What the plot is zoned for
Upper Austria maintains the zoning of every municipality in a single provincial service. For a house with land, zoning decides whether you may extend, add a storey, or build at all. We show it per address.
See the zoning →Houses for sale in Upper Austria
Buy a house in Upper Austria
Upper Austria has 18 districts and therefore the finest price map in the country. It runs from Linz at 4,294 euro per square metre of living space to Schärding at 2,040, a factor of 2.1, and it follows no compass direction: expensive are the central belt around Linz and the Salzkammergut arc around Gmunden, cheap the Innviertel and the Mühlviertel. Here are the prices paid and what is currently on offer.
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Currently listed
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These houses are currently for sale in Oberösterreich.
PöstlingbergAttractive investment property with long-term lease - apartment block in prime location of Linz-Urfahr for sale!€ 6.000.0001,200 m²
SpallerhofVilla for sale in a quiet residential area in Wasserwald, Linz!€ 840.000239 m²9 rooms
SpallerhofSpacious single-family house with large garden and terraces "Spallerhof"/"Wasserwald" for sale in Linz!€ 830.000205 m²
4202 HellmonsödtRenovation-Needed Single-Family House with Large Plot for Sale in Hellmonsödt – Lots of Potential in Prime Location!155 m²
4400 SteyrInvestment property with approved planning in Steyr for sale!€ 900.000552 m²
4223 KatsdorfApartment Block in Katsdorf Center with Numerous Commercial and Residential Units for Sale!€ 3.200.0002,891 m²Listings come directly from estate agents and private owners, via feeds and our own editor. We do not copy portals, and we take no commission.
What houses actually cost here
Statistics Austria evaluates the purchase contracts of all 18 districts. These are prices paid, not asking prices. Upper Austria thus sits at a median of 2,632 euro per square metre, a fifth above Lower Austria and clearly below Tyrol.
- Linz (Stadt)€ 4.294/m²
- Linz-Land€ 3.359/m²
- Gmunden€ 3.308/m²
- Wels (Stadt)€ 3.164/m²
- Wels-Land€ 3.040/m²
- Urfahr-Umgebung€ 3.030/m²
- Vöcklabruck€ 2.897/m²
- Steyr (Stadt)€ 2.675/m²
- Eferding€ 2.658/m²
- Braunau am Inn€ 2.606/m²
- Perg€ 2.477/m²
- Steyr-Land€ 2.442/m²
- Freistadt€ 2.368/m²
- Grieskirchen€ 2.334/m²
- Kirchdorf an der Krems€ 2.304/m²
- Ried im Innkreis€ 2.202/m²
- Rohrbach€ 2.089/m²
- Schärding€ 2.040/m²
Statistics Austria, average property prices 2025: prices actually paid in purchase contracts 2021 to 2025, euro per m² of living space, median per district. The year of construction counts for a lot here: a house from 1991 onwards cost 3,379 euro per square metre, one from before 1960 2,014, so 1.68 times as much. A balcony, terrace or garden adds 33 per cent.
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Where houses are currently for sale, broken down by the 18 districts. The link opens the search with exactly that district.
What we show and the portals do not
Upper Austria maintains the zoning of every municipality in one provincial service. For a house with land that is the question before all others, and we answer it per address.
What land costs in the municipality
Statistics Austria publishes building-land prices per municipality. In Upper Austria that explains the jump between Linz-Land and the Innviertel better than any district average.
See land prices →What buying costs on top
Transfer tax, land register, contract drafting, commission: the fixed rates and a worked example, so the budget is right before the viewing and not after.
Work out the extra costs →What matters when buying a house
Costs on top of the price
Transfer tax, land register fee, contract drafting and commission add up to a double-digit percentage of the purchase price. On 400,000 euros that is roughly 40,000 euros that no bank finances and that the listing price does not mention.
Price per square metre means little without the location
Two districts can differ by more than a factor of two, and within one district a single street separates more than 1,000 euros per square metre. That is why we put the value of its own district next to each listing, never a regional average.
Check reserves and running costs
A low maintenance reserve is not a saving, it is a deferred bill. Before signing, ask for the reserve level, the last decisions of the owners association and any planned renovation.
For investment flats the achievable rent is what counts
A yield promised in the brochure is the seller’s calculation. We only state a yield when we can recalculate it from documented figures, and we say where it comes from.
The central belt costs, the Innviertel does not
Between Linz-Land at 3,359 and Schärding at 2,040 euro per square metre lie 64 per cent, and between them lies barely an hour by car. Anyone able to commute buys considerably more house in the Innviertel or the Mühlviertel. Anyone who must reach Linz daily should weigh the drive against the saving: 40 kilometres is some 18,000 kilometres a year.
Zoning decides whether you may extend
A house with a large plot promises an extension, but whether that is possible is decided by the zoning plan. Upper Austria publishes it for every municipality. Before you price in the extension, check whether the land behind the house is building land or green land.
Transfer tax 3,5 %, land register fee 1,1 %, agent commission at most 3 % plus VAT. All purchase costs →
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Frequently asked questions
What does a house cost in Upper Austria?
At the median of the districts 2,632 euro per square metre of living space, measured on purchase contracts from 2021 to 2025. Linz sits at 4,294, Linz-Land at 3,359, Gmunden at 3,308, Wels at 3,164, Schärding at 2,040. For a house of 130 square metres that is roughly 265,000 to 558,000 euro, before ancillary costs.
Where is Upper Austria cheapest?
In the Innviertel and the Mühlviertel: Schärding 2,040, Rohrbach 2,089, Ried im Innkreis 2,202 euro per square metre. Dearest are the city of Linz, Linz-Land and the arc around Lake Traun.
Is a new build worth it against older stock?
In price the difference is clear: a house from 1991 onwards cost 3,379 euro per square metre on provincial average, one from before 1960 2,014. That factor of 1.68 is more than in Burgenland (1.28) and less than in Styria (1.91). What the difference is worth depends on the state of refurbishment: the energy certificate says it more precisely than the year of construction.
Are these asking prices?
No, prices actually paid in purchase contracts, evaluated by Statistics Austria and adjusted to the 2025 level. A listing sits above them. The figure says what a district is worth, not what an individual house may cost.
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