In Baden bei Wien, the median trip by public transport from the door to Stephansplatz takes 61 minutes, against 91 minutes for the whole belt around Vienna. LAGE, our score from 0 to 100 for a place to live, has a median of 65 across its 6,044 addresses, against 62 for the belt. 30.2 % of the addresses lie in public transport class A or B, the 4th highest share of 351 towns, against 5.9 %, and 19.5 % in a mapped flood area, against 8.2 %.
For each of the 6,044 addresses in the town of Baden, Baden bei Wien, we time the trip by public transport from the door to Stephansplatz and the drive by car, and look up the stops nearby, the shops, doctors and schools within 2 km, the noise of the major roads, the air and the flood areas. LAGE, a score from 0 to 100, sums up each address in five parts. We then set each figure of the town against the whole belt around Vienna and rank it among the 351 towns with at least 60 addresses. The town lies in the district of Baden, and this story describes the town alone. Baden lies in ring 1, the ring closest to Vienna, and its addresses lie a middle distance of 13.5 km from the city border.
6,044 addresses. 25 neighbourhoods. Rank 115 of 351 towns for LAGE, shared with the other towns at 65.
What is it like to live in Baden bei Wien?
The middle address of Baden has a LAGE of 65, against 62 for the belt around Vienna, and the town shares rank 115 of 351 with the other towns at 65. Its part medians are 86 for quiet, 70 for air, 63 for the time to Vienna, 44 for green and 100 for errands. Errands reach the full score, and green is the weakest of the five parts. The table gives every measure of the town against the whole belt, with its rank among the towns. In the rank column, 1 stands for the highest figure, so for the trip times, the noise, the air and the flood areas a low rank marks the weaker end. The map Around Vienna shows each neighbourhood of Baden with its LAGE.
| Measure | Baden | Around Vienna | Rank of 351 towns (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addresses with road noise of 65 dB or more | 1.3 % | 2.2 % | 66 |
| Addresses in a 30- or 100-year flood area | 4.3 % | 3.8 % | 98 |
| Addresses in a mapped flood area (up to 300 years) | 19.5 % | 8.2 % | 37 |
| Addresses in public transport class A or B | 30.2 % | 5.9 % | 4 |
| Nitrogen dioxide, median | 17.4 µg/m³ | 11.4 µg/m³ | 17 |
| Fine dust PM2.5, median | 10.9 µg/m³ | 10.9 µg/m³ | 133 |
| LAGE, median | 65 | 62 | 115 |
| Minutes to Stephansplatz by public transport, median | 61 min | 91 min | 325 |
| Addresses within 60 minutes of Stephansplatz by public transport | 44.3 % | 14.6 % | 26 |
| Minutes by car to Stephansplatz without traffic, median | 35 min | 40 min | 256 |
| Addresses with a supermarket within 2 km | 99.2 % | 74.4 % | 97 |
| Addresses with a doctor within 2 km | 94.8 % | 67.0 % | 113 |
| Addresses with a primary school within 2 km | 94.1 % | 63.8 % | 104 |
| Working residents who work in Vienna | 30.8 % | 34.4 % | 150 |
| Residents under 15 | 12.1 % | 14.3 % | 304 |
| Residents aged 65 or more | 26.9 % | 22.0 % | 47 |
How long is the trip from Baden to Vienna?
The median trip by public transport from the door to Stephansplatz takes 61 minutes in Baden, against 91 for the whole belt. Among the 351 towns, Baden shares the 22nd shortest median with five other towns at 61 minutes. Each address carries the average over leaving at any minute from 6:30 to 8:30 on a regular Tuesday, with the walk to the stop, the wait, the rides, the changes and the walk at the end. Of the 6,043 addresses with a time, 2,675 lie within 60 minutes, 44.3 %, against 14.6 % around Vienna. The town ranks 26th on that share. So the middle address of Baden sits one minute past the hour.
By car on empty roads, the median drive to Stephansplatz takes 35 minutes, against 40 for the belt. Baden shares the 84th shortest drive of all towns with the other towns at 35 minutes. Open data leaves out the rush hour, so the drive time describes a free road.
How many residents of Baden work in Vienna?
Of the 11,938 working residents of Baden, 3,672 work in Vienna, 30.8 %, against 34.4 % for the whole belt. Baden and Tulln an der Donau share rank 150 of 352 on this figure. The figures count work in Vienna only and leave open where the others work.
How good is public transport in Baden?
In Baden, 1,824 addresses, 30.2 %, lie in public transport class A or B, against 5.9 % around Vienna. Only three towns have a larger share. The ÖROK classes rate public transport by the stops within walking distance and how often they are served, from A down to G. So almost a third of the addresses of Baden lie in the two best classes.
How far is it to the shops, the doctor and the school in Baden?
A supermarket lies within 2 km of 99.2 % of the addresses in Baden, or 5,993, against 74.4 % for the belt. A doctor lies within 2 km of 94.8 %, against 67.0 %, and a primary school of 94.1 %, against 63.8 %. The town ranks 113th for the doctor, and it shares rank 97 for the supermarket with four other towns and rank 104 for the school with Gaubitsch. All distances are as the crow flies, and the shops, doctors and schools come from OpenStreetMap.
Is Baden at risk of flooding?
In Baden, 1,180 addresses, 19.5 %, lie in a mapped flood area of up to 300 years, against 8.2 % for the whole belt. By share, the town ranks 37th of 351. In a 30- or 100-year flood area lie 262 addresses, 4.3 %, against 3.8 % for the belt, and on this share the town shares rank 98 with three other towns. So most of the addresses of Baden in a flood area lie in the area of the rarer 300-year flood only. The flood areas mark where the BMLUK expects water in such a flood. They leave open how a single building is protected.
How loud is Baden?
At the mapped major roads, 80 addresses of Baden, 1.3 %, have road noise of 65 dB or more, against 2.2 % for the belt. The noise maps of Lower Austria cover the major roads, and the side streets carry an estimate. The town shares rank 66 of 351 with two other towns, where 1 stands for the loudest. The noise figure belongs to the loudest facade of each address.
How clean is the air in Baden?
Baden has a nitrogen dioxide median of 17.4 µg/m³, against 11.4 µg/m³ for the belt. Baden and Traiskirchen share the 17th highest median of 351 towns. Baden's fine dust median, PM2.5, is 10.9 µg/m³, the same as the belt's. Both figures come from the air models of the European Environment Agency, and a lower value means cleaner air.
How old are the residents of Baden?
Of the residents of Baden, 26.9 % are 65 or older, against 22.0 % around Vienna, the 47th highest share of 348 towns. 12.1 % are under 15, against 14.3 %, and Baden and Pöttsching share the 44th lowest figure. These figures count people and come from the 100 m grid of Statistik Austria. Most other figures in this story count addresses.
Which neighbourhoods of Baden have the highest LAGE?
The Erzherzogin Isabelle-Straße area has the highest LAGE of the town, 79, across 267 addresses. It reaches 93 for green, 99 for errands and 86 for quiet. The Hochstraße area, with 344 addresses, and the Welzergasse area, with 136, share second place at 77. The Helenenstraße / Bergsteiggasse area follows with 73 and reaches 92 for green.
The table adds the median of each part. Quiet reaches 86 in most of the 25 neighbourhoods, errands reach 100 in all but two, and the time to Vienna lies between 58 and 68 in every one. The neighbourhoods differ most in green, from 27 in the Wiener Straße / Flamminggasse area to 93 in the Erzherzogin Isabelle-Straße area. The four highest neighbourhoods all reach 74 or more for green. The time to Vienna scores lowest, 58, in the Erzherzogin Isabelle-Straße area and the Hochstraße area, two of the three highest by LAGE.
The Am Haidhofteich area is the largest of the 25, with 426 addresses and a LAGE of 71. It has the lowest errands part of the town, 74, and 84 for green.
Where is LAGE lowest in Baden?
The Braitner Straße / Schützengasse area has the lowest LAGE of the town, 43, across 111 addresses. Its part medians run from 30 for green to 100 for errands, and its LAGE of 43 lies below four of them. In this area, 84.7 % of the addresses lie in a 30- or 100-year flood area, the highest share of the 1,172 neighbourhoods around Vienna, and a flood area lowers the LAGE of an address.
| Neighbourhood | Addresses in a 30- or 100-year flood area | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Braitner Straße / Schützengasse area, BadenBaden | 84.7 % | 94 of 111 |
| Gemeindeweg area, St. Andrä-WördernSt. Andrä-Wördern | 76.6 % | 961 of 1,255 |
| Hauptstraße area, LeobersdorfLeobersdorf | 67.2 % | 176 of 262 |
| Hauptstraße / Holzgasse area, KlosterneuburgKlosterneuburg | 67.1 % | 1,164 of 1,734 |
| Hauptstraße area, EbenfurthEbenfurth | 62.3 % | 139 of 223 |
| Auerspergstraße area, Schönau an der TriestingSchönau an der Triesting | 55.9 % | 127 of 227 |
| Kirchengasse area, MichelhausenMichelhausen | 55.4 % | 108 of 195 |
| Hauptstraße / Seuttergasse area, EggendorfEggendorf | 51.6 % | 142 of 275 |
| Pionierinsel area, KlosterneuburgKlosterneuburg | 50.4 % | 583 of 1,156 |
| Hetzmannsdorf area, WullersdorfWullersdorf | 48.5 % | 33 of 68 |
| Around Vienna as a whole | 3.8 % | 19,190 of 501,916 |
The Braitner Straße / Gartengasse area follows with a LAGE of 53 across 181 addresses and 52 for quiet. The Leesdorfer Hauptstraße area has a LAGE of 54.
The Helenenstraße / Schloßgasse area has the lowest quiet part of the town, 46, and a LAGE of 62.
How does Baden score with your own priorities?
The standard LAGE weights its five parts equally. If the train to Vienna matters more to you than the green, set your own priorities, and the map Around Vienna colours each neighbourhood by your own LAGE. The story on living around Vienna gives the same figures for the whole belt.
How we counted
The address register of the BEV gives every address, and each address counts once, however many flats it has. The trips by public transport come from the timetables of the Mobilitätsverbünde Österreich, with the walks on the paths of OpenStreetMap. The share working in Vienna comes from the commuter statistics of Statistik Austria, and the residents' ages from its 100 m grid. Noise comes from the strategic noise maps 2022 of the BMLUK. Flood areas come from the flood risk zones of the BMLUK, the air from the models of the European Environment Agency and the public transport classes from ÖROK, as of 2025. The data is from 23 October 2026.
The town figures count every address in Baden, and the neighbourhood table keeps the 25 neighbourhoods with at least 30 addresses. Around Vienna, LAGE follows the village rule. Its time to Vienna takes the better of public transport and car, and errands count in full within 2 km and by half up to 4 km. So the LAGE around Vienna stands on its own, apart from the LAGE of the cities. The method explains each part.