Last updated: August 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 14th district. Strongest on Air quality and Safety, while Quiet is more of a trade-off.
In the old village core of Penzing you can feel the ground under your feet — a calm, down-to-earth rhythm. Cafés and small restaurants are close by, and life moves at an easy pace. It rarely gets truly busy.
Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks.
This Grätzl is strongly shaped by the Gemeindebau — municipal housing estates from Red Vienna define many of its streets.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Penzing Dorf is densely and tall built — light falls narrow between the facades, and the lanes turn shady earlier in the day. The hillside shapes the sun’s path here as well. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 14.7 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 7.7 in December. Even the low winter sun gets through well 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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Frequently asked about Penzing Dorf
What is it like to live in Penzing Dorf?
Penzing Dorf reaches a Living Score of 87 out of 100 (Very good place to live). It is strongest on Air quality (Excellent), followed by Safety; Quiet 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 Penzing Dorf?
Penzing Dorf is in Vienna's 14th district (Penzing), postal code 1140.
How safe is Penzing Dorf?
Safety in Penzing Dorf: 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 Penzing Dorf dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Penzing Dorf 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 Penzing Dorf?
Public transport in Penzing Dorf: Excellent (8.5/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Penzing Dorf noisy?
Quiet in Penzing Dorf: Good (7.2/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. The noise sits at the edge along Gablenzgasse — 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. The busiest named axes nearby, by official annual traffic volume: Wernhardtstraße (~24,190/day), Gablenzgasse (~20,702/day), Gutraterplatz (~20,394/day).
How hot does Penzing Dorf get in summer?
In summer Penzing Dorf is rather warm — about the Vienna average. Heat index 57 of 100 (Vienna average 57), 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 Penzing Dorf?
Green space in Penzing Dorf: Excellent (8.5/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Penzing Dorf a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value clean air and a safe area. Less ideal if quiet is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Penzing Dorf expensive?
Guide prices for Penzing Dorf: rent around €17.5/m², buying around €7,200/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Excellent.
How is the natural light in Penzing Dorf?
Penzing Dorf 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 14.7 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 7.7 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 Penzing Dorf?
In Penzing Dorf: Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks. (City of Vienna building typology.) How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.