Supported cities
17
City profiles indexed for Austria.
Central Europe
Austria Country Intelligence Hub
Austria's profile is shaped by compact cultural cities, mature public-transit networks, and strong renewable electricity led by hydro generation. Austria is indexed at the country level in Central Europe, with 17 city profiles linked below.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Country code
- AT
Hallstatt
Image credit: Image: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Visual context
Additional verified imagery for Austria. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.
Schönbrunn Palace
Image credit: Image: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Austria country overview
Snapshot of structured Austria city intelligence and which verified utility layers are available on this hub.
Austria country overview
Emergency profile
Verified
Country emergency contacts attributed to official publishers.
Healthcare profile
Fallback
Verified healthcare data is not available; fallback context is shown.
Transport profile
Fallback
Verified transport data is not available; fallback context is shown.
Related comparisons
2
Curated city-vs-city comparison pages that reference this country.
Related collections
2
Best Cities collections that include at least one city from this country.
Data year
2025
Reference year for the country intelligence dataset.
Last updated
2026-05-16
Most recent platform-side review of the country hub.
Public transit
Very strong
Reliable transit reduces private-vehicle dependence in major cities.
Energy mix
Low-carbon
Hydropower supports a favorable starting point for transition.
Cultural infrastructure
Deep
Long-standing institutions support resident well-being and visitor confidence.
Austria data table
Country pages group cities into crawlable clusters and give national context without replacing city-level comparisons.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Region | Central Europe | Used for geographic clustering and regional comparisons. |
| Indexed cities | 17 | Dornbirn, Eisenstadt, Wiener Neustadt, Bregenz, Feldkirch, Linz, Sankt Pölten, Villach, Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Wels, Steyr, Krems, Lustenau |
| Public transit | Very strong | Reliable transit reduces private-vehicle dependence in major cities. |
| Energy mix | Low-carbon | Hydropower supports a favorable starting point for transition. |
| Cultural infrastructure | Deep | Long-standing institutions support resident well-being and visitor confidence. |
Indexed cities in Austria
Each linked city page includes its own metadata, data table, source block, module links, and any verified utility layers.
Indexed cities in Austria
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Dornbirn
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Dornbirn profile to compare affordability, air quality, and cross-border access alongside Bregenz, Feldkirch, and Innsbruck.
Overall71/100
Image credit: Image: Scotch Mist / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Eisenstadt
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Eisenstadt profile to compare affordability, energy, and tourism dimensions alongside Vienna, Graz, and Salzburg.
Overall64/100
Image credit: Image: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiener Neustadt
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Wiener Neustadt profile to compare affordability, energy, and resilience alongside Vienna, Graz, and Linz.
Overall62/100
Image credit: Image: böhringer friedrich / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
Bregenz
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Bregenz profile to compare transport access, healthcare capacity, and cost-of-living framing alongside regional peers such as Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Klagenfurt.
Overall73/100
Image credit: Image: Welleschik / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Feldkirch
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Feldkirch profile to compare transport access, healthcare capacity, and affordability framing alongside regional peers such as Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Klagenfurt.
Overall71/100
Image credit: Image: Kani / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Linz
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Linz profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience dimensions alongside regional peers such as Vienna, Salzburg, and Graz.
Overall71/100
Image credit: Image: Ralf Roletschek / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Sankt Pölten
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Sankt Pölten profile to compare transport access, cost framing, and climate-adaptation context alongside regional peers such as Vienna, Linz, and Graz.
Overall70/100
Image credit: Image: Hpschaefer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Villach
Austria / Central Europe
Use the Villach profile to compare transport access, healthcare framing, and energy context alongside regional peers such as Graz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck.
Overall69/100
Image credit: Image: Andrzej Otrębski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Vienna
Austria / Central Europe
Vienna is most useful for users comparing housing access, transit depth, and cultural amenity in a mid-sized European capital.
Overall89/100
Image credit: Image: Photo: Andreas Praefcke / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Salzburg
Austria / Salzburg State
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Michael aus Halle / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Innsbruck
Austria / Tyrol
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Ralf Roletschek / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Graz
Austria / Styria
Treat this entry as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, confirming transport, regional access, and seasonal details with official sources before travel.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Johann Jaritz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria / Carinthia
Use this entry as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying lake and mountain access, transport, and seasonal details with official sources before travel.
Overall50/100
Image credit: Image: Eweht / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wels
Austria / Western Europe
Use the Wels profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Austria and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall77/100
Image credit: Image: Christoph Waghubinger (Lewenstein) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT
Steyr
Austria / Western Europe
Use the Steyr profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Austria and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall82/100
Image credit: Image: Bauer Karl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Krems
Austria / Western Europe
Use the Krems profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Austria and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall78/100
Image credit: Image: Reinhard Müller / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Lustenau
Austria / Western Europe
Use the Lustenau profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Austria and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall74/100
Country indicators
Source-attributed country-level indicators for Austria, drawn from the World Bank Development Indicators. Use the cards and table together to compare scale, unit, and data year for each metric.
Country indicators for Austria
VerifiedOfficial dataLast updated 2026-04-08 · data year 2024
How to read these country indicators
Reading guideCountry-level, not city-level
Indicators describe national context. Pair them with city profiles, comparisons, and verified utility layers (emergency, healthcare, transport) for local detail.
Source-attributed where available
Values come from the World Bank Development Indicators. Where no verified record exists, the platform shows a transparent fallback rather than a guessed number.
Different indicators, different years
Each record carries its own data year because publishers refresh indicators on their own cadence. The card and table both display the year alongside the value.
Context, not a ranking
Treat indicators as orientation, not as a leaderboard. The platform never claims any country is best, safest, cleanest, richest, healthiest, or most connected.
Read alongside city intelligence
Country indicators are most useful when combined with the city profiles in the country, the public-safety, healthcare, and transport sections, and the methodology and data-sources pages.
For full construction details, read the methodology page and the data sources registry.
Economic context
National-level economic signals to read alongside city-level cost and services pages.
GDP per capita
Verified58,268.88current US$Economic context only — not a cost-of-living score or a household-income measure.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Unemployment rate
Verified5.58percentModeled ILO labor-market context — not a guarantee of job availability for any specific worker.
Data year 2025 updated 2026-04-08
Population and urban context
National scale and urbanisation context; pair with city profiles for local detail.
Population
Verified9,177,982peopleNational scale only — not a city population value or a measure of urban density.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Urban population share
Verified69.47percentShare of population living in urban areas — not a quality-of-life or urban-form measure.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Digital access context
Connectivity context drawn from World Bank usage and subscription indicators.
Internet usage
Verified91.93percentShare of population that uses the internet — not a measure of connection speed or quality.
Data year 2025 updated 2026-04-08
Fixed broadband subscriptions
Verified30.13per 100 peopleFixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people — not a measure of overall internet quality or speed.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Health context
National health-system context; not a substitute for verified city-level healthcare layers.
Life expectancy
Verified82.0yearsNational health-context indicator — not individual health guidance.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Health expenditure per capita
Verified6,739.31current US$Per-capita spending context — not a measure of healthcare quality or access for any individual.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Environment context
National emissions context; read separately from city-level air-quality data.
CO₂ emissions per capita
Verified6.32metric tons per capitaNational emissions context — not a city-level air-quality measurement.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 9,177,982 | people | 2024 | Verified |
| Internet usage | 91.93 | percent | 2025 | Verified |
| Urban population share | 69.47 | percent | 2024 | Verified |
| GDP per capita | 58,268.88 | current US$ | 2024 | Verified |
| Life expectancy | 82.0 | years | 2024 | Verified |
| Health expenditure per capita | 6,739.31 | current US$ | 2024 | Verified |
| Unemployment rate | 5.58 | percent | 2025 | Verified |
| CO₂ emissions per capita | 6.32 | metric tons per capita | 2024 | Verified |
| Fixed broadband subscriptions | 30.13 | per 100 people | 2024 | Verified |
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal City Intelligence — country indicators dataset
Verified- Publisher
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- Last verified
- 2026-04-08
Methodology and context
Country indicator values appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted publishers and validated at build time. Malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Cited references: World Bank
Emergency and public safety in Austria
Verified emergency contacts for Austria, drawn from official emergency services and government publishers. Use these as a starting point and confirm current details with local authorities before traveling or relocating.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
| Police | 13324/7 | — |
| Ambulance | 14424/7 | — |
| Fire | 12224/7 | — |
Public safety sources
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Austria
Verified national healthcare information for Austria, drawn from official government and public health publishers. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Austria
Verified national transport context for Austria, attributed to official transport ministries, national operators, and aviation authorities. This is informational only; routes, fares, and schedules change frequently — check the linked authorities for current details.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
Related city comparisons for Austria
Curated city-vs-city comparisons that include at least one city from Austria. Each link opens a comparison page with structured indicators across cost, safety, healthcare, transport, and country context.
Related city comparisons for Austria
Europe · Quality of life
Vienna vs Zurich: Cost, Safety, Healthcare & Transport
Compare Vienna and Zurich across cost of living, air quality, safety, healthcare, transport, and country context for users weighing Central European service-quality capitals.
Europe · Regional alternative
Bratislava vs Vienna: Cost, Safety, Healthcare & Transport
Compare Bratislava and Vienna across cost framing, transport access, and country-level context for users considering the Danube-crossing relocation corridor.
Best Cities collections featuring Austria
Curated city collections that include at least one Austria city. Each collection is a comparison-oriented shortlist, not an official ranking.
Best Cities collections featuring Austria
Family life
Best Cities for Families: Practical City Comparison
A comparison-oriented collection of cities seen through family-relevant context: safety, healthcare, public services, transport, air quality, and livability indicators. Designed for comparison, not as an official family ranking.
1 city from Austria in this collection
Clean air
Best Cities for Clean Air: Air Quality-Oriented City Collection
An air quality-oriented city collection. Designed for comparison through WHO and regional air-quality context — not a ranked claim of which city has the cleanest air.
1 city from Austria in this collection
Rankings featuring Austria cities
Explore rankings where supported Austria city profiles appear. Use rankings as directional city intelligence, not an official government ranking.
Rankings featuring Austria cities
Ranking
Overall City Intelligence Ranking
A balanced ranking of cities across affordability, air quality, clean-energy readiness, and resilience.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
Ranking
Best Cities for Quality of Life
Cities that combine strong services, mobility, safety, clean air, and resilience into a healthy day-to-day profile.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
Ranking
Best Cities for Remote Workers
Cities that combine fast connectivity, safety, healthy day-to-day life, and a manageable cost-of-living balance for remote and hybrid workers.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
Ranking
Cleanest Air Cities
A health-oriented comparison of city air-quality scores using WHO-centered pollutant interpretation.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
Ranking
Most Affordable Global Cities
Cities ranked by cost-of-living score, weighing housing pressure, essential spending, and household offsets across global metros.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
Ranking
Best Connected Cities
Cities ranked by internet speed, mobile coverage, and digital-readiness depth for residents, businesses, and remote workers.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
Ranking
Energy Ready City Ranking
A ranking of city energy-transition readiness, grid resilience, clean-resource potential, and adaptation capacity.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
Ranking
Affordability Balance Ranking
A practical affordability ranking that weighs housing pressure against transport access, services, and opportunity density.
17 cities from Austria appears in this ranking
See the full rankings directory for every available structured ranking.
Interpretation and methodology note
Across 17 indexed cities, Vienna leads at 89/100 and Klagenfurt am Wörthersee sits at 50/100. Use the country page as a parent context layer; module-level detail lives on each city profile. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 5 institutional references.
Structured indicators on this hub are directional and intended for orientation. Verified utility layers — emergency, healthcare, transport — are attributed to official publishers where available and use transparent fallback states where verified country-level data is not yet integrated.
- Cities directory — browse every indexed city profile.
- All countries — navigate to other country hubs.
- City comparisons — curated city-vs-city pages with structured indicators.
- Best Cities collections — comparison-oriented shortlists by intent.
- All rankings — structured rankings across city intelligence categories.
- Read the scoring methodology for the scoring model used across modules.
- Browse all data sources for the source registry behind verified layers.
- Travel budget calculator — plan a trip budget for cities in Austria. Use your own trip inputs and then review city, public safety, healthcare, and transport context. Planning estimator only, not an official travel cost estimate.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
5 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.