Last updated: September 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 22nd district. Strongest on Green space and Affordability, while Public transport is more of a trade-off.
Essling feels like a village on the city's edge, with detached houses and plenty of space in between. You keep to yourselves here, often out and about with the family, and enjoy the quiet. Life mostly plays out on a small scale, with short walks to the neighbours and green right on the doorstep.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Essling is mid-density: open stretches alternate with tighter street blocks. No measured sun hours exist for this Grätzl — the classification follows the real building heights (zoning class & OSM). A single flat depends on floor and orientation.
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The roofs above Essling
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 3 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 96.3 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 5,400 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 51 out of 100.
The radius is a fixed reference area, not a neighbourhood boundary, and the circles of adjacent neighbourhoods overlap — so these figures cannot be added up. Whether any of these roofs is already green is unknown to a geometry model; whether it carries the build-up is for a structural engineer to say. Geometry as of 2016. All districts compared →
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Seestadt Aspern, 22nd districtAsperner See, 22nd districtHirschstetten, 22nd districtLobau Umgebung, 22nd districtKagran, 22nd district
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Frequently asked about Essling
What is it like to live in Essling?
Essling reaches a Living Score of 86 out of 100 (Very good place to live). It is strongest on Green space (Excellent), followed by Affordability; Public transport is more of a trade-off. The score combines six dimensions from open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria).
Where is Essling?
Essling is in Vienna's 22nd district (Donaustadt), postal code 1220.
How safe is Essling?
Safety in Essling: Excellent (8.8/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Essling dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Essling sits at 8.8 out of 10 on the safety dimension (Excellent). One thing worth knowing when reading such figures: crime statistics count offences where they HAPPEN, not where those affected live. Districts with major stations, nightlife and many visitors therefore collect more reports without a residential street a few corners away being any different. Within a district, the gap between a busy hub and a quiet side street is usually larger than the gap between two districts.
How good is public transport in Essling?
Public transport in Essling: Good (7.2/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Essling noisy?
Quiet in Essling: Good (7.7/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. The noise sits at the edge along Groß-Enzersdorfer Straße — away from it you notice little. Right there you raise your voice to talk, and a phone call on the pavement gets tiring (calculated above 70 dB by day). At night it calms down noticeably — the level drops below the threshold at which mapping begins.
How hot does Essling get in summer?
In summer Essling is moderate — cooler than the Vienna average. Heat index 51 of 100 (Vienna average 57), modelled. Green cover, trees and open, low building form let the night cool down. 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 Essling?
Green space in Essling: Excellent (9.5/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Essling a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value lots of greenery at the doorstep and good value for money. Less ideal if short trips by public transport is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Essling expensive?
Guide prices for Essling: rent around €14/m², buying around €5,500/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Excellent.
How is the natural light in Essling?
Essling is mid-density: open stretches alternate with tighter street blocks. Classified from real building heights (no measured hours here). No measured sun hours exist for this Grätzl — the classification follows the real building heights (zoning class & OSM). A single flat depends on floor and orientation.
How much roof area around Essling could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Essling, around 3 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 96.3 % of the roof area there. The figure comes from the City of Vienna’s Generalised Roof Model LOD2.1: for every roof face the official area and the official pitch are read and sorted by the thresholds of the City’s green-roof potential cadastre (up to 5° intensive and extensive, up to 20° extensive, minimum 5 m²). It says nothing about which of those roofs is already green, and nothing about statics.