Last updated: November 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 18th district. Strongest on Green space and Safety, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Pötzleinsdorf, a neighbourhood in Währing (18th district), has a Living Score of 93 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Green space 9.8 and Safety 9.5 out of 10, weakest Affordability 7.0. District asking rent: about €21/m² (median, carried forward).
Old villas and sprawling gardens define Pötzleinsdorf, with the Wienerwald and the Schlosspark right outside the door. The quiet life here has an almost genteel note. The ride into the centre, though, takes a while.
Detached villas and gardens set the tone.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Pötzleinsdorf is low and openly built — plenty of free sky above the rooftops. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 15.2 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 7.4 in December. Even the low winter sun gets through well here. The evening sun stays long. 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 Pötzleinsdorf
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 7 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 51.8 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 13,800 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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What is it like to live in Pötzleinsdorf?
Pötzleinsdorf reaches a Living Score of 93 out of 100 (Top place to live). It is strongest on Green space (Excellent), followed by Safety; 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 Pötzleinsdorf?
Pötzleinsdorf is in Vienna's 18th district (Währing), postal code 1180.
How safe is Pötzleinsdorf?
Safety in Pötzleinsdorf: Excellent (9.5/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Pötzleinsdorf dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Pötzleinsdorf sits at 9.5 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 Pötzleinsdorf?
Public transport in Pötzleinsdorf: Excellent (8.2/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Pötzleinsdorf noisy?
Quiet in Pötzleinsdorf: Good (7.5/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. It only gets loud at the edges; away from the through road you notice little of it. Right at its loudest edge 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 Pötzleinsdorf get in summer?
In summer Pötzleinsdorf 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 Pötzleinsdorf?
Green space in Pötzleinsdorf: Excellent (9.8/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Pötzleinsdorf a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value lots of greenery at the doorstep and a safe area. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Pötzleinsdorf expensive?
Guide prices for Pötzleinsdorf: rent around €20.6/m², buying around €6,180/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Building land in the district sold for a median of around €2,194/m² of plot area (2025). Value for money in the Living Score: Good.
How is the natural light in Pötzleinsdorf?
Pötzleinsdorf is low and openly built — plenty of free sky above the rooftops. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 15.2 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 7.4 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 Pötzleinsdorf?
In Pötzleinsdorf: Detached villas and gardens set the tone. (City of Vienna building typology.) How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.
How much roof area around Pötzleinsdorf could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Pötzleinsdorf, around 7 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 51.8 % 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.