Where to live in Bochum with a family

Ranking of Bochum's 66 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 Bochum to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Marmelshagen (98), Weitmar (97) and Bärendorf (97).

Bochum areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Marmelshagen	98 · excellent	Public green space
2	Weitmar	97 · excellent	Public green space
3	Bärendorf	97 · excellent	Public green space
4	Langendreer	97 · excellent	Public green space
5	Kirchviertel	96 · excellent	Public green space
6	Altenbochum	96 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
7	Hamme	96 · excellent	Public green space
8	Wiemelhausen	96 · excellent	Public green space
9	Westend	96 · excellent	Public green space
10	Brenschede	96 · excellent	Public green space
11	Dahlhauser Heide	95 · excellent	Public green space
12	Ümmingen	95 · excellent	Public green space
13	Grumme	95 · excellent	Public green space
14	Goldhamme	95 · excellent	Public green space
15	Bermuda3eck	94 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
16	Griesenbruch	94 · excellent	Public green space
17	Riemke	94 · excellent	Public green space
18	Wattenscheid	93 · excellent	Public green space
19	Mark	92 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
20	Ehrenfeld	92 · excellent	Public green space
21	Dahlhausen	92 · excellent	Public green space
22	Leithe	92 · excellent	Public green space
23	Laer	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
24	Hofstede	91 · excellent	Public green space
25	Rosenberg	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
26	Goy	91 · excellent	Tree canopy
27	Kirchharpen	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
28	Hiltrop	90 · excellent	Public green space
29	Laerheide	90 · excellent	Public green space
30	Linden	89 · excellent	Public green space
31	Werne	89 · excellent	Public green space
32	Gerthe	89 · excellent	Public green space
33	Eppendorf	89 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
34	Günnigfeld	89 · excellent	Public green space
35	Innenstadt	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
36	Bergen	87 · excellent	Public green space
37	Kaltehardt	87 · excellent	Public green space
38	Steinkuhl	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
39	Höntrop	86 · excellent	Public green space
40	Westenfeld	86 · excellent	Tree canopy
41	Havkenscheid	86 · excellent	Public green space
42	Hordel	85 · excellent	Public green space
43	Langendreerholz	85 · excellent	Tree canopy
44	Ostpark	83 · excellent	Public green space
45	Munscheid	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
46	Heide	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
47	Südfeldmark	82 · excellent	Public green space
48	Hustadt	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
49	Engelsburg	80 · excellent	Public green space
50	Harpen	79 · good	Playgrounds on foot
51	Stadtparkviertel	79 · good	Public green space
52	Somborn	77 · good	Public green space
53	Kornharpen	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
54	Neuling	77 · good	Tree canopy
55	Grabeloh	68 · good	Tree canopy
56	Haar	63 · good	Tree canopy
57	Stiepel	59 · fair	Tree canopy
58	Querenburg	59 · fair	Public green space
59	Oberdahlhausen	58 · fair	Public green space
60	Speckschweiz	57 · fair	Public green space
61	Mosaikviertel	55 · fair	Public green space
62	Schrick	51 · fair	Tree canopy
63	Kreta	49 · fair	Public green space
64	Sundern	29 · poor	Tree canopy
65	Oesterheide	29 · poor	Tree canopy
66	Sevinghausen	14 · poor	Public green space

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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