Where to live in Dortmund as a student

Ranking of Dortmund's 103 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 Dortmund to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Nordmarkt (93), Saarlandstraßenviertel (93) and Kreuzviertel (90).

Dortmund areas ranked

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

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 2026-11-05. Method and sources