How to Write an Address in Austria: Format, Postcodes and Examples

International  |  September 30, 2026  |  2 min read

Addresses in Austria follow their own order and postcode rules. This guide shows how to write one correctly, with real postcode examples and the most common mistakes, whether you are sending mail, building a checkout form or preparing test data.

Address format

Street, house number and optional door number, then postcode and town.

Austria postcode format

Format: 9999

Austrian postcodes have four digits. The first digit identifies a broad region, with 1 for Vienna.

More examples

Sending to Austria from abroad

Write the address exactly as it is used locally, then add the country name in capital English letters on the last line.

Tips and common mistakes

• Apartment numbers follow a slash: Hauptstraße 5/12.
• Vienna postcodes show the district in the middle digits: 1070 is the 7th district.
• Gasse is common in street names.
• The postcode goes before the town.

States of Austria

Austria has 9 states in our data. The state is rarely required in a postal address, but forms and databases often store it separately.

Test data for Austria

There is no widely reserved fictional phone range here, so the generator leaves phone numbers out. Generated addresses use real towns and postcode areas with invented streets and names, so they are safe for form testing, mockups and documentation.