EU 18.63
· European ranking
16 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Austria: Overcrowded Housing
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
14.20% of population
EU 18.63 · -4.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than required under the Eurostat overcrowding standard. The minimum number of rooms depends on household composition and the ages of its members.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Overcrowding rate ilc_lvho05a
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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.