Where to live in Düsseldorf if you work from home

Ranking of Düsseldorf's 52 areas with CityPulse's “Working from home” profile. What matters most: public green space, tree canopy, services on foot and protected cycle lanes. Preferred density: low.

What is the best area of Düsseldorf to live in if you work from home?

According to CityPulse: Holthausen (88), Hellerhof (87) and Stockum (86).

Düsseldorf areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Holthausen	88 · excellent	Public green space
2	Hellerhof	87 · excellent	Public green space
3	Stockum	86 · excellent	Public green space
4	Wersten	86 · excellent	Public green space
5	Niederkassel	85 · excellent	Public green space
6	Unterrath	85 · excellent	Public green space
7	Hassels	85 · excellent	Public green space
8	Gerresheim	85 · excellent	Public green space
9	Lichtenbroich	84 · excellent	Public green space
10	Benrath	84 · excellent	Public green space
11	Urdenbach	83 · excellent	Public green space
12	Flehe	83 · excellent	Public green space
13	Vennhausen	83 · excellent	Tree canopy
14	Eller	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Garath	83 · excellent	Tree canopy
16	Mörsenbroich	83 · excellent	Tree canopy
17	Kaiserswerth	82 · excellent	Tree canopy
18	Grafenberg	82 · excellent	Tree canopy
19	Golzheim	81 · excellent	Public green space
20	Unterbach	80 · excellent	Tree canopy
21	Kalkum	80 · excellent	Public green space
22	Ludenberg	79 · good	Public green space
23	Reisholz	79 · good	Services on foot
24	Paulsmühle	79 · good	Tree canopy
25	Itter	78 · good	Public green space
26	Lörick	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Oberkassel	77 · good	Public green space
28	Heerdt	77 · good	Public green space
29	Altstadt	77 · good	Public green space
30	Grafental	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
31	Bilk	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
32	Märchensiedlung	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
33	Rath	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
34	Himmelgeist	71 · good	Public green space
35	Wittlaer	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
36	Tannenhof	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Lohausen	63 · good	Public green space
38	Angermund	62 · good	Public green space
39	Carlstadt	62 · good	Public green space
40	Lierenfeld	53 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
41	Hamm	51 · fair	Public green space
42	Knittkuhl	51 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
43	Volmerswerth	46 · fair	Public green space
44	Düsseltal	45 · fair	Public green space
45	Flingern Nord	42 · fair	Services on foot
46	Unterbilk	41 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
47	Pempelfort	39 · poor	Public green space
48	Derendorf	38 · poor	Public green space
49	Oberbilk	37 · poor	Public green space
50	Stadtmitte	36 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
51	Flingern Süd	35 · poor	Services on foot
52	Friedrichstadt	32 · 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 2026-11-05. Method and sources