Buying land in Vienna: plots with official zoning

What may be built here?

The question comes before every land purchase, and it can be answered publicly. Our zoning map shows the zoning class and the building class from the official plan for every Vienna address.

Residential, commercial or green land: the class decides whether you may build at all.

The building class caps the height. How high exactly also depends on the width of the street.

Garden settlement areas are building land, but only for small houses on a tightly limited footprint.

What land costs here

Statistics Austria evaluates the purchase contracts and publishes an average in euros per square metre for every political district and municipality. These are prices actually paid, not asking prices.

Statistics Austria, average property prices, as of 2025. Transaction prices from several years, adjusted to the current level. An asking price is naturally above this, and a single plot can differ widely through location, size and zoning.

What matters when buying land

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find out whether a plot is building land?

Through the zoning plan. On wohnwahn the address is enough: the tool shows the official zoning class and, where available, the building class. That is guidance, not legal advice. Only the building authority is binding.

What does "expected building land" mean?

That a rezoning is expected but not decided. Legally it is green land: you may not build until the rezoning happens. Whether and when it comes is up to the municipality, not the seller.

What does a building plot cost in Vienna?

The official statistics give the outer districts values between roughly 670 and 2,200 euros per square metre; the surrounding area is well below that. The table above lists every district and municipality.

What extra costs come on top of the price?

3.5 per cent land transfer tax, 1.1 per cent for the land register entry, the contract and possibly the agent commission. Together that is usually 6 to 10 per cent of the purchase price.

Does "utilities connected" mean everything is hooked up?

Not necessarily. It means the development is legally secured. Whether water, sewage and electricity reach the boundary, and what the connection costs, is a separate question for the municipality.

Buying land in Vienna and its surroundings

What may be built here?

What land costs here

Vienna districts

Surroundings

Plots on wohnwahn