Where to live in Dortmund with a family

Ranking of Dortmund's 103 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 Dortmund to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Renninghausen (98), Hörde (98) and Eichlinghofen (98).

Dortmund areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Renninghausen	98 · excellent	Public green space
2	Hörde	98 · excellent	Public green space
3	Eichlinghofen	98 · excellent	Public green space
4	Scharnhorst-Ost	96 · excellent	Public green space
5	Wellinghofen	96 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
6	Barop	96 · excellent	Public green space
7	Innenstadt Ost	96 · excellent	Public green space
8	Phönix-West	95 · excellent	Public green space
9	Marten	95 · excellent	Public green space
10	Neuasseln	95 · excellent	Public green space
11	Gartenstadt	95 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
12	Brünninghausen	94 · excellent	Public green space
13	Wischlingen	94 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
14	Dorstfeld	94 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
15	Schönau	94 · excellent	Public green space
16	Kley	94 · excellent	Public green space
17	Clarenberg	93 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
18	Remberg	93 · excellent	Public green space
19	Germania	93 · excellent	Public green space
20	Lütgendortmund	93 · excellent	Public green space
21	Hombruch	93 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
22	Bodelschwingh	93 · excellent	Public green space
23	Hacheney	93 · excellent	Public green space
24	Körne	92 · excellent	Public green space
25	Saarlandstraßenviertel	92 · excellent	Public green space
26	Klinikviertel	92 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
27	Brücherhof	92 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
28	Mailoh	92 · excellent	Public green space
29	Berghofen	92 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
30	Bövinghausen	91 · excellent	Public green space
31	Alt-Scharnhorst	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
32	Kemminghausen	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
33	Mengede	91 · excellent	Public green space
34	Huckarde	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
35	Kirchlinde	90 · excellent	Public green space
36	Alt-Schüren	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
37	Somborn	90 · excellent	Public green space
38	Westholz	90 · excellent	Public green space
39	Wambel	90 · excellent	Public green space
40	Benninghofen	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
41	Wilhelmshöhe	89 · excellent	Public green space
42	Kreuzviertel	89 · excellent	Public green space
43	Aplerbeck	89 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
44	Lindenhorst	88 · excellent	Public green space
45	Kurl	88 · excellent	Public green space
46	Oespel	88 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
47	Kirchderne	87 · excellent	Public green space
48	Deipenbeck	87 · excellent	Public green space
49	Althoffblock	87 · excellent	Public green space
50	Unionviertel	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
51	Kaiserstraßenviertel	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
52	Schüren	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
53	Groß-Barop	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
54	Eving	86 · excellent	Public green space
55	Loh	86 · excellent	Tree canopy
56	Klein-Barop	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
57	Scharnhorst	86 · excellent	Public green space
58	Innenstadt West	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
59	Husen	85 · excellent	Public green space
60	Hostedde	85 · excellent	Public green space
61	Westrich	85 · excellent	Public green space
62	Lanstrop	85 · excellent	Public green space
63	Lücklemberg	84 · excellent	Public green space
64	Mitte	84 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
65	Westerfilde	84 · excellent	Public green space
66	Derne	83 · excellent	Public green space
67	Neu-Schüren	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
68	Rahm	83 · excellent	Public green space
69	Menglinghausen	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
70	Sölde	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
71	Nordmarkt	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
72	Brackel	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
73	Hangeney	81 · excellent	Public green space
74	Innenstadt Nord	80 · excellent	Public green space
75	Nette	79 · good	Playgrounds on foot
76	Kirchhörde	78 · good	Tree canopy
77	Ellinghausen	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
78	Brechten	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
79	Wickede	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
80	Oestrich	77 · good	Tree canopy
81	Brackeler Feld	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
82	Hohenbuschei	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
83	Kruckel	75 · good	Public green space
84	Wambeler Heide	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
85	Löttringhausen	73 · good	Tree canopy
86	Kleinholthausen	73 · good	Tree canopy
87	Altenderne	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
88	Bittermark	70 · good	Public green space
89	Aplerbecker Mark	68 · good	Public green space
90	Brechtener Heide	68 · good	Playgrounds on foot
91	Asseln	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
92	Wichlinghofen	60 · good	Public green space
93	Jungferntal	58 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
94	Holzen	57 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
95	Mengeder Heide	55 · fair	Tree canopy
96	Höchsten	50 · fair	Public green space
97	Holte-Kreta	49 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
98	Sölderholz	46 · fair	Tree canopy
99	Lichtendorf	41 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
100	Berghofer Mark	41 · fair	Tree canopy
101	Sommerberg	33 · poor	Tree canopy
102	Persebeck	31 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
103	Schanze	17 · 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