. Plenty of green is right on the doorstep, the air is fresh and the days pass quietly. Distances are short for the essentials, but getting into the centre takes a little more time.
Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks.
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Greenable roofs in Penzing
The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards steep ones. Of 318 hectares of roof area in the 14th district, 158 hectares are flat enough for greening — 49.5 %, of which 111 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 300,000 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 Penzing: short-stay zone 1140
In the 14th 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. A few streets on the edge of the city are regulated differently — the sign on the spot wins. Residents park with the Parkpickerl (€13 a month) without a voucher. There are 11 public car parks in the district (0.3 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. 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
Hütteldorf Baumgarten Penzing Dorf Breitensee
Metro and S-Bahn in Penzing
U4 CJX5 CJX58 REX50 REX51 S45 S50 S80 · Hütteldorf S45 S50 · Penzing U4 · Braunschweiggasse S45 · Breitensee S50 · Hadersdorf U4 · Hietzing U3 · Hütteldorfer Straße U3 · Kendlerstraße U4 · Ober St. Veit S50 · Purkersdorf Sanatorium U4 · Unter St. Veit S50 · Weidlingau
Every vehicle in the district on the map, by timetable ›
Transit reach from Penzing
From a stop in Penzing you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 7.5% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 2.7% within 20 — well below the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 22 of 23). You get furthest from Hietzing (32.4% in 30 minutes), least far from Roßkopfgasse/Hainbachgasse (0.1%).
Median over the district's 116 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 Penzing a good district to live in?
Penzing is a solid place to live (Living Score 77/100): strong on Green space and Air quality, weaker on Public transport. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Penzing?
Safety in Penzing: Excellent (8.3/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Penzing dangerous?
Penzing is considered very safe: it ranks above average in the official police crime statistics (safety 8.3/10). An orientation value for the area, not a statement about a single address.
How good is public transport in Penzing?
Public transport in Penzing: Low (2.7/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Penzing noisy?
Quiet in Penzing: Good (7.6/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 13% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 70 dB. The strongest single source is Hadikgasse. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Wientalstraße (~47,289/day), Hadikgasse (~29,451/day), Linzer Straße (~21,826/day). The district also contains the officially designated quiet area “Landschaftsschutzgebiet Penzing”. Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Penzing get in summer?
In summer Penzing is rather warm — about the Vienna average. Heat index 53 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 Penzing?
Green space in Penzing: Excellent (9.4/10), about 61.5% green cover. Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Penzing a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value lots of greenery at the doorstep and clean air. Less ideal if short trips by public transport is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Penzing expensive?
Guide prices for Penzing: rent around €18.5/m², buying around €4,699/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 €5,686/m² of living space (2025). Value for money in the Living Score: Limited.
How is the natural light in Penzing?
It varies a lot by Grätzl: Penzing Dorf is low and openly built — plenty of free sky — while Baumgarten is much tighter, with light falling narrow into the lanes. How bright a single flat is also comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side.
What is Vienna's 14th district called?
Vienna's 14th district is called Penzing (postal code 1140).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 14th district?
The 14th district (Penzing) has the postal code 1140.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 14th district (1140)?
Yes. In Penzing, 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. A few streets on the edge of the city have their own rules. There are 11 public car parks in the district (0.3 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Penzing in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Penzing, a median 7.5% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Hietzing it is 32.4%. 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 Penzing?
In Penzing: 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 Penzing could be greened?
158 of the 318 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 49.5 %. 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.