Languages
- German (official nationwide) 88.8% (94% Bavarian, 6% Alemanic)
- Turkish 2.3%
- Serbian 2.2%
- Croatian 1.3% (official in Burgenland)
- Bosnian 0,5%
- Slovene (official in Carinthia) 0.2–0.5%
- Hungarian (official in Burgenland) 0.2%
- Czech 0.2%
- Slovak 0.1%
- Romany ?%
- Languages of the recent immigrant groups around 10% (Census 2001)
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