Zoning comes first
Whether and how high you may build is decided by the zoning plan, not by the seller. Green land stays green land, even if the listing says "expected building land": a planned rezoning is a hope, not a building right.
Land · Innsbruck and surroundings
Buy land in Innsbruck and around
Building land in the Inn valley is scarce, and the price shows it: 1,051 euros per square metre within the city, more than in Linz or Graz and beaten only by Salzburg. That makes the question of what is actually permitted on a plot all the more important. In Tyrol the answer is written in plain words, and we show it per address.
Search plots →What may be built here?
The Province of Tyrol maintains the zoning plans of all municipalities plot by plot and spells them out in plain words, with the paragraph of the spatial planning act. Enter an address and you see the zoning including the additions that matter: a building ban area and limited suitability as building land sit in the same line as the word building land.
- Residential, mixed, commercial or open land: the paragraph decides whether building is permitted at all.
- The addition "building ban area § 35 (2)" means zoned building land on which building is not allowed.
- The addition "limited suitability as building land § 37" means natural hazards, so conditions and proof.
- The provincial service covers the surrounding area just as it covers the city.
What land costs here
Statistics Austria evaluates the purchase contracts and reports an average in euros per square metre per district and per municipality. These are prices actually paid, not asking prices. What stands out is the gap inwards: in the district of Innsbruck-Land more was paid per square metre than in the city of Linz.
Innsbruck
€ 1.051/m²
Innsbruck-Land
- Hall in Tirol€ 1.108/m²
- Mils€ 1.108/m²
- Rum€ 1.108/m²
- Thaur€ 1.108/m²
- Birgitz€ 990/m²
- Götzens€ 990/m²
- Kematen in Tirol€ 990/m²
- Völs€ 990/m²
- Absam€ 981/m²
- Aldrans€ 966/m²
- Lans€ 966/m²
- Patsch€ 966/m²
- Sistrans€ 966/m²
- Mutters€ 964/m²
- Axams€ 960/m²
- Zirl€ 863/m²
- Natters€ 835/m²
- Ampass€ 617/m²
- Rinn€ 617/m²
- Tulfes€ 617/m²
- Unterperfuss€ 527/m²
- Schönberg im Stubaital€ 370/m²
- Ellbögen€ 223/m²
Statistics Austria, average property prices, as of 2025. Transaction prices from several years, lifted to the current level. An asking price is naturally higher, and a single plot can differ considerably: on a slope the servicing decides a substantial share of the building cost.
Land on wohnwahn
Each with travel times, noise and the location data of the address.
See all plots →What matters when buying land
Utilities connected or not
Water, sewage, electricity and access cost money when they are missing. Some municipalities charge five-figure development contributions. Ask before you negotiate the price, not after.
What the plan says about size
Buildable area, building class and construction type limit what fits on the square metres. A large plot with low density often carries less house than a smaller one in a higher building class.
Budget for the extras
On top of the price come 3.5 per cent land transfer tax and 1.1 per cent land register fee, plus the contract and, if an agent is involved, their commission. On a plot of 400,000 euros that is roughly 25,000 to 40,000 euros.
The ground itself
Slope, groundwater and contamination make foundations more expensive. A soil survey before the purchase is cheaper than a surprise in the pit.
Land prices in the provinces
Frequent questions
What does building land cost in Innsbruck?
1,051 euros per square metre within the city, 604 in the district of Innsbruck-Land (Statistics Austria, 2025, prices actually paid). That puts Innsbruck second outside Vienna behind the city of Salzburg (1,345), well ahead of Linz (537) and Graz (430).
Why is building land in the Inn valley so scarce?
Because the valley is narrow and the rest is mountain. What is not settlement, traffic area or farmland often lies in a hazard zone or on protected open land. The municipalities of the central area have therefore drawn their settlement boundaries tightly, and the local development concept shows where growth is intended at all.
What is a hazard zone, and how do I find it?
Tyrol maintains official hazard zone plans for avalanches and torrents, alongside the flood zones HQ30, HQ100 and HQ300. A red zone prevents planning permission, a yellow one makes it more expensive through conditions. In an Alpine valley this is the first question before buying, and no listing mentions it.
May I build a second home on the plot?
As a rule, no. The Tyrolean spatial planning act caps second homes at 8 per cent of a municipality’s dwellings, and many municipalities in the central area approve no new ones. The municipal second-home register is what counts, not zoning alone.
What is a reserved area for subsidised housing?
A zoning under § 52a of the Tyrolean spatial planning act: the area is building land, but reserved for subsidised housing. It is therefore not freely available for a private build. We show this zoning instead of presenting it as ordinary building land.
Found a plot, or offering one?
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