Over 50,000 Inhabitants: Premiere for This Austrian City

Wiener Neustadt has surpassed the 50,000 inhabitants mark for the first time. The annual increase averages 600 to 700 people, the town hall announced in a press release on Tuesday. Wiener Neustadt is the second largest city in Lower Austria after the state capital St. Pölten, which reached the threshold of 60,000 main residences in July.

Wiener Neustadt with Significant Increase in Population

In 1981, Wiener Neustadt had 35,006 inhabitants, and in 2011 it was 41,305. On one hand, there is joy about the influx, but at the same time, it also means "a challenge for the entire infrastructure in the city," said Mayor Klaus Schneeberger (ÖVP), citing the expansion of childcare and educational facilities, road construction, and healthcare as examples. "I am proud that we have achieved this population development with only a single new land zoning in the last ten years - otherwise, the new living space was created solely through densification within the city center."

(APA/Red)

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