Municipal Statistics
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Population
Number of inhabitants
as per 2 January 2025:
- Inhabitants total: 28,286 – of which 14,291 male, 13,994 female and 1 non-binary
- Persons with principal place of residence in Leoben: 24,607
- Persons with secondary place of residence in Leoben:3,679
- Households total: 13,514
Geographic data
Location:
Geographic position: 47° 23′ northern latitude, 15° 6′ eastern longitude
East-west extension: 16.8 km
North-south extension: 16.1 km
Altitude and highest elevation
Average altitude above sea level: 540 m
Highest elevation: 1,643 m (Wetterkogel)
Lowest point: 515 m (residential building Proleber Straße 142)
Tallest building: 58 m (church tower of Waasen parish)
Rivers and streams
Mur, Gössbach, Schladnitzbach, Vordernbergerbach, Karrenbach
Area and perimeter
Perimeter of urban area: 53 km
Total area: 107.77 km2, of which
- 78,69 % woodland
- 9,03 % agricultural land
- 5,27 % building land
- 4,50 % other
- 1,19 % waters
- 0,84% alps
- 0,48 % gardens
Cadastral communities & street/road names
Community data
Municipality: Municipality number 61108
Capital of the district of Leoben
ZIP code: 8700, telephone area code: +43 3842
Number of street/road names: 249
Leoben is comprised of ten cadastral communities:
- Donawitz
- Göß
- Gößgraben-Göß
- Judendorf
- Leitendorf
- Leoben
- Mühltal
- Prettach
- Schladnitzgraben
- Waasen
Network of roads and streets
Leoben has an extensive network of roads, streets, cycle paths and bridges:
- some 190 km of roads and streets; of which 100 km paved
- 130 kilometres of footpaths
- more than 15,000 m2pedestrian zone in the centre of town
- some 80 bridges
- some 30 km of cycle paths
- some 4,000 street lights
Proleberbrücke 2019; Picture: Foto Freisinger
Statistical data on Leoben Municipality
For detailed statistics on politics, society and business in the city of Leoben please visit the websites of Landesstatistik Steiermark and Statistik Austria.
- Current statistical data provided by the Styrian Statistics Office (sources: Statistik Austria, AMS) is available at landesentwicklung.steiermark.at
- Current data from Statistik Austria on the Municipality of Leoben is available at www.statistik.at