Where to live in Essen with a family

Ranking of Essen's 58 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 Essen to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Borbeck-Mitte (98), Pestalozzidorf "Im Grund" (98) and Bergeborbeck (97).

Essen areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Borbeck-Mitte	98 · excellent	Public green space
2	Pestalozzidorf "Im Grund"	98 · excellent	Public green space
3	Bergeborbeck	97 · excellent	Public green space
4	Schonnebeck	97 · excellent	Public green space
5	Stoppenberg	97 · excellent	Public green space
6	Altenessen	96 · excellent	Public green space
7	Karnap	96 · excellent	Public green space
8	Überruhr-Hinsel	95 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
9	Großenbruch	95 · excellent	Public green space
10	Altenessen-Süd	94 · excellent	Public green space
11	Bochold	94 · excellent	Public green space
12	Katernberg	93 · excellent	Public green space
13	Altenessen-Nord	93 · excellent	Public green space
14	Gerschede	93 · excellent	Public green space
15	Kolonie Hegemannshof	93 · excellent	Public green space
16	Eltingviertel	92 · excellent	Public green space
17	Rellinghausen	92 · excellent	Public green space
18	Bedingrade	92 · excellent	Public green space
19	Überruhr-Holthausen	91 · excellent	Public green space
20	Kettwig	91 · excellent	Public green space
21	Schönebeck	91 · excellent	Public green space
22	Dellwig	91 · excellent	Public green space
23	Altendorf	91 · excellent	Public green space
24	Steele	91 · excellent	Public green space
25	Haarzopf	91 · excellent	Public green space
26	Bergerhausen	90 · excellent	Public green space
27	Frintrop	89 · excellent	Public green space
28	Margarethenhöhe	89 · excellent	Public green space
29	Freisenbruch	89 · excellent	Public green space
30	Fulerum	89 · excellent	Public green space
31	Heisingen	89 · excellent	Public green space
32	Südviertel	88 · excellent	Public green space
33	Frohnhausen	88 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
34	Bredeney	88 · excellent	Public green space
35	Leithe	88 · excellent	Public green space
36	Huttrop	87 · excellent	Public green space
37	Segeroth	87 · excellent	Public green space
38	Horst	86 · excellent	Public green space
39	Kray	86 · excellent	Public green space
40	Rüttenscheid	85 · excellent	Public green space
41	Stadtwald	85 · excellent	Public green space
42	Holsterhausen	84 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
43	Sternviertel	84 · excellent	Public green space
44	Vogelheim	83 · excellent	Public green space
45	Frillendorf	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
46	Kettwig vor der Brücke	82 · excellent	Public green space
47	Dilldorfer Höhe	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
48	Fischlaken	81 · excellent	Public green space
49	Krupp-Gürtel	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
50	Burgaltendorf	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
51	Kettwig auf der Höhe	74 · good	Public green space
52	Dilldorf	73 · good	Tree canopy
53	Hinninghofen	55 · fair	Tree canopy
54	Kupferdreh	54 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
55	Werden	54 · fair	Tree canopy
56	Heidhausen	51 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
57	Byfang	23 · poor	Tree canopy
58	Volkeskotten	14 · poor	Tree canopy

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