The Vienna housing market in numbers
Residential property is up 122% since 2010. Vienna has 953,086 occupied dwellings averaging 73 m² — and around 220,000 of them are municipal (Gemeindebau) flats managed by Wiener Wohnen.
Everything on this page comes from official sources — Statistics Austria (house price index, register census) and City of Vienna Open Data. No asking prices, no scraping; where the data ends, the page says so. The price curve shows published values only (base 2010 = 100, as of Q1 2026).
Price development since 2010
Statistics Austria house price index, base 2010 = 100 — published points only (+122% overall).
Dwelling stock & sizes by district
Average usable floor area per occupied dwelling (register census) — the Innere Stadt lives largest, the Gürtel belt most compactly.
Municipal housing (Gemeindebau)
Few things shape living in Vienna like the Gemeindebau: Wiener Wohnen manages around 220,000 municipal flats — from Karl-Marx-Hof to Sandleiten. The distribution below counts 302,524 flats in Gemeindebau estates from the City's open building data (including later privatised ones). It shapes Favoriten, Simmering and Floridsdorf most. More in the Gemeindebau guide.
Old stock, new builds, villa quarters
The building era decides how a flat feels: the Gründerzeit districts inside the Gürtel (Neubau, Josefstadt, Alsergrund, Mariahilf) mean high ceilings, double doors and narrow, lively lanes — balconies are rare there. Villa quarters like Hietzing, the Cottage or Döbling’s wine villages live low, green and to themselves. The big new developments — Seestadt Aspern, Sonnwendviertel, Nordbahnviertel — bring open space and lifts, but less grown neighbourhood life. In between, Vienna is honestly mixed: old and new side by side.
Explore the housing market interactively →Frequently asked
How much have property prices risen in Austria?
The official house price index is up 122% since 2010 (as of Q1 2026) — residential property roughly doubled, with a first decline in 2023 and a slight rise again since.
How many flats does Vienna have?
953,086 occupied dwellings across the 23 districts (register census). Donaustadt and Favoriten are the biggest housing markets.
How big is an average Vienna flat?
About 73 m². The Innere Stadt averages 104 m², the most compact districts around the Gürtel about 61 m².
Which district has the most municipal housing?
Favoriten (≈ 68,873 flats in municipal estates, open building data), ahead of Simmering and Floridsdorf — City of Vienna Open Data.