Where to live in Vienna without a car?
Metro, tram and bus within minutes, shops on foot — here you get by perfectly without a car. It is rarely the quietest or greenest, though.
In short: For “Where to live in Vienna without a car?” the leading districts are Neubau, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Josefstadt, the leading neighbourhoods Stephansplatz, Graben/Kohlmarkt, MuseumsQuartier (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026).
Leads the rankingNeubau
strong on Public transport & Urban life
Ranked from open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria) — the same Living Score as in the app, weighted for public transport, plus amenities and safety.
Top districts
Transit reach: how much of Vienna you reach in 30 minutes
The transit dimension of the Living Score says how close the next stops are. This list says what they are worth: from a stop in the district, which share of Vienna's building addresses can you reach on a weekday at 8 am within 30 minutes — by timetable, with transfers, walking up to 1.2 km from the last stop. Vienna median 12.6%; the inner districts lead because every line passes them, the edge of the city sits at a tenth of that.
| Rank | District | 30 min |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innere Stadtdistrict 1 · 6.5% within 20 min · median over 39 stops · furthest from Schwedenplatz (37.1%) | 26.5% |
| 2 | Neubaudistrict 7 · 6.9% within 20 min · median over 18 stops · furthest from Burggasse-Stadthalle (33.8%) | 25.4% |
| 3 | Josefstadtdistrict 8 · 7.1% within 20 min · median over 12 stops · furthest from Rathaus (29%) | 25% |
| 4 | Mariahilfdistrict 6 · 6.4% within 20 min · median over 14 stops · furthest from Gumpendorfer Straße (35.4%) | 24% |
| 5 | Wiedendistrict 4 · 6.3% within 20 min · median over 16 stops · furthest from Resselgasse (31.3%) | 23.8% |
| 6 | Alsergrunddistrict 9 · 6.5% within 20 min · median over 23 stops · furthest from Nußdorfer Straße (29.5%) | 23.3% |
| 7 | Rudolfsheim-Fünfhausdistrict 15 · 5.9% within 20 min · median over 31 stops · furthest from Westbahnhof (36.9%) | 21.7% |
| 8 | Meidlingdistrict 12 · 4.8% within 20 min · median over 75 stops · furthest from Meidling (36.7%) | 20.3% |
| 9 | Margaretendistrict 5 · 4.9% within 20 min · median over 23 stops · furthest from Pilgramgasse (30.9%) | 19.7% |
| 10 | Ottakringdistrict 16 · 7% within 20 min · median over 54 stops · furthest from Thaliastraße (33.8%) | 19.3% |
| 11 | Leopoldstadtdistrict 2 · 3.5% within 20 min · median over 88 stops · furthest from Praterstern (36.8%) | 18.1% |
| 12 | Währingdistrict 18 · 4.9% within 20 min · median over 38 stops · furthest from Währinger Straße-Volksoper (30.1%) | 16.8% |
| 13 | Brigittenaudistrict 20 · 4.1% within 20 min · median over 34 stops · furthest from Handelskai (29%) | 16.2% |
| 14 | Landstraßedistrict 3 · 3.8% within 20 min · median over 67 stops · furthest from Stadtpark (32.4%) | 15.7% |
| 15 | Favoritendistrict 10 · 4.4% within 20 min · median over 133 stops · furthest from Hauptbahnhof (36.1%) | 14.5% |
| 16 | Floridsdorfdistrict 21 · 4.2% within 20 min · median over 156 stops · furthest from Floridsdorf (28.7%) | 11.6% |
| 17 | Donaustadtdistrict 22 · 3.2% within 20 min · median over 315 stops · furthest from Kaisermühlen-VIC (32.7%) | 10.9% |
| 18 | Döblingdistrict 19 · 3% within 20 min · median over 83 stops · furthest from Spittelau (31.3%) | 9.5% |
| 19 | Hietzingdistrict 13 · 3.2% within 20 min · median over 74 stops · furthest from Am Platz (25.1%) | 9.3% |
| 20 | Hernalsdistrict 17 · 3.2% within 20 min · median over 57 stops · furthest from Alser Straße (29.7%) | 9.1% |
| 21 | Liesingdistrict 23 · 2.9% within 20 min · median over 154 stops · furthest from Alterlaa (23%) | 9.1% |
| 22 | Penzingdistrict 14 · 2.7% within 20 min · median over 116 stops · furthest from Hietzing (32.4%) | 7.5% |
| 23 | Simmeringdistrict 11 · 1.8% within 20 min · median over 124 stops · furthest from Enkplatz (22.4%) | 5% |
Computed with the timetable router of Vienna in motion (GTFS of Wiener Linien, Badner Bahn and ÖBB S-Bahn, timetable 2026-11-10, departures 08:00, 08:10, 08:20), counted in building addresses of the City of Vienna (292,095), not residents or jobs. Median over the stops of each district, so a terminus at the city edge does not drag the figure. Tap any stop on the map for its own reach.
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Frequently asked
Where to live in Vienna without a car?
In the Living Score the leading districts are Neubau, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Josefstadt. For this question the weighting favours public transport, plus amenities and safety (from open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria)). No place is strong everywhere — each entry shows its strength and its trade-off.
In which Grätzl do you not need a car?
Among the Grätzl, Stephansplatz, Graben/Kohlmarkt, MuseumsQuartier come out on top.
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