Pöchlarn · Melk · Niederösterreich

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Living in Pöchlarn

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At a glance

Good public transport, little flood risk and fast internet. Watch for more noise and high unemployment.

Compared with municipalities in Lower Austria

Place profile

Pöchlarn

municipality in Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria

Wikipedia

Pöchlarn is a town on the Danube River in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka was born here in 1886.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). · Photo: Stadtgemeinde Pöchlarn, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)

Official sitewww.poechlarn.atArea17.9 km²Elevation216 m

Demographics

as of 2024Municipality of Pöchlarn

Population

3,996

Avg. household size: 2.14 (1,813 households)

Age structure

13.1%Under 15

62.8%15 to 64

24.1%Over 65

Work

Employment rate74.8%

Unemployment rate6.1%

Education

Secondary education63.5%

Tertiary education11.2%

Origin & commuting

Out-commuters67.8%

Foreign nationality16.6%

Connections

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Public transport

Municipality of Pöchlarn

Accessibility class

14%

10%

17%

37%

none

4,015 residents

Noise

Municipality of Pöchlarn

Any source · dB

63%

<55

26%

<1%

75+

Loudest source

Roads21%Rail79%

4,015 residents

Environment

Municipality of Pöchlarn

Flood risk

No flood risk100%

Hot days / yr

99%

25+

4,015 residents

Radon

Class 2

Moderate potential

Radon precaution area

Broadband

Municipality of Pöchlarn

Fixed-line · Mbit/s

95%

1G+

250

<1%

100

<1%

<10

<1%

none

Mobile

5G100%

4,015 residents

Safety

District of Melk

Overall

26.0/ 1,000 residents

-4.4%vs. 2019

Safer than 60% of all Austrian districts

Property crimes

19.4/ 1,000 residents

1,540 reported

+0.3%vs. 2019

Safer than 57% of all Austrian districts

Violent crimes

5.8/ 1,000 residents

464 reported

-21.4%vs. 2019

Safer than 66% of all Austrian districts

Sexual offences

0.8/ 1,000 residents

61 reported

+74.3%vs. 2019

More crime than 58% of all Austrian districts

One rate for the whole district. The neighbourhoods, towns and villages within it can differ a lot.

Price

District of Melk

Building plots

Municipality of Pöchlarn

€62/ m²

Cheaper than 71% of all Austrian municipalities

Houses

€1,833/ m²

Cheaper than 88% of all Austrian districts

Apartments

€1,818/ m²

Cheaper than 87% of all Austrian districts

Averages of one year's sales. A few transactions can shift a district's figure a lot from year to year.

Pöchlarn compared

State of Lower Austria

In its favour

Top transit classes9%9% of residents live in the two best public-transport classes (A and B), above four out of five municipalities in Lower Austria.
Gigabit internet95%95% of residents can get a gigabit fixed line, above most municipalities in Lower Austria.
In flood zones0%Nobody here lives in a designated flood zone.
Building plots€62/m²Building plots cost €62/m², below most municipalities in Lower Austria.

Against it

Noise 55 dB+37%37% are exposed to 55 dB or more of daytime noise, above four out of five municipalities in Lower Austria.
Unemployment6.1%Unemployment is 6.1%, above four out of five municipalities in Lower Austria.

For context

Under 1513.1%13.1% of the population is under 15, below most municipalities in Lower Austria.
65 and older24.1%24.1% are 65 or older, above most municipalities in Lower Austria.
University degree11.2%11.2% have a university degree, about level with most municipalities in Lower Austria.

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