Housing cost overburden rate in Austria

6.1% of people in Austria spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025.

Measure: Housing cost overburden rate Unit: % of population Data: 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2025 6.1% % of population
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 6.3%
European Union, 2025 7.6% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 6.1% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 17th of 31 See the full ranking

Housing cost overburden rate in Austria over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Housing cost overburden rate (% of population), 2004 to 2025
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2025 6.1% 7.6%
2024 6.3% 8.2%
2023 6.0% 8.8%
2022 7.4% 8.7%
2021 6.1% 8.7%
2020 6.3% 7.8%
2019 7.0% 9.4%
2018 6.8% 9.6%e (estimated)
2017 7.1% 10.1%e (estimated)
2016 7.2% 10.9%e (estimated)
2015 6.4% 11.2%e (estimated)
2014 6.6% 11.5%e (estimated)
2013 7.2% 11.6%
2012 7.0% 11.5%
2011 7.8%u (low reliability) 10.6%
2010 7.5%u (low reliability) 10.0%
2009 8.0%u (low reliability) –
2008 8.5%bu (break in time series, low reliability) –
2007 5.4% –
2006 5.0% –
2005 4.6% –
2004 7.9%u (low reliability) –

Flags: u low reliability; bu break in time series, low reliability; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 6.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6.4%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 17th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_lvho07a · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2004 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update
29 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat