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Austria: Overcrowding rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Austria
Current reading for Overcrowding rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Overcrowding rate
Latest value
14.20 Percent of population
Compared with Europe
-12.4 puntos
Austria is 12.4 points below the European average.
EU: 22.31
Affected population
≈ 1.31 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Overcrowding rate
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At a glance
Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Austria
In Austria, Overcrowding is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 14.2% versus 18.6% in 2025, with a gap of 4.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Austria, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 14.10% in 2020 to 14.20% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 13.70% in 2024 to 14.20% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Austria, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.