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Austria: Home Price Affordability

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

ยท 2024

115.20 Index, long-term average = 100

EU 97.13 ยท +18.1 pp vs Europe

European ranking

3 / 27

Down 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

9.2M

Country population ยท 2024

What this indicator measures

Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat House price to income ratio tipsho60

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At a glance

Austria performs less favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a large 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, Price to income stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 115.2 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, a large gap of 18.1 index points.

Recent trend

In Austria, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 115.99 in 2019 to 115.19 in 2024. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 123.81 in 2023 to 115.19 in 2024, shows material improvement 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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.