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Austria: Jobless Households

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

Latest value

ยท 2025

6.90% of people aged 0 to 64

EU 7.05 ยท -0.1 pp vs Europe

European ranking

15 / 30

Up 3 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

9.2M

Country population ยท 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n

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ยท 2025 ยท 9 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Vienna

    +91.30

    13.20

  2. 2

    Styria

    +20.29

    8.30

  3. 3
    -2.90

    6.70

  4. 4
    -23.19

    5.30

  5. 5
    -36.23

    4.40

  6. 6
    -46.38

    3.70

  7. 7
    -47.83

    3.60

  8. 8
    -60.87

    2.70

  9. 9

    Tyrol

    -68.12

    2.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Austria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Austria

In Austria, Low work intensity is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 6.9% versus 7.1% in 2025, a gap of 0.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Austria, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.10% in 2020 to 6.90% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 6.00% in 2024 to 6.90% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Austria

In Austria, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 9 comparable regions, Vienna records the highest value (13.2%) and Tyrol the lowest (2.2%), a gap of 11 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Austria, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.