Where to live in Barcelona with a family

Ranking of Barcelona's 79 areas with CityPulse's “Family” profile. What matters most: public green space, playgrounds on foot, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Barcelona to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Montbau (91), la Vall d'Hebron (90) and Pedralbes (87).

Barcelona areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Montbau	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
2	la Vall d'Hebron	90 · excellent	Public green space
3	Pedralbes	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Vallcarca i els Penitents	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
5	el Coll	83 · excellent	Public green space
6	Ciutat Meridiana	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
7	les Hortes de Sant Bertran	82 · excellent	Public green space
8	Sant Genís dels Agudells	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
9	el Besòs i el Maresme	80 · excellent	Public green space
10	la Vila Olímpica del Poblenou	80 · excellent	Public green space
11	la Marina de Port	78 · good	Public green space
12	Sarrià	78 · good	Public green space
13	la Verneda i la Pau	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
14	el Poblenou	78 · good	Public green space
15	Sant Martí	78 · good	Public green space
16	Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou	77 · good	Public green space
17	Sant Martí de Provençals	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
18	el Clot	76 · good	Public green space
19	Sarrià - Sant Gervasi	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
20	Can Peguera	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
21	el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou	75 · good	Public green space
22	la Font de la Guatlla	74 · good	Public green space
23	la Guineueta	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
24	la Teixonera	74 · good	Public green space
25	la Clota	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
26	les Tres Torres	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
27	la Salut	74 · good	Public green space
28	la Sagrada Família	74 · good	Public green space
29	el Fort Pienc	73 · good	Public green space
30	el Poble-sec	73 · good	Public green space
31	el Baix Guinardó	73 · good	Public green space
32	Can Baró	73 · good	Public green space
33	Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera	72 · good	Public green space
34	el Turó de la Peira	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
35	Porta	71 · good	Playgrounds on foot
36	Horta	71 · good	Playgrounds on foot
37	Canyelles	71 · good	Playgrounds on foot
38	les Corts	71 · good	Playgrounds on foot
39	el Raval	70 · good	Public green space
40	Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta	70 · good	Public green space
41	Horta-Guinardó	70 · good	Public green space
42	el Camp de l'Arpa del Clot	70 · good	Public green space
43	Navas	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
44	Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
45	el Putxet i el Farró	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
46	la Barceloneta	69 · good	Public green space
47	el Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
48	les Roquetes	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
49	la Bordeta	69 · good	Public green space
50	la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
51	el Guinardó	69 · good	Public green space
52	Sant Gervasi - Galvany	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
53	la Dreta de l'Eixample	68 · good	Playgrounds on foot
54	Sants	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
55	Verdun	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
56	Hostafrancs	67 · good	Public green space
57	la Sagrera	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
58	Sant Antoni	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
59	el Congrés i els Indians	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
60	Sant Ramon	66 · good	Public green space
61	el Bon Pastor	66 · good	Public green space
62	la Trinitat Nova	66 · good	Playgrounds on foot
63	Sant Andreu	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
64	la Maternitat i Sant Ramon	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
65	la Prosperitat	64 · good	Playgrounds on foot
66	Gràcia	63 · good	Playgrounds on foot
67	Ciutat Vella	63 · good	Playgrounds on foot
68	la Trinitat Vella	63 · good	Playgrounds on foot
69	el Carmel	63 · good	Public green space
70	Sant Andreu de Palomar	62 · good	Playgrounds on foot
71	Baró de Viver	62 · good	Public green space
72	el Gòtic	61 · good	Playgrounds on foot
73	la Vila de Gràcia	59 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
74	l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample	59 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
75	Sants-Badal	58 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
76	l'Eixample	54 · fair	Services on foot
77	la Font d'en Fargues	54 · fair	Public green space
78	Vallbona	50 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
79	Vallvidrera	18 · poor	Tree canopy

What it does not consider

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-05. Method and sources