# Austria Reports Rise in Non-German Speaking Pupils

October 8, 2026 at 08:25 AM

> New data shows 32.1 percent of children in Austrian elementary education do not speak German as their first language, peaking in Vienna.

The [Statistics Austria](<https://austriareport.com/entity/statistics-austria-q358870>) Monitoring Report on Elementary Education 2025/2026 reveals that 32.1 percent of children aged three to five in elementary institutions do not speak German as their first language. In [Vienna](<https://austriareport.com/entity/vienna-q1741>), this figure reaches a high of 60 percent.

Data shows 98.1 percent of five-year-olds and 95 percent of three- to five-year-olds attend these facilities. However, only 3.6 percent of infants under one and 35 percent of one-year-olds are enrolled, while 59.6 percent of all children use VIF-compliant care.

Family Minister [Claudia Bauer](<https://austriareport.com/entity/claudia-bauer-q42294925>) and Director General **Manuela Lenk** noted varying regional rates, with [Vorarlberg](<https://austriareport.com/entity/vorarlberg-q38981>) at 28.9 percent and Carinthia at 17.9 percent. These trends impact families where 53.2 percent of mothers work part-time and most fathers work full-time.


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