Living in Hietzing, Vienna's 13th district, in figures

Hietzing, Vienna's 13th district, has the highest median LAGE of the 23 districts, 70 on our score from 0 to 100 for a place to live, against 65 for Vienna. Road noise stays below 55 dB at 45.1 % of its 10,360 addresses, the largest share in Vienna, against 25.1 % for the city. Its share of addresses in public transport class A or B, the two best ÖROK classes, is the lowest of the 23 districts, 49.6 % against 68.8 % for Vienna.

For each address in Hietzing, Vienna's 13th district, we look up the road noise at the loudest facade, the air, the stops nearby, the nearest park and the shops, doctors and schools within walking distance. LAGE, a score from 0 to 100, sums these up in five parts, quiet, air, transit, green and errands, and flood areas lower it. We then set each figure of the district against the whole of Vienna and rank it among the 23 districts. The neighbourhoods are statistical areas of Statistik Austria, each named after a street inside it, and the neighbourhood table keeps the ones with at least 30 addresses.

10,360 addresses. 46 neighbourhoods with at least 30 addresses. Rank 1 of 23 districts for LAGE.

What is it like to live in Hietzing?

The middle address of Hietzing has a LAGE of 70, against 65 for Vienna, and this median is the highest of the 23 districts. The story on the best districts of Vienna to live in ranks all 23 districts by LAGE. The district's part medians are 87 for quiet, 59 for air, 78 for transit, 49 for green and 94 for errands. Quiet and errands reach the highest part medians, and green is the weakest of the five parts. The table gives every measure of the district against the city, with its rank among the 23 districts. The map of Vienna shows each neighbourhood of Hietzing with its LAGE.

In the rank column, 1 stands for the highest figure. For road noise, the air, flood areas and the distance to a park, the highest figure is the weaker end, so 22nd for loud addresses means the second smallest share of all districts. Hietzing holds first place for LAGE and for quiet addresses. It holds last place for public transport class A or B.

Is Hietzing quiet?

Hietzing has the largest share of quiet addresses in Vienna. Road noise stays below 55 dB at 4,675 of its 10,360 addresses, 45.1 %, against 25.1 % for the whole city, and Donaustadt comes next. At the loud end, 1,216 addresses, 11.7 %, have road noise of 65 dB or more, against 23.6 % for Vienna. Only Donaustadt has a smaller share. The noise figure belongs to the loudest facade of each address, so a flat facing a courtyard can lie in a quieter band. The story on the quietest districts of Vienna ranks all 23 districts.

How clean is the air in Hietzing?

Hietzing has the 3rd lowest nitrogen dioxide median of the 23 districts, 22.2 µg/m³ against 25.8 µg/m³ for Vienna. Its fine dust median is the 2nd highest, PM2.5 at 11.6 µg/m³ against 11.3 µg/m³. The two air figures point in opposite directions. Both come from the air models of the European Environment Agency, and a lower value means cleaner air. The air part has a median of 59.

How good is public transport in Hietzing?

In Hietzing, 5,139 addresses, 49.6 %, lie in public transport class A or B, the lowest share of the 23 districts, against 68.8 % for Vienna. Penzing comes next. The ÖROK classes rate public transport by the stops within walking distance and how often they are served, from A down to G. About half of the addresses lie in class C or lower. The transit part still reaches a median of 78.

How far is it to the shops, the doctor and the school in Hietzing?

A supermarket lies within 500 m of 77.2 % of the addresses in Hietzing, or 8,003, against 73.8 % for Vienna. A doctor lies within 500 m of 74.9 %, against 66.4 % for the city. On both shares the district ranks 15th of 23. A primary school lies within 500 m of 42.7 % of the addresses, or 4,428, against 59.2 % for Vienna, and the district ranks 20th on that share. All distances are as the crow flies. The errands part has a median of 94.

How green is Hietzing?

A park lies within 300 m of 79.0 % of the addresses, or 8,181, against 66.4 % for Vienna, and the district ranks 9th on this share. The median distance to the nearest park is 166 m, the 7th shortest of the 23 districts, against 215 m for the city. The park figures count the parks mapped in OpenStreetMap, and forests stay out of the count. The green part has a median of 49.

Is there a flood risk in Hietzing?

All 10,360 addresses of Hietzing lie outside the mapped flood areas. The district's shares are 0.0 % for a 30- or 100-year flood area and 0.0 % for a flood area up to 300 years, and ten other districts share these figures. For Vienna, the shares are 0.5 % and 0.6 %.

How fast has Hietzing grown, and how old are its residents?

The number of residents in Hietzing grew by 9.7 % from 2008 to 2025, against 21.4 % for Vienna, and the district ranks 12th of 23 on growth. The median age is 46, the 2nd highest of the 23 districts, against 40 for the city. 23.4 % of the residents are aged 65 or more, against 16.7 % for Vienna, also the 2nd highest share. 13.7 % are under 15, against 14.3 %. These figures count people and come from the city's population series, and every other figure in this story counts addresses.

Which neighbourhoods of Hietzing score highest?

The Himmelhofgasse area has the highest LAGE of the district, 81, across 213 addresses. It reaches 95 for quiet, 78 for green and 91 for errands. The Lainzerbachstraße area follows with 79 across 39 addresses. Two neighbourhoods share 77, the Lynkeusgasse area with 305 addresses and the Veitingergasse area with 539. Both reach 95 for quiet and 90 for transit.

Two neighbourhoods in the upper half combine a high green part and a lower transit part. The Adolfstorgasse area has 96 for green and 50 for transit and a LAGE of 74, and the Wlassakstraße area 95 for green and 50 for transit and a LAGE of 70. The three largest neighbourhoods lie between 66 and 73, around the district median of 70. The Eisenbachgasse area has 764 addresses and a LAGE of 66, the Granichstaedtengasse area 732 addresses and 71, and the Faistauergasse area 620 addresses and 73.

Where is LAGE lowest in Hietzing?

The Hetzendorfer Straße / Feldkellergasse area has the lowest LAGE of the district, 47, across 35 addresses. Its quiet part stands at 17, while transit reaches 100 and errands 95. LAGE is a geometric mean of the five parts, so one weak part weighs more than in a plain average. The Hietzinger Hauptstraße / Auhofstraße area follows with 50. It has 32 for quiet and 27 for green, and the Auhofstraße / Braunschweiggasse area has 52, with 24 for air and 23 for green.

The Maxingstraße area shows the same pattern at 53. It reaches 98 for green and 100 for transit, and its quiet part stands at 17. Six of the ten lowest neighbourhoods have a transit part of 100, and a low quiet, air or green part pulls their LAGE down.

How does Hietzing score with your own priorities?

The standard LAGE weighs its five parts equally. If the stop matters more to you than the quiet, set your own priorities, and the map of Vienna colours every neighbourhood by your own LAGE. The story on living in Vienna gives the same figures for the whole city.

How we counted

The address register of the BEV gives every address, and each address counts once, however many flats it has. Road noise comes from the strategic noise maps 2022 of the federal ministry BMLUK, as Lden at the loudest facade, and flood areas from the flood risk zones of the BMLUK. The air figures come from the models of the European Environment Agency, public transport from the ÖROK classes 2025, and parks and shops from OpenStreetMap and the city's directories. The residents come from the population series of the City of Vienna, MA 23, for 2008 to 2025. The data is from 12 October 2026.

The district figures count every address in Hietzing, and the neighbourhood table keeps the 46 neighbourhoods with at least 30 addresses. The method explains each part of LAGE.