Where to live in Düsseldorf as a student

Ranking of Düsseldorf's 52 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 Düsseldorf to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Flingern Nord (96), Pempelfort (94) and Oberbilk (92).

Düsseldorf areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Flingern Nord	96 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Pempelfort	94 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Oberbilk	92 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Friedrichstadt	88 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Holthausen	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Derendorf	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Düsseltal	87 · excellent	Public green space
8	Flingern Süd	87 · excellent	Services on foot
9	Lichtenbroich	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Bilk	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Unterbilk	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Hellerhof	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	Benrath	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Hassels	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Gerresheim	85 · excellent	Public green space
16	Niederkassel	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Garath	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
18	Eller	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
19	Wersten	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
20	Unterrath	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
21	Kaiserswerth	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
22	Grafental	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
23	Oberkassel	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
24	Stockum	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
25	Vennhausen	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
26	Mörsenbroich	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
27	Stadtmitte	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
28	Lierenfeld	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
29	Golzheim	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
30	Heerdt	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
31	Grafenberg	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
32	Urdenbach	81 · excellent	Public green space
33	Carlstadt	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
34	Reisholz	80 · excellent	Services on foot
35	Lörick	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
36	Flehe	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Paulsmühle	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
38	Altstadt	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
39	Unterbach	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
40	Rath	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
41	Itter	75 · good	Public green space
42	Märchensiedlung	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
43	Tannenhof	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
44	Himmelgeist	71 · good	Public green space
45	Wittlaer	69 · good	Protected cycle lanes
46	Hamm	62 · good	Public green space
47	Ludenberg	57 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
48	Knittkuhl	56 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
49	Angermund	55 · fair	Public green space
50	Volmerswerth	44 · fair	Public green space
51	Kalkum	38 · poor	Public green space
52	Lohausen	33 · 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