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Where is Salzburg quietest to live?

Salzburg is quietest in Gneis Süd, Parsch and Gneis.

Quiet is measurable. wohnwahn evaluated the official environmental noise map (road, motorway and rail) for every inhabited 250 m cell in Salzburg, day and night separately. At night 56% of residential spots stay below 45 dB.

And because a district is not an address: the map below shows the exact spot, not the district average. One honest caveat: in Salzburg the strategic noise map covers the main traffic sources, not every side street, so "quiet" can also mean "not mapped": the noise layer on the search map shows per address what was measured.

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Salzburg’s quietest districts

Share of inhabited residential cells below 55 dB traffic noise by day. Linked: the full district profile in the Grätzl atlas.

1Gneis Süd100 %quiet residential spotsat night 100 % · Hanuschplatz ≈ 19 Min
2Parsch89 %quiet residential spotsat night 82 % · Hanuschplatz ≈ 17 Min
3Gneis83 %quiet residential spotsat night 83 % · Hanuschplatz ≈ 16 Min

Official environmental noise map 2022 · evaluated per 250 m cell · Data as of: October 2026

4
Leopoldskroner Moos
at night 78%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 24 Min
78%quiet residential spots
5
Lehen
at night 61%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 11 Min
67%quiet residential spots
6
Aigen
at night 60%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 17 Min
65%quiet residential spots
7
Morzg
at night 60%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 19 Min
65%quiet residential spots
8
Salzburg Süd
at night 59%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 12 Min
59%quiet residential spots
9
Langwied
at night 50%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 25 Min
59%quiet residential spots
10
Riedenburg
at night 58%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 10 Min
58%quiet residential spots
11
Mülln
at night 57%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 5 Min
57%quiet residential spots
12
Maxglan
at night 49%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 16 Min
55%quiet residential spots
13
Nonntal
at night 45%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 10 Min
50%quiet residential spots
14
Altstadt
at night 42%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 6 Min
50%quiet residential spots
15
Liefering
at night 40%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 20 Min
50%quiet residential spots
16
Schallmoos
at night 35%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 15 Min
48%quiet residential spots
17
Gnigl
at night 41%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 20 Min
47%quiet residential spots
18
Taxham
at night 35%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 17 Min
41%quiet residential spots
19
Elisabeth Vorstadt
at night 20%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 11 Min
40%quiet residential spots
20
Neustadt
at night 25%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 8 Min
38%quiet residential spots
21
Itzling Nord
at night 25%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 22 Min
38%quiet residential spots
22
Maxglan West
at night 36%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 23 Min
36%quiet residential spots
23
Itzling
at night 28%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 19 Min
33%quiet residential spots
24
Kasern
at night 0%· Hanuschplatz ≈ 22 Min
14%quiet residential spots

Method: loudest official noise zone per inhabited 250 m cell, clipped to the real district boundary. Honest caveat: even Salzburg’s loudest district (Kasern: 14% quiet spots) has calm courtyards, and quiet districts have loud main roads. The map above shows the exact spot.

Homes in quiet locations

Currently 7 listings sit on wohnwahn in an officially quiet spot: under 60 dB by day, the level at which Austria has to plan noise protection. That is exactly what the “Quiet location” filter in the search does. Each card shows the noise band of its location.

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The quiet map of Salzburg and surroundings

Green means quiet. Every square is an inhabited 250 m cell with the loudest official traffic-noise zone (road, motorway, rail).

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< 55 dB … > 75 dB

Only inhabited cells are coloured (woods and fields are not). Tap the map: you’ll see the noise band for that exact spot, day and night.

Quiet, yet in the middle of it

Quiet often reads as “remote”. These districts prove the opposite: share of residential cells that are below 55 dB AND within 25 minutes of Hanuschplatz by transit (matched per cell, not district averages).

Gneis Süd 100%of residential spots are quiet and ≤ 25 min from Hanuschplatzmedian transit time ≈ 19 Min Gneis 83%of residential spots are quiet and ≤ 25 min from Hanuschplatzmedian transit time ≈ 16 Min Parsch 78%of residential spots are quiet and ≤ 25 min from Hanuschplatzmedian transit time ≈ 17 Min

And outside Salzburg?

The share of quiet residential spots in the surrounding municipalities. One honest caveat: outside the Salzburg agglomeration the strategic noise map only covers major roads and railways, so “quiet” there can also mean “not mapped”. Local through-roads may be louder than the data shows.

Henndorf am Wallersee94% quiet residential spots
Elsbethen91% quiet residential spots
Koppl89% quiet residential spots
Elixhausen84% quiet residential spots
Puch bei Hallein79% quiet residential spots
Hallein76% quiet residential spots

How to spot a quiet flat

Courtyard beats street

In the same building, the courtyard side is often 10 to 15 dB quieter than the street side. Ask which way the bedroom faces: it matters more than the district.

Night counts differently

The official map has separate night values (Lnight). A road that is fine by day can be the reason you wake up at 5 a.m. Check both: the map above has a night toggle.

Rail is not road

Rail noise comes in intervals, road noise is constant. Many people sleep fine next to a rail line but not next to a four-lane road at the same dB level. Look at what the source is.

Check the exact address

On the wohnwahn search map, tap any point: “What’s here?” shows the official noise band, heat load, trees and travel times for that exact spot, before you book a viewing.

Frequently asked questions

Which is Salzburg’s quietest district?

By share of quiet residential spots it is Gneis Süd: 100% of inhabited cells are below 55 dB of traffic noise by day, followed by Parsch (89%) and Gneis (83%). Source: official environmental noise map, evaluated per 250 m cell.

How much of Salzburg is actually quiet?

62% of inhabited residential cells are below 55 dB by day, 56% below 45 dB at night. So quiet living in Salzburg is realistic, but it depends heavily on the exact spot.

What does “under 55 dB” mean?

55 dB (Lden, day-evening-night average) roughly corresponds to a calm side street. The strategic noise map only maps zones above 55 dB by day and 45 dB at night; anything below is not considered a relevant traffic noise load.

Are quiet districts badly connected?

No. Gneis Süd for example: 100% of its residential spots are quiet AND within 25 minutes of Hanuschplatz by transit. Quiet and central is rarer, but it exists, and the data shows where.

Where does the data come from and how current is it?

Strategic environmental noise map 2022 (laerminfo.at, Federal Ministry BMK, CC BY), the EU-wide standard that is renewed every five years. wohnwahn evaluates it per inhabited 250 m cell and refreshes the evaluation monthly (as of October 2026). Outside the Salzburg agglomeration only major traffic sources are mapped.

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Sources: strategic environmental noise map 2022 (laerminfo.at / BMK, CC BY) · transit travel times: own routing on the Salzburg AG (trolleybus) and ÖBB timetables.