households in austria Single-family homes are still very popular as a form of housing in Austria, but there has been a clear shift towards smaller household structures for the past several years. An average of 2.17 people lived in each household in 2025. This trend seems set to continue; the number of private households will grow to 4.67 million by 2060 according to forecasts from Statistik Austria, 42.2 of which will be single-person households. These changes and pressing climate issues call for realignment in urban planning.
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There were around 974,636 private households in Austria’s capital in 2025 with an average household size of just 2.04 people. The ongoing trend towards shrinking households especially affects Vienna, leading to a growing need for new living space to be covered by increased construction activity.
Private households in Austria Forecast for single and multiple-person households 2025 to 2060
Private households in Vienna Forecast for single and multiple-person households 2025 to 2060
Number of households
Number of households
596,895
578,505
3,000,000
600,000
2,682,188
526,634
2,529,363
2,500,000
500,000
448,002
1,992,642
2,000,000
400,000
1,633,694
Single-person households
Single-person households
1,500,000
300,000
Multiple-person households
Multiple-person households
1,000,000
200,000
500,000
100,00
0
0
Year
Year
2025
2060
2025
2060
Source: WKO Statistik
Forecast to 2060
Prognose to 2060
→ One-person households: up by almost 22.0% → Multi-person households: up by 6.0% → Private households: up by 12.3%
→ One-person households: up by 29.1% → Multi-person households: up by 13.3% → Private households: up by 20.6%
FIRST VIENNA RESIDENTIAL MARKET REPORT 2026
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