Last updated: November 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 17th district. Strongest on Green space and Quiet, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Neuwaldegg, a neighbourhood in Hernals (17th district), has a Living Score of 89 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Green space 9.8 and Quiet 9.3 out of 10, weakest Affordability 7.8. District asking rent: about €17/m² (median, carried forward).
In Neuwaldegg you feel the woods right away; the villas cling to the slopes. Daily life follows the quiet and the green, with the Schwarzenbergpark almost in your own back garden. Only the cars from the nearby Höhenstraße break the stillness now and then.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Neuwaldegg is low and openly built — plenty of free sky above the rooftops. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 11.4 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 2.6 in December. In the evening the sun disappears early behind the buildings. 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 Neuwaldegg
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 4 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 44.5 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 7,600 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 39 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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Dornbach, 17th district Hernals Zentrum, 17th district Hernalser Gürtel, 17th district
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What is it like to live in Neuwaldegg?
Neuwaldegg reaches a Living Score of 89 out of 100 (Very good place to live). It is strongest on Green space (Excellent), followed by Quiet; Affordability 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 Neuwaldegg?
Neuwaldegg is in Vienna's 17th district (Hernals), postal code 1170.
How safe is Neuwaldegg?
Safety in Neuwaldegg: Excellent (9.2/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Neuwaldegg dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Neuwaldegg sits at 9.2 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 Neuwaldegg?
Public transport in Neuwaldegg: Good (7.8/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Neuwaldegg noisy?
Quiet in Neuwaldegg: Excellent (9.3/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. The noise sits at the edge along Neuwaldegger Straße — away from it you notice little. Right there traffic is clearly present; on a balcony behind it, it recedes. At night it calms down noticeably — the level drops below the threshold at which mapping begins.
How hot does Neuwaldegg get in summer?
In summer Neuwaldegg is cool — cooler than the Vienna average. Heat index 39 of 100 (Vienna average 56), 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 Neuwaldegg?
Green space in Neuwaldegg: Excellent (9.8/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Neuwaldegg a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value lots of greenery at the doorstep and quiet. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Neuwaldegg expensive?
Guide prices for Neuwaldegg: rent around €16.9/m², buying around €5,222/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Good.
How is the natural light in Neuwaldegg?
Neuwaldegg is low and openly built — plenty of free sky above the rooftops. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 11.4 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 2.6 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.
How much roof area around Neuwaldegg could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Neuwaldegg, around 4 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 44.5 % 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.