The district of St. Pölten-Land has the highest median LAGE of the 19 political districts around Vienna, 70, counted over its 15 towns in the area such as Purkersdorf, Pressbaum and Neulengbach. LAGE is our score from 0 to 100 for a place to live. The district of Mödling follows with 69, the district of Horn has the lowest median, 42, and the whole area has 62.
LAGE, a score from 0 to 100, sums up an address as a place to live in five parts: quiet, clean air, the time to Vienna, green space and errands. Natural hazards such as floods lower it. Around Vienna, we work it out for each address with the village rule, from open data. For each political district, the table gives the median, the score of the address in the middle once all of them are lined up. A district counts with its towns around Vienna only. So the district of Lilienfeld stands for Kaumberg alone, and the district of Horn for five towns.
501,916 addresses. 19 political districts.
Which district around Vienna has the highest LAGE score?
The district of St. Pölten-Land comes first with a median of 70. Its 26,610 addresses lie in 15 towns, among them Purkersdorf, Pressbaum and Neulengbach. The district of Mödling follows with 69, across 34,508 addresses. The districts of Baden and Bruck an der Leitha share third place with 68. The whole area has a median of 62.
| District | LAGE, median | Quiet | Air | Time to Vienna | Green | Errands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pölten-Land | 70 | 85 | 76 | 59 | 94 | 77 |
| Mödling | 69 | 85 | 66 | 75 | 68 | 97 |
| Baden | 68 | 86 | 71 | 62 | 73 | 97 |
| Bruck an der Leitha | 68 | 86 | 69 | 67 | 74 | 74 |
| Lilienfeld | 66 | 86 | 83 | 38 | 98 | 51 |
| Wiener Neustadt-Land | 65 | 86 | 72 | 48 | 80 | 78 |
| Korneuburg | 64 | 85 | 70 | 79 | 54 | 81 |
| Tulln | 64 | 85 | 71 | 61 | 73 | 76 |
| Wiener Neustadt | 63 | 86 | 69 | 47 | 47 | 95 |
| Gänserndorf | 62 | 85 | 70 | 56 | 60 | 69 |
| Neunkirchen | 62 | 85 | 77 | 35 | 84 | 74 |
| Eisenstadt-Umgebung | 60 | 86 | 70 | 45 | 55 | 73 |
| Eisenstadt | 58 | 86 | 67 | 45 | 37 | 95 |
| Krems-Land | 58 | 83 | 72 | 36 | 92 | 72 |
| Mattersburg | 58 | 86 | 74 | 35 | 61 | 72 |
| Neusiedl am See | 58 | 86 | 69 | 44 | 52 | 77 |
| Mistelbach | 51 | 85 | 72 | 42 | 44 | 55 |
| Hollabrunn | 49 | 80 | 72 | 38 | 52 | 53 |
| Horn | 42 | 74 | 74 | 27 | 50 | 28 |
| Around Vienna as a whole | 62 | 85 | 71 | 54 | 64 | 77 |
The district of Lilienfeld follows in fifth place with 66. Its one town, Kaumberg, has 543 addresses and scores 98 for green, the highest green score of the 19 districts, and 38 for the time to Vienna. The district of Wiener Neustadt-Land reaches 65, and the districts of Korneuburg and Tulln share 64. The districts of Gänserndorf and Neunkirchen sit at 62, the median of the whole area.
The map Around Vienna shows each neighbourhood inside these districts. Of the ten neighbourhoods with the highest LAGE around Vienna, three lie in the district of Mödling and two in the district of St. Pölten-Land. The J. Strauß-Gasse area in Guntramsdorf, in the district of Mödling, reaches 81 and shares the top figure with the Tannhäuser-Ring area in Himberg, in the district of Bruck an der Leitha. In the district of St. Pölten-Land, the Karriegelstraße area in Pressbaum and the Linzer Straße area in Purkersdorf reach 79.
What sets the districts of St. Pölten-Land and Mödling apart?
The two districts at the top reach their score through different parts. The district of St. Pölten-Land scores 94 for green and the district of Mödling 68, against an area median of 64. The district of Mödling scores 97 for errands, a figure it shares with the district of Baden, and 75 for the time to Vienna. The district of St. Pölten-Land scores 77 for errands and 59 for the time to Vienna. Green carries St. Pölten-Land, and errands and the way to Vienna carry Mödling.
The district of Mödling also has the shortest median trip to Stephansplatz by public transport, 60 minutes. The story Commuting to Vienna by public transport, town by town gives the trip of each town.
Air goes the other way. The district of Mödling scores 66 for air, the lowest of the 19 districts, and the district of St. Pölten-Land scores 76. Both score 85 for quiet, the median of the whole area.
What separates the districts in the middle?
The districts in the middle reach similar scores with different parts. The district of Korneuburg scores 79 for the time to Vienna, the highest of the 19 districts, and 54 for green. The district of Neunkirchen scores 84 for green and 35 for the time to Vienna. The district of Wiener Neustadt-Land combines 80 for green with 48 for the time to Vienna. The three districts end between 62 and 65.
Which district around Vienna has the cleanest air?
Kaumberg, the one town of the district of Lilienfeld, has the lowest modelled nitrogen dioxide median, 7.0 µg/m³, and the district of Horn follows with 8.4. The district of Mödling has the highest figure, 17.1. The city of Wiener Neustadt follows with 15.1 and the district of Baden with 14.1, and the whole area has 11.4.
| District | Nitrogen dioxide, median | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Lilienfeld | 7.0 µg/m³ | 543 |
| Horn | 8.4 µg/m³ | 4,243 |
| Krems-Land | 9.3 µg/m³ | 3,484 |
| Mistelbach | 9.7 µg/m³ | 44,286 |
| Hollabrunn | 9.7 µg/m³ | 30,237 |
| Gänserndorf | 10.1 µg/m³ | 51,745 |
| Neusiedl am See | 10.2 µg/m³ | 31,254 |
| Neunkirchen | 10.4 µg/m³ | 10,733 |
| Mattersburg | 10.7 µg/m³ | 20,162 |
| Eisenstadt-Umgebung | 10.8 µg/m³ | 24,132 |
| St. Pölten-Land | 11.3 µg/m³ | 26,610 |
| Wiener Neustadt-Land | 11.8 µg/m³ | 24,239 |
| Eisenstadt | 11.9 µg/m³ | 4,518 |
| Korneuburg | 12.0 µg/m³ | 40,214 |
| Tulln | 12.3 µg/m³ | 50,921 |
| Bruck an der Leitha | 13.2 µg/m³ | 39,173 |
| Baden | 14.1 µg/m³ | 48,587 |
| Wiener Neustadt | 15.1 µg/m³ | 12,327 |
| Mödling | 17.1 µg/m³ | 34,508 |
| Around Vienna as a whole | 11.4 µg/m³ | 501,916 |
The figure falls with the distance from Vienna. The towns up to 15 km from the city border have a median of 13.6, the towns from 15 to 30 km 10.9 and the towns beyond 30 km 10.3.
Which districts have the lowest LAGE?
The district of Mistelbach has 51, the district of Hollabrunn 49 and the district of Horn the lowest median, 42. The five towns of the district of Horn hold 4,243 addresses. They score 27 for the time to Vienna, 28 for errands and 74 for quiet, the lowest of the 19 districts in all three parts. The district of Mistelbach scores 44 for green and 55 for errands, and the district of Hollabrunn 52 for green and 53 for errands.
The errands count the shops, doctors and schools in OpenStreetMap. In a small village, a very low score for errands can also mark a gap in the map.
Where do Wiener Neustadt and Eisenstadt stand?
The city of Wiener Neustadt sits in the middle with 63. The city of Eisenstadt shares 58 with the districts of Krems-Land, Mattersburg and Neusiedl am See. Both cities score 95 for errands. For green, Wiener Neustadt scores 47 and Eisenstadt 37, the lowest green score of the 19 districts. The districts around them reach 65 in Wiener Neustadt-Land and 60 in Eisenstadt-Umgebung.
How much does the distance from Vienna matter?
LAGE falls ring by ring. In the towns up to 15 km from Vienna's city border, the median is 68. In the towns from 15 to 30 km out it is 63, and in the towns beyond 30 km it is 56.
Can I weight the parts myself?
You can weight the five parts yourself under your own priorities, and the map Around Vienna then colours each neighbourhood by your own LAGE. The standard LAGE weights them equally. The method page gives the rule for each part.
How we counted
The address register of the BEV gives every address, and each address counts once, however many flats it has. A political district counts with its towns in the area only. The trips by public transport come from the timetables of the Mobilitätsverbünde Österreich, with the walks on the paths of OpenStreetMap. By public transport, 496,045 addresses have a time, and the others lack a trip before 16:00. Noise comes from the strategic noise maps 2022 of the BMLUK, which cover the major roads in Lower Austria and Burgenland, and the side streets carry an estimate. Flood areas come from the flood risk zones of the BMLUK, nitrogen dioxide and the air from the models of the European Environment Agency, and shops, doctors and schools from OpenStreetMap. Noise and air are model values, and the distances to the errands are as the crow flies. The data is as of 23 October 2026.
Around Vienna, LAGE follows the village rule. Its time to Vienna takes the better of public transport and car, the drive × 1.5 plus 5 minutes to park, scored from 20 to 120 minutes, and errands count in full within 2 km and by half up to 4 km. So the LAGE around Vienna stands on its own, separate from the LAGE of the cities. The story Living around Vienna and commuting to Vienna, in figures describes the whole area, The best places to live around Vienna, town by town ranks the single towns, and The best districts of Vienna to live in, by the LAGE score answers the same question for the city. Rents and prices stay out of LAGE. The score describes the location.