Where to live in Florence with a family

Ranking of Florence's 37 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 Florence to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Isolotto (84), Nave a Rovezzano (83) and Petriolo (83).

Florence areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Isolotto	84 · excellent	Public green space
2	Nave a Rovezzano	83 · excellent	Public green space
3	Petriolo	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
4	Sorgane	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
5	Ricorboli	82 · excellent	Public green space
6	Borgo delle Lame	81 · excellent	Public green space
7	Monticelli	81 · excellent	Public green space
8	Pignone	81 · excellent	Public green space
9	Peretola	80 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
10	Gavinana	79 · good	Public green space
11	Varlungo	78 · good	Public green space
12	Quaracchi	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
13	Il Barco	77 · good	Public green space
14	Badia a Ripoli	77 · good	Public green space
15	San Niccolò	75 · good	Public green space
16	Legnaia	73 · good	Playgrounds on foot
17	Coverciano	72 · good	Public green space
18	Firenze Nova	72 · good	Public green space
19	Statuto	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
20	San Salvi	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
21	Campo di Marte	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Novoli	71 · good	Public green space
23	Rifredi	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
24	Il Sodo	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
25	San Iacopino	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
26	Poggetto	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
27	Bandino	68 · good	Public green space
28	Le Cure	67 · good	Protected cycle lanes
29	Bellariva	66 · good	Public green space
30	San Frediano	65 · good	Public green space
31	Romito	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
32	San Marcellino	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
33	Le Piagge	57 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
34	Brozzi	55 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
35	Oltrarno	54 · fair	Public green space
36	Arcetri	50 · fair	Public green space
37	Quarto	16 · 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 2026-11-02. Method and sources