The Brunngasse and Wiener Straße areas have the best public transport in St. Pölten, with all of their addresses in public transport class A or B, the two best official classes. In the Wiener Straße area, the noise map also puts every address below 65 dB of road noise. Across the city, 14.8 % of 14,748 addresses lie in class A or B, and in 18 of 46 neighbourhoods every address lies in class C or lower, or outside the classes.
Austria's official public transport classes, the ÖV-Güteklassen of ÖROK, grade every place by the stops nearby. Each stop gets a category from its kind of service and from how often it runs on weekdays. Around the stop, the classes run from A, the best, to G, and the class drops as the distance to the stop grows. For each address in St. Pölten, we take the class it lies in and count the share of addresses in class A or B. The neighbourhoods Lagecheck compares are statistical areas of Statistik Austria, each named after a street inside it, and we rank the ones with at least 60 addresses.
14,748 addresses. 46 neighbourhoods compared. 2,179 addresses in class A or B.
Where in St. Pölten is public transport best?
The Brunngasse area and the Wiener Straße area share the top place, with all 184 and all 160 of their addresses in class A or B. The Rennbahnstraße area follows with 98.6 %, 72 of its 73 addresses, and the Linzer Straße area comes next with 97.4 %, 149 of 153. Four neighbourhoods lead clearly.
| Neighbourhood | Addresses in public transport class A or B | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Brunngasse area | 100.0 % | 184 of 184 |
| Wiener Straße area | 100.0 % | 160 of 160 |
| Rennbahnstraße area | 98.6 % | 72 of 73 |
| Linzer Straße area | 97.4 % | 149 of 153 |
| Kremser Landstraße area | 89.6 % | 129 of 144 |
| Daniel Gran-Straße area | 80.4 % | 111 of 138 |
| Josefstraße area | 79.7 % | 145 of 182 |
| Birkengasse / Munggenaststraße area | 75.2 % | 176 of 234 |
| Dr.Karl Renner-Promenade area | 73.9 % | 136 of 184 |
| Birkengasse / Steinfeldstraße areaSpratzern | 57.9 % | 140 of 242 |
| Radlberger Hauptstraße areaUnterradlberg | 0.0 % | 0 of 460 |
| Robert Blum-Straße areaSpratzern | 0.0 % | 0 of 465 |
| Robiniengasse areaRagelsdorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 352 |
| Salcherstraße / Harlander Straße areaHarland | 0.0 % | 0 of 572 |
| Salcherstraße / Wilhelmsburger Straße areaAltmannsdorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 71 |
| Schiffmannstraße areaStattersdorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 662 |
| Spratzerner Hauptstraße areaSpratzern | 0.0 % | 0 of 497 |
| St. Georgener Hauptstraße areaEggendorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 678 |
| Walter Trebsche-Gasse areaWaitzendorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 189 |
| Wilhelmsburger Straße areaOchsenburg | 0.0 % | 0 of 237 |
| All of St. Pölten | 14.8 % | 2,179 of 14,748 |
The table counts neighbourhoods with at least 60 addresses. It shows the top ten and, below them, ten of the neighbourhoods at 0 %. On the map of St. Pölten, each neighbourhood shows its share of addresses in class A or B when you open it.
Which other neighbourhoods of St. Pölten are well connected?
After the top four comes the Kremser Landstraße area with 89.6 %, 129 of its 144 addresses. The Daniel Gran-Straße area has 80.4 %, 111 of 138, and the Josefstraße area has 79.7 %, 145 of 182. The Birkengasse / Munggenaststraße area reaches 75.2 %, 176 of 234, and the Dr.Karl Renner-Promenade area 73.9 %, 136 of 184. The Birkengasse / Steinfeldstraße area, mostly in Spratzern, closes the top ten with 57.9 %, 140 of 242. In each of the top ten, more than half of the addresses lie in class A or B.
How many addresses in St. Pölten lie in the best classes?
Across St. Pölten, 2,179 of the 14,748 addresses lie in class A or B. That is 14.8 %. The other addresses lie in class C or lower, or outside the classes. The ten leading neighbourhoods hold nearly two thirds of the city's addresses in class A or B. Together they cover a small part of all addresses. Good service in St. Pölten sits in a few neighbourhoods.
Where in St. Pölten is public transport weakest?
In 18 of the 46 compared neighbourhoods, every address lies in class C or lower, or outside the classes. These 18 share the same figure, 0 %, and the table shows ten of them. The largest of the ten is the St. Georgener Hauptstraße area, partly in Eggendorf, with 678 addresses. After it come the Schiffmannstraße area, mostly in Stattersdorf, with 662 and the Salcherstraße / Harlander Straße area, mostly in Harland, with 572. The Spratzerner Hauptstraße area with 497 addresses and the Robert Blum-Straße area with 465 lie mostly in Spratzern. So Spratzern holds neighbourhoods at both ends of the ranking.
Where in St. Pölten does road traffic get loudest?
The Mariazeller Straße / Josefstraße area has the highest share of loud addresses in St. Pölten, with 54 of its 109 addresses at 65 dB or more, 49.5 %. Across the city, 987 of the 14,748 addresses get 65 dB or more at the facade, 6.7 %. The Josefstraße area follows with 23.6 %, 43 of 182, and the Linzer Straße area with 18.3 %, 28 of 153. The Robert Blum-Straße area has 17.6 %, and with 82 of its 465 addresses it holds the largest number of loud addresses in the table. Every ranked neighbourhood stays below half.
| Neighbourhood | Addresses with road noise of 65 dB or more | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Mariazeller Straße / Josefstraße area | 49.5 % | 54 of 109 |
| Josefstraße area | 23.6 % | 43 of 182 |
| Linzer Straße area | 18.3 % | 28 of 153 |
| Robert Blum-Straße areaSpratzern | 17.6 % | 82 of 465 |
| Altmanngasse areaUnterwagram | 17.3 % | 47 of 271 |
| Roseggerstraße area | 16.9 % | 11 of 65 |
| Maria Theresia-Straße area | 16.6 % | 36 of 217 |
| Ertlstraße area | 16.2 % | 40 of 247 |
| Mariazeller Straße / Heimstättenstraße areaTeufelhof | 13.8 % | 59 of 426 |
| Dr.Karl Renner-Promenade area | 12.5 % | 23 of 184 |
| Bahnstraße areaPottenbrunn | 0.0 % | 0 of 154 |
| Birkengasse / Munggenaststraße area | 0.0 % | 0 of 234 |
| Eybnerstraße area | 0.0 % | 0 of 78 |
| Handel Mazzetti-Straße area | 0.0 % | 0 of 562 |
| Robiniengasse areaRagelsdorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 352 |
| Salcherstraße / Wilhelmsburger Straße areaAltmannsdorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 71 |
| Spratzerner Kirchenweg area | 0.0 % | 0 of 77 |
| Walter Trebsche-Gasse areaWaitzendorf | 0.0 % | 0 of 189 |
| Weinheberstraße area | 0.0 % | 0 of 902 |
| Wiener Straße area | 0.0 % | 0 of 160 |
| All of St. Pölten | 6.7 % | 987 of 14,748 |
At the other end, 11 of the 46 compared neighbourhoods have every address below 65 dB on the noise map. These 11 share the same figure, 0 %, and the table shows ten of them. The largest shown is the Weinheberstraße area with 902 addresses, and the Wiener Straße area belongs to the group with its 160.
Which well-connected neighbourhoods of St. Pölten have little road noise?
Among the ten best-connected neighbourhoods, the Wiener Straße area and the Birkengasse / Munggenaststraße area have every address below 65 dB on the noise map. The Wiener Straße area has all 160 addresses in class A or B, and the Birkengasse / Munggenaststraße area 75.2 %. Other well-connected neighbourhoods have more road noise. The Linzer Straße area pairs 97.4 % in class A or B with 18.3 % at 65 dB or more, and the Josefstraße area pairs 79.7 % with 23.6 %. The Dr.Karl Renner-Promenade area pairs 73.9 % in class A or B with 12.5 % at 65 dB or more. Among these five neighbourhoods, the share of loud addresses ranges from 0 % to 23.6 %.
How we counted
The ÖV-Güteklassen 2025 come from ÖROK, the Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning, and AustriaTech publishes them. The classes rate the weekday service at each stop, so evening and weekend timetables stay out of the count. They measure the distance to the stop as the crow flies. Road noise comes from the strategic noise maps of 2022 of the federal ministry BMLUK, a model of road traffic that gives the expected level at the facade. In St. Pölten the noise maps cover the main roads, so an address away from them counts below 65 dB, and quiet on the side streets is an estimate. The address register of the BEV gives every address, and each address counts once, however many flats it has. The data dates from 12 October 2026.
The address register names a locality for many addresses in St. Pölten, such as Spratzern, Harland or Eggendorf. For most addresses in many neighbourhoods the locality field in the data stays empty, among them the first nine of the transit table. A table by locality leaves these places out. The neighbourhood ranking covers them all.
The method explains how public transport and quiet enter LAGE. Under your priorities, you can give public transport more weight, and the neighbourhood finder then ranks the neighbourhoods of St. Pölten by those priorities. Living in St. Pölten gives the other measures for the whole city, and the story on errands in St. Pölten sets public transport beside supermarkets, doctors and primary schools. The story on the best areas to live in St. Pölten sets public transport beside the LAGE score.