Last updated: November 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 11th district. Strongest on Affordability and Public transport, while Quiet is more of a trade-off.
In short: Simmering Bahnhof, a neighbourhood in Simmering (11th district), has a Living Score of 65 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Affordability 9.0 and Public transport 8.8 out of 10, weakest Quiet 6.5. District asking rent: about €14/m² (median, carried forward).
The station is the hub — daily life starts and ends here. The U3 gets you into town fast, and distances are short. So it's rarely completely still in the evening.
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
Simmering Bahnhof 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 9.9 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 2.8 in December. 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 Simmering Bahnhof
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 11 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 49.5 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 20,300 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 61 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 Simmering Bahnhof
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).
U3 · Enkplatz · 6 min S7 · Geiselbergstraße · 9 min R95 REX6 REX62 REX63 REX64 S60 · Grillgasse · 11 min U3 R81 REX1 REX8 REX81 S80 · Simmering · 11 min U3 · Zippererstraße · 15 min
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What is it like to live in Simmering Bahnhof?
Simmering Bahnhof reaches a Living Score of 65 out of 100 (Solid place to live). It is strongest on Affordability (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 Simmering Bahnhof?
Simmering Bahnhof is in Vienna's 11th district (Simmering), postal code 1110.
How safe is Simmering Bahnhof?
Safety in Simmering Bahnhof: Good (6.8/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Simmering Bahnhof dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Simmering Bahnhof sits at 6.8 out of 10 on the safety dimension (Good). 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 Simmering Bahnhof?
Public transport in Simmering Bahnhof: Excellent (8.8/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Simmering Bahnhof noisy?
Quiet in Simmering Bahnhof: Good (6.5/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Hauffgasse; 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: Geiselbergstraße (~17,011/day), Hauffgasse (~16,374/day), Simmeringer Hauptstraße (~12,270/day).
How hot does Simmering Bahnhof get in summer?
In summer Simmering Bahnhof is rather warm — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 61 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 Simmering Bahnhof?
Green space in Simmering Bahnhof: Good (7.0/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Simmering Bahnhof a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value good value for money 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 Simmering Bahnhof expensive?
Guide prices for Simmering Bahnhof: rent around €14.2/m², buying around €3,533/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 €4,556/m² of living space (2024). Value for money in the Living Score: Excellent.
How is the natural light in Simmering Bahnhof?
Simmering Bahnhof 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 9.9 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 2.8 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 Simmering Bahnhof?
In Simmering Bahnhof: 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 Simmering Bahnhof could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Simmering Bahnhof, around 11 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 49.5 % 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.