Where to live in Dortmund over 65

Ranking of Dortmund's 103 areas with CityPulse's “Over 65” profile. What matters most: services on foot, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Dortmund to live in over 65?

According to CityPulse: Scharnhorst (99), Scharnhorst-Ost (98) and Eichlinghofen (98).

Dortmund areas ranked

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

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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 2026-11-05. Method and sources