Where to live in Charleroi as a student

Ranking of Charleroi's 28 areas with CityPulse's “Student” profile. What matters most: services on foot, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: high.

What is the best area of Charleroi to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Dampremy (80), Mallavée (78) and Gilly (76).

Charleroi areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Dampremy	80 · excellent	Public green space
2	Mallavée	78 · good	Tree canopy
3	Gilly	76 · good	Public green space
4	Ville-Basse	73 · good	Services on foot
5	Marcinelle	70 · good	Services on foot
6	Jumet	69 · good	Tree canopy
7	Mont-sur-Marchienne	69 · good	Tree canopy
8	Houbois	69 · good	Public green space
9	La Closeraie	69 · good	Public green space
10	Couillet	68 · good	Tree canopy
11	Hublinbu	67 · good	Tree canopy
12	Lodelinsart	66 · good	Public green space
13	Marchienne-au-Pont	65 · good	Public green space
14	Monceau-sur-Sambre	62 · good	Services on foot
15	Docherie	62 · good	Tree canopy
16	Gosselies	60 · good	Public green space
17	Roux	58 · fair	Tree canopy
18	Heigne	57 · fair	Tree canopy
19	Coupe	52 · fair	Tree canopy
20	Bois	42 · fair	Public green space
21	Chef Lieu	38 · poor	Public green space
22	Ransart	35 · poor	Tree canopy
23	Masses Diarbois	28 · poor	Tree canopy
24	Goutroux	28 · poor	Tree canopy
25	Montignies-sur-Sambre	27 · poor	Public green space
26	Gohyssart	26 · poor	Tree canopy
27	Sart-lez-Moines	24 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
28	Haies	9 · poor	Tree canopy

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 2026-11-06. Method and sources