Last updated: November 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 15th district. Strongest on Public transport and Affordability, while Green space is more of a trade-off.
In short: Mariahilfer Gürtel, a neighbourhood in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15th district), has a Living Score of 66 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Public transport 9.2 and Affordability 8.2 out of 10, weakest Green space 5.8. District asking rent: about €16/m² (median, carried forward).
The Gürtel clearly sets the tone here, with heavy traffic and the life that plays out beneath its arches. Down there you will find a lively bar scene, and living here is still affordable. The buildings are mostly Gründerzeit, of medium height.
The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Mariahilfer Gürtel is densely and tall built — light falls narrow between the facades, and the lanes turn shady earlier in the day. The slope takes part of the low evening sun early. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 9.3 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0.6 in December. The low winter sun (only ~18° at noon in Vienna) mostly stays behind the rooftops here. How bright a single flat is comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side — the measurement is for the Grätzl centre.
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The roofs above Mariahilfer Gürtel
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 15 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 44.3 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 28,100 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 60 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 →
Public transport around Mariahilfer Gürtel
Metro and S-Bahn within walking distance of the centre of the neighbourhood — walking minutes estimated from the straight-line distance (× 1.3, 80 m a minute).
U6 · Burggasse-Stadthalle · 6 min U3 U6 CJX5 CJX58 REX50 REX51 S50 · Westbahnhof · 8 min U3 · Schweglerstraße · 11 min U3 · Zieglergasse · 13 min U6 · Thaliastraße · 14 min U6 · Gumpendorfer Straße · 17 min
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What is it like to live in Mariahilfer Gürtel?
Mariahilfer Gürtel reaches a Living Score of 66 out of 100 (Solid place to live). It is strongest on Public transport (Excellent), followed by Affordability; Green space 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 Mariahilfer Gürtel?
Mariahilfer Gürtel is in Vienna's 15th district (Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus), postal code 1150.
How safe is Mariahilfer Gürtel?
Safety in Mariahilfer Gürtel: Average (6.2/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Mariahilfer Gürtel dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Mariahilfer Gürtel sits at 6.2 out of 10 on the safety dimension (Average). 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 Mariahilfer Gürtel?
Public transport in Mariahilfer Gürtel: Excellent (9.2/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Mariahilfer Gürtel noisy?
Quiet in Mariahilfer Gürtel: Average (6.3/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Neubaugürtel; a few streets further in it gets noticeably quieter. 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. The busiest named axes nearby, by official annual traffic volume: Europaplatz (~31,023/day), Neubaugürtel (~23,926/day), Felberstraße (~20,409/day).
How hot does Mariahilfer Gürtel get in summer?
In summer Mariahilfer Gürtel is rather warm — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 60 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 Mariahilfer Gürtel?
Green space in Mariahilfer Gürtel: Average (5.8/10). Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Mariahilfer Gürtel a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value short trips by public transport and good value for money. Less ideal if lots of greenery at the doorstep is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Mariahilfer Gürtel expensive?
Guide prices for Mariahilfer Gürtel: rent around €16.4/m², buying around €4,532/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Excellent.
How is the natural light in Mariahilfer Gürtel?
Mariahilfer Gürtel is densely and tall built — light falls narrow between the facades, and the lanes turn shady earlier in the day. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 9.3 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0.6 in December. How bright a single flat is comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side — the measurement is for the Grätzl centre.
What kind of buildings shape Mariahilfer Gürtel?
In Mariahilfer Gürtel: The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 75% of the residential buildings here are Gründerzeit apartment houses (1848–1918). How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.
How much roof area around Mariahilfer Gürtel could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Mariahilfer Gürtel, around 15 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 44.3 % 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.