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Overcrowding rate in Austria

14.2% of people in Austria lived in an overcrowded home in 2025.

Measure: Overcrowding rate Unit: % of population Data: 2003 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2025 14.2% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 13.7%
European Union, 2025 16.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 14.2% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 17th of 31 See the full ranking

Overcrowding 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.

Overcrowding rate (% of population), 2003 to 2025
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2025 14.2% 16.8%
2024 13.7% 16.9%
2023 14.5% 16.8%
2022 15.7% 16.8%
2021 14.3% 17.3%
2020 14.1% 17.4%
2019 15.1% 17.1%
2018 13.5% 17.1%e (estimated)
2017 15.1% 17.5%e (estimated)
2016 15.2% 17.9%e (estimated)
2015 15.0% 18.1%e (estimated)
2014 15.3% 18.1%e (estimated)
2013 14.7% 18.3%e (estimated)
2012 13.9% 18.4%e (estimated)
2011 12.3% 18.4%e (estimated)
2010 12.0% 19.1%e (estimated)
2009 13.3% –
2008 14.8%b (break in time series) –
2007 15.2% –
2006 15.6% –
2005 15.0% –
2004 14.4% –
2003 8.6% –

Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 13.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 15.0%, the figure has changed by −0.8 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 16.8%.

More for Austria

All statistics for Austria
Housing cost overburden rate 6.1% 2025 · Eurostat Home ownership rate 54.2% 2025 · Eurostat House price change 2.5% 2025 · Eurostat Inability to keep home adequately warm 4.0% 2025 · Eurostat Average household size 2.2 people per household 2025 · Eurostat House prices, quarterly 5.1%p (Provisional) Q2 2026 · Eurostat

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_lvho05a · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2003 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat