Children living in households facing housing cost overburden … 0-17 in Austria

Austria: Children living in households facing housing cost overburden … 0-17 was 5.6 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
5.6
Change on year
up 9.8%
World rank
21st
of 41 countries
All-time high
7.3
in 2018
All-time low
4.8
in 2021
Years of data
11
2015–2025

Children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at in Austria, 2015–2025

024682015202020252015: 5.92016: 6.42017: 6.52018: 7.32019: 6.72020: 6.32021: 4.82022: 6.82023: 5.32024: 5.12025: 5.6

Source: Eurostat.

Analysis

In 2025, children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at in Austria stood at 5.6.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.8% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at in Austria peaked at 7.3 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4.8, in 2021.

That places Austria 21st out of 41 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Children living in households facing housing cost overburden … 0-17 in Austria, year by year

Annual values for Children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at risk of poverty or social exclusion situation (population aged 0-17) in Austria, 2015 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2015 5.9 —
2016 6.4 +8.5%
2017 6.5 +1.6%
2018 7.3 +12.3%
2019 6.7 -8.2%
2020 6.3 -6.0%
2021 4.8 -23.8%
2022 6.8 +41.7%
2023 5.3 -22.1%
2024 5.1 -3.8%
2025 5.6 +9.8%

Austria compared with similar countries

  • Austria's 5.6 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6.35, 88% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
  • Austria's 5.6 is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.6, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 6.56 5.9 7.3 5
2020s 5.65 4.8 6.8 6

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 20 Sweden 6.1 compare
  2. 22 Hungary 5.5 compare
  3. 22 Slovakia 5.5 compare
  4. 22 Slovakia 5.5 compare

See the full ranking of 43 places →

More population data for Austria

All data for Austria →

Frequently asked questions

What is children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at in Austria?
Children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at in Austria was 5.6 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
What is the highest children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at recorded in Austria?
The highest recorded value was 7.3 in 2018.
What is the lowest children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 4.8 in 2021.
How does Austria rank for children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at?
Austria ranks 21st out of 41 countries with data for 2025.
Is children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Austria data come from?
The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at risk of poverty or social exclusion situation (population aged 0-17). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at in Austria. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 11 November 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/stat/children-living-in-households-facing-housing-cost-overburden-by-at-risk-of-poverty-or/austria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/stat/children-living-in-households-facing-housing-cost-overburden-by-at-risk-of-poverty-or/austria/">Children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at in Austria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Children living in households facing housing cost overburden by at risk of poverty or social exclusion situation (population aged 0-17)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
43 places, 463 data points, 2015–2025
Last refreshed