Ottakring
Last updated: November 2026
Ottakring is Vienna's 16th district, with a Living Score of 75. It is strongest on Air quality and Quiet, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Ottakring, Vienna's 16th district, has a Living Score of 75 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Air quality 7.3 and Quiet 7.1 out of 10, weakest Affordability 4.7. Rent about €16/m², purchase about €4,785/m².
Something is always moving in Ottakring; the day follows its own rhythm. In the morning, distances are short and people are out and about, and in the evening a noticeable calm returns, with nightlife staying mostly in the background.
Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks.
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Greenable roofs in Ottakring
The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards steep ones. Of 223 hectares of roof area in the 16th district, 100 hectares are flat enough for greening — 44.8 %, of which 73 hectares lie up to 5°, where a deeper build-up with beds would also work. Greened, that area would hold back on the order of 190,000 cubic metres of rain a year that otherwise runs into the sewer.
Own calculation of roof pitch per roof face from the City of Vienna’s official roof model (LOD2.1, CC BY 4.0), suitability thresholds of 5° and 20° as in the City’s green-roof potential cadastre. Whether a roof is already green is unknown to a geometry model; plant rooms and chimneys are not subtracted, and the statics have a say. The retention is a model built from 626.3 mm of annual rainfall (Hohe Warte, 1991–2020) and the runoff coefficients of ÖNORM B 2501. All districts compared → What a single roof may still carry — an attic conversion or an added storey — is calculated from the zoning plan on Attic conversion in Vienna.
Parking in Ottakring: short-stay zone 1160
In the 16th district the short-stay parking zone applies as everywhere in Vienna: Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours, €3.40 an hour with a parking voucher or mobile parking. Residents park with the Parkpickerl (€13 a month) without a voucher. There are 9 public car parks in the district (1.0 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. Parking in Vienna: short-stay zone, Parkpickerl, all car parks →
Rules as of September 2026, City of Vienna; car parks from the City’s open garage register.
Neighbourhoods in this district
Wilhelminenberg Alt-Ottakring Gürtelnähe Thaliastraße Sandleiten
Metro and S-Bahn in Ottakring
U3 S45 · Ottakring U6 · Burggasse-Stadthalle S45 · Hernals U6 · Josefstädter Straße U3 · Kendlerstraße U6 · Thaliastraße
Every vehicle in the district on the map, by timetable ›
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Heurigen in Ottakring
In the 16th district, OpenStreetMap lists 8 Heurigen, Buschenschanken and wineries, counted within the district boundary (queried on 14 October 2026). Most are around Sandleiten and Wilhelminenberg. Where to live among the vineyards in Vienna →
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Is Ottakring a good district to live in?
Ottakring is a solid place to live (Living Score 75/100): strong on Air quality and Quiet, weaker on Affordability. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Ottakring?
Safety in Ottakring: 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 Ottakring dangerous?
Ottakring is considered safe overall (safety 6.8/10 by the crime statistics). As everywhere there is more going on around big squares and stations; the residential streets are calmer. An orientation value, not an address statement.
How good is public transport in Ottakring?
Public transport in Ottakring: Average (5.8/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Ottakring noisy?
Quiet in Ottakring: Good (7.1/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 20% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Ottakringer Straße. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Gablenzgasse (~20,702/day), Ottakringer Straße (~19,287/day), Koppstraße (~13,151/day). The district also contains the officially designated quiet area “Landschaftsschutzgebiet Ottakring”. Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Ottakring get in summer?
In summer Ottakring is rather warm — cooler than the Vienna average. Heat index 52 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 Ottakring?
Green space in Ottakring: Limited (4.8/10), about 22.7% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Ottakring a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value clean air and quiet. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Ottakring expensive?
Guide prices for Ottakring: rent around €15.8/m², buying around €4,785/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Limited.
How is the natural light in Ottakring?
It varies a lot by Grätzl: Wilhelminenberg is low and openly built — plenty of free sky — while Thaliastraße is much tighter, with light falling narrow into the lanes. How bright a single flat is also comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side.
What is Vienna's 16th district called?
Vienna's 16th district is called Ottakring (postal code 1160).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 16th district?
The 16th district (Ottakring) has the postal code 1160.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 16th district (1160)?
Yes. In Ottakring, as everywhere in Vienna, the short-stay zone applies Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours; residents park with the Parkpickerl. There are 9 public car parks in the district (1.0 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
What kind of buildings shape Ottakring?
In Ottakring: 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 in Ottakring could be greened?
100 of the 223 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 44.8 %. The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards steep ones. The figure comes from an own calculation of the pitch of every roof face in the City of Vienna’s official roof model, and says nothing about which roofs are already green.