Rents in Austria Rise by 4.6 Percent at End of 2025

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Austria’s housing costs continued their upward trend at the end of 2025, with average rents—including operating costs—climbing 4.6 percent compared to the same period the previous year. According to data released by Statistics Austria on Friday, the average rent in the fourth quarter reached 10.4 euros per square meter, marking a 1.6‑percent increase from the third quarter.

“Average rents have remained consistently above 10 euros per square meter since the beginning of 2025,” said Statistics Austria Director General Manuela Lenk.

Households Paying Nearly 687 Euros per Month

For a typical main rental apartment, households paid an average of 686.8 euros per month in the final quarter of the year. Of that amount:

172.5 euros (or 2.6 euros per square meter) went toward operating costs, up 1.3 percent from the previous quarter.
Pure rent costs averaged 7.8 euros per square meter.

The figures are based on an estimated 1.8 million main rental apartments across Austria. Cooperative housing accounts for nearly 40 percent of these units, while municipal housing represents around 15 percent. On the private market, 31.2 percent of rental agreements are freely negotiated. Another 13.4 percent of households pay the regulated “reference rent,” and 1.3 percent fall under the older category-based rent system.

Significant Regional Differences

The structure of rental agreements varies widely across Austria’s federal states.

Vienna has the highest share of reference rents at 21 percent, and the lowest share of privately negotiated main rents at 22 percent.
Styria follows with 11.4 percent of rentals under the reference rent system.
In western Austria, private market rents dominate:
- Vorarlberg leads with 55.4 percent,
- followed by Tyrol at 52 percent,
- and Salzburg at 48 percent.
In contrast, cooperative housing is the majority in Burgenland (70.4 percent) and Upper Austria (58.5 percent).

New Publication Schedule Starting in 2026

Beginning in 2026, Statistics Austria will publish updated reference rent and category rent amounts annually on April 1. All current figures will be available on a new website dedicated to housing data.