Last updated: November 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 12th district. Strongest on Green space and Public transport, while Quiet is more of a trade-off.
In short: Schönbrunn Umgebung, a neighbourhood in Meidling (12th district), has a Living Score of 89 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Green space 9.5 and Public transport 8.8 out of 10, weakest Quiet 6.7. District asking rent: about €16/m² (median, carried forward).
Right by the Schönbrunn palace park, things stay quiet here. The abundant greenery sets the tone of the day, even if large parks within the area itself matter less. Evenings turn still quickly.
Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Schönbrunn Umgebung 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 12.8 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0 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 Schönbrunn Umgebung
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 2 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 31.8 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 4,100 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 53 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 Schönbrunn Umgebung
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).
U4 · Schönbrunn · 5 min U4 · Meidling Hauptstraße · 9 min U6 · Niederhofstraße · 14 min U4 U6 · Längenfeldgasse · 17 min
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Meidlinger Hauptstraße, 12th district Gaudenzdorf, 12th district
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What is it like to live in Schönbrunn Umgebung?
Schönbrunn Umgebung reaches a Living Score of 89 out of 100 (Very good place to live). It is strongest on Green space (Excellent), followed by Public transport; 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 Schönbrunn Umgebung?
Schönbrunn Umgebung is in Vienna's 12th district (Meidling), postal code 1120.
How safe is Schönbrunn Umgebung?
Safety in Schönbrunn Umgebung: 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 Schönbrunn Umgebung dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Schönbrunn Umgebung 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 Schönbrunn Umgebung?
Public transport in Schönbrunn Umgebung: Excellent (8.8/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Schönbrunn Umgebung noisy?
Quiet in Schönbrunn Umgebung: Good (6.7/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. It is not only Grünbergstraße you hear — traffic carries into the side streets, and finding a quiet side is a matter of luck here. Right there, traffic drowns out a conversation with the window open (calculated above 75 dB by day). Traffic drops off at night, though it never fully disappears along the loud edge. The busiest named axes nearby, by official annual traffic volume: Grünbergstraße (~50,272/day), Schönbrunner Brücke (~40,209/day), Schönbrunner Schloßstraße (~33,127/day).
How hot does Schönbrunn Umgebung get in summer?
In summer Schönbrunn Umgebung is rather warm — about the Vienna average. Heat index 53 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 Schönbrunn Umgebung?
Green space in Schönbrunn Umgebung: Excellent (9.5/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Schönbrunn Umgebung a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value lots of greenery at the doorstep and short trips by public transport. Less ideal if quiet is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Schönbrunn Umgebung expensive?
Guide prices for Schönbrunn Umgebung: rent around €15.8/m², buying around €4,516/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Houses in the district sold for a median of around €4,575/m² of living space (2024). Value for money in the Living Score: Good.
How is the natural light in Schönbrunn Umgebung?
Schönbrunn Umgebung 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 12.8 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0 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 Schönbrunn Umgebung?
In Schönbrunn Umgebung: 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.
How much roof area around Schönbrunn Umgebung could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Schönbrunn Umgebung, around 2 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 31.8 % 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.