REVEALED: Which Austrian states have the most foreign residents?
The number of international residents in Austria is growing, but where do they all live? We took a look at the data to find out more.
Earlier this year, the Austrian population passed the nine million mark for the first time – mostly due to immigration.
So who are the international residents in Austria? And where do they live?
Who is a foreigner in Austria?
Foreign nationals are defined by the Austrian Federal Government as people that do not have Austrian citizenship.
At the start of 2022, there were around 1.6 million foreigners living in Austria, according to data from Statista.
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Where do foreigners in Austria come from?
A recent report from Statistics Austria shows that German is the most common nationality among foreigners in Austria, with 218,347 Germans living in the country.
This is followed by 140,454 Romanians, 121,643 Serbians and 117,944 Turkish people.
By comparison, there are just 11,225 British people living in Austria.
Where do most foreigners live in Austria?
Unsurprisingly, Vienna has the highest share of international residents in Austria.
Figures from the City of Vienna show that at the beginning of 2021, there were 805,039 foreigners living in the capital, which is almost 42 percent of the city’s population.
Serbians make up the biggest share of international residents in Vienna with 101,597 people. This is followed by 76,025 residents from Turkey, 64,182 people from Germany and 55,267 from Poland.
In the Viennese districts of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Brigittenau and Favoriten, more than half of the population are of foreign origin.
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What about the rest of Austria?
Outside of Vienna, the spread of foreigners is mostly concentrated in the state capitals.
For example, 26 percent of the population of Graz – Austria’s second largest city and the capital of Styria – are international residents. But throughout Styria, foreigners account for only 12 percent of all residents.
It's a similar story in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, where foreigners also make up 26 percent of the population. Statewide though, Upper Austria is only home to 214,401 international residents (around 14 percent of the population).
Vorarlberg – Austria’s most-Western province – is home to 76,200 foreigners, or 19 percent of the population.
In the state of Salzburg, 18.6 percent of the population are foreigners, with around 49,000 international residents living in the city of Salzburg.
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In Tyrol, 131,400 foreigners were registered in the province at the start of 2022. This represents 17 percent of the entire population.
International residents make up just 14 percent (214,500 people) of the population of Lower Austria.
In Carinthia, 67,000 residents – or around 12 percent of the population – are foreigners. The entire population of Carinthia is around 565,000.
Burgenland is least populated by foreigners with just 10 percent of non-Austrians living in the province. However, Burgenland also has the smallest population in all of Austria.
This article was updated on October 18th 2022 to correct an error in the statistics for Upper Austria.
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Earlier this year, the Austrian population passed the nine million mark for the first time – mostly due to immigration.
So who are the international residents in Austria? And where do they live?
Who is a foreigner in Austria?
Foreign nationals are defined by the Austrian Federal Government as people that do not have Austrian citizenship.
At the start of 2022, there were around 1.6 million foreigners living in Austria, according to data from Statista.
FOR MEMBERS: EXPLAINED: Who is entitled to Austrian citizenship by descent and how to apply for it?
Where do foreigners in Austria come from?
A recent report from Statistics Austria shows that German is the most common nationality among foreigners in Austria, with 218,347 Germans living in the country.
This is followed by 140,454 Romanians, 121,643 Serbians and 117,944 Turkish people.
By comparison, there are just 11,225 British people living in Austria.
Where do most foreigners live in Austria?
Unsurprisingly, Vienna has the highest share of international residents in Austria.
Figures from the City of Vienna show that at the beginning of 2021, there were 805,039 foreigners living in the capital, which is almost 42 percent of the city’s population.
Serbians make up the biggest share of international residents in Vienna with 101,597 people. This is followed by 76,025 residents from Turkey, 64,182 people from Germany and 55,267 from Poland.
In the Viennese districts of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Brigittenau and Favoriten, more than half of the population are of foreign origin.
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What about the rest of Austria?
Outside of Vienna, the spread of foreigners is mostly concentrated in the state capitals.
For example, 26 percent of the population of Graz – Austria’s second largest city and the capital of Styria – are international residents. But throughout Styria, foreigners account for only 12 percent of all residents.
It's a similar story in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, where foreigners also make up 26 percent of the population. Statewide though, Upper Austria is only home to 214,401 international residents (around 14 percent of the population).
Vorarlberg – Austria’s most-Western province – is home to 76,200 foreigners, or 19 percent of the population.
In the state of Salzburg, 18.6 percent of the population are foreigners, with around 49,000 international residents living in the city of Salzburg.
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In Tyrol, 131,400 foreigners were registered in the province at the start of 2022. This represents 17 percent of the entire population.
International residents make up just 14 percent (214,500 people) of the population of Lower Austria.
In Carinthia, 67,000 residents – or around 12 percent of the population – are foreigners. The entire population of Carinthia is around 565,000.
Burgenland is least populated by foreigners with just 10 percent of non-Austrians living in the province. However, Burgenland also has the smallest population in all of Austria.
This article was updated on October 18th 2022 to correct an error in the statistics for Upper Austria.
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