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Overcrowding rate in Austria

Overcrowding rate in Austria was 14.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.5 pts from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202514.2%
Change on 2024+0.5 pts
Rank14th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high15.72022
Series low8.62003

Overcrowding rate in Austria, 2003 to 2025

8101214162003200720112015201920252003: 8.6 %2004: 14.4 %2005: 15 %2006: 15.6 %2007: 15.2 %2008: 14.8 %2009: 13.3 %2010: 12 %2011: 12.3 %2012: 13.9 %2013: 14.7 %2014: 15.3 %2015: 15 %2016: 15.2 %2017: 15.1 %2018: 13.5 %2019: 15.1 %2020: 14.1 %2021: 14.3 %2022: 15.7 %2023: 14.5 %2024: 13.7 %2025: 14.2 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Overcrowding rate, total population (ilc_lvho05a). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-17.
All 23 values
Period%
202514.2
202413.7
202314.5
202215.7
202114.3
202014.1
201915.1
201813.5
201715.1
201615.2
201515
201415.3
201314.7
201213.9
201112.3
201012
200913.3
200814.8 Series break
200715.2
200615.6
200515
200414.4
20038.6

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Austria14.2
European Union (27)16.8

Rankings

Definition

Share of the population living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than the EU standard for the household: one room for the household, one per couple, one per single person aged 18 or over, one per pair of children of the same sex aged 12 to 17, one per single child aged 12 to 17 not in such a pair, and one per pair of children under 12 (EU-SILC).

The reference year is the survey year.

How to cite

Eurostat. Overcrowding rate, total population (ilc_lvho05a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvho05a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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What is the overcrowding rate in Austria?

Overcrowding rate in Austria was 14.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.5 pts from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Overcrowding rate, total population (ilc_lvho05a). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest overcrowding rate in Austria?

15.7% in 2022, the highest value since 2003 in this series.

Overcrowding rate elsewhere in European Union (27)

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