Where to live in Catania with a family

Ranking of Catania's 40 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 Catania to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Ognina (54), Giudecca (48) and Rotolo (46).

Catania areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Ognina	54 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
2	Giudecca	48 · fair	Services on foot
3	Rotolo	46 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
4	Guardia	45 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
5	Civita	42 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
6	Librino	42 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
7	Pigno	41 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
8	Cibali	40 · fair	Public green space
9	Santa Sofia	39 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
10	Canalicchio	38 · poor	Services on foot
11	San Berillo	37 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
12	Fortino	35 · poor	Public green space
13	Borgo	35 · poor	Services on foot
14	Barriera	34 · poor	Services on foot
15	Chiuse della Carvana	34 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
16	Picanello	33 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
17	Monte Po	32 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
18	Monserrato	32 · poor	Services on foot
19	Antico Corso	30 · poor	Services on foot
20	Curia	28 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
21	Trappeto	28 · poor	Services on foot
22	Acquicella	26 · poor	Public green space
23	San Giuseppe la Rena	26 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
24	Santa Maria de la Salette	26 · poor	Public green space
25	Carruba	24 · poor	Services on foot
26	Nesima Superiore	20 · poor	Services on foot
27	Faro Biscari	19 · poor	Services on foot
28	San Nullo	19 · poor	Public green space
29	Angeli Custodi	18 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
30	Misericordia	13 · poor	Services on foot
31	Zia Lisa	12 · poor	Public green space
32	San Leone	11 · poor	Public green space
33	Nesima	11 · poor	Services on foot
34	San Teodoro	10 · poor	Services on foot
35	Fontanarossa	10 · poor	Services on foot
36	Fossa della Creta	10 · poor	Services on foot
37	Balatelle	6 · poor	Services on foot
38	San Giorgio	6 · poor	Services on foot
39	San Giovanni Galermo	6 · poor	Services on foot
40	San Francesco la Rena	3 · poor	Services on foot

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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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 2026-11-03. Method and sources