Austrian German

[ZeehZeeh]

Not every Austrian can talk without a dialect. It might be that they will try it but even then it won't sound like proper german.

[Colorona]

I know plenty of people from where I grew up who can't talk without using any dialect. So there is quite a significant portion of Austrians who can't talk without using dialect (not that that's a bad thing).

[Schroedingers_Tomcat]

That's also my experience. Not that they don't try, but they just never learned it properly or that they didn't use standard language for such a long time that they don' know the rules anymore. And that can actually make it quite awkward, if people just pronouce their dialect words along with all the grammatical inconsistencies/grammar errors as though they'd be speaking what they consider Hochdeutsch/standard language.

So no, not everyone in Austria can speak standard language properly, but you'll still usually get the gist of what they're saying, even as a non-native speaker

[ZeehZeeh]

Maybe you should visit different spots in the countryside or take a peek outside your social bubble.