Austria

Lower Austria is the only federal state whose purchasing power is significantly above (around four percent) the Austrian average. Vorarlberg is in second place, closely followed by Salzburg and Upper Austria, both of which also have slightly above-average per-capita purchasing power. With around €22,478 per person, inhabitants of Vienna come in at fifth place among Austria’s federal states.

Austria’s lowest-ranked federal states are Tyrol, Carinthia and Styria. Inhabitants of these federal states have an average purchasing power between €21,803 and 21,956, which equates to 2.8 to 3.5 percent less than the national average. 

Austria: 2017 purchasing power in the federal states

source: GfK Purchasing Power Austria 2017                          *index per inhabitant; 100 = national average

Districts
More than half of Austria's ten districts with the most purchasing power are in Vienna. Vienna's domination of the purchasing power ranking of Austria's districts is due not only to the area's high purchasing power, but also to the granular subdivision of the city into 23 districts. But the purchasing power range within Vienna is very large, which is apparent in the fact that the city also has districts that lead the ranking of Austria’s districts with the least purchasing power.

The district “Wien 1 – Innere Stadt” has a per-capita purchasing power of €38,463, which is 70 percent higher than the Austrian average and the nation’s wealthiest district. Second place goes to Vienna’s thirteenth district, Hietzing, which has around one-fifth less purchasing power. This district has a per-capita purchasing power of approximately €30,214, which is around 34 percent above the national average. With €28,849 per person, inhabitants of third-ranked Mödling in Lower Austria have around 28 percent more purchasing power than the national average. 

Regional peculiarities are apparent in some areas, such as in the surroundings of Graz and Wels. In the districts of Graz-Umgebung and Wels-Land, the average per-capita purchasing power in the districts on the outskirts is slightly above that of the urban districts. Districts with high purchasing power can also be found on the outskirts of Vienna, such as in the districts of Mödling and Korneuburg. 

Austria: Top ten districts

source: GfK Purchasing Power Austria 2017                          *index per inhabitant; 100 = national average