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Where to live quiet & safe in Vienna — also later in life?
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Where to live quiet & safe in Vienna — also later in life?

Here safety, quiet and short, walkable distances matter more than nightlife — with doctors, pharmacies and transit close by. These districts and Grätzl bring that together. Central and lively is rarer, though.

Living-data guide · updated July 2026
95Leads the ranking

Hietzing

strong on Green space & Safety

Ranked from open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria) — the same Living Score as in the app, weighted for safety, quiet and local amenities.

Top districts

1Hietzingstrong on Green space & Safety95 2Döblingstrong on Green space & Safety89 3Liesingstrong on Green space & Safety83 4Währingstrong on Safety & Public transport83 5Penzingstrong on Green space & Public transport81 6Josefstadtstrong on Public transport & Safety74 7Alsergrundstrong on Public transport & Safety73 8Donaustadtstrong on Affordability & Green space73

Top Grätzl

1PötzleinsdorfWähring · strong on Green space & Safety95 2GrinzingDöbling · strong on Green space & Safety94 3LainzHietzing · strong on Green space & Safety94 4Kahlenberg UmgebungDöbling · strong on Green space & Quiet94 5SieveringDöbling · strong on Green space & Quiet93 6AuhofHietzing · strong on Green space & Safety93 7MauerLiesing · strong on Green space & Quiet93 8RodaunLiesing · strong on Green space & Quiet93 9Ober St. VeitHietzing · strong on Green space & Safety93 10Hietzing ZentrumHietzing · strong on Green space & Safety93 11SalmannsdorfDöbling · strong on Green space & Quiet93 12Asperner SeeDonaustadt · strong on Green space & Safety92
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Where to live quiet & safe in Vienna — also later in life?

In the Living Score the leading districts are Hietzing, Döbling, Liesing. For this question we mainly weight safety, quiet and local amenities (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.

Which Grätzl are quiet, safe and easy on foot?

Among the Grätzl, Pötzleinsdorf, Grinzing, Lainz come out on top.

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