Where to live in Göttingen with a family

Ranking of Göttingen's 33 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 Göttingen to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Weststadt (99), Blümchenviertel (98) and Egelsberg (96).

Göttingen areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Weststadt	99 · excellent	Public green space
2	Blümchenviertel	98 · excellent	Public green space
3	Egelsberg	96 · excellent	Public green space
4	Papenberg	96 · excellent	Public green space
5	Südstadt	95 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
6	Hagenberg	95 · excellent	Public green space
7	Leineberg	95 · excellent	Public green space
8	Holtenser Berg	95 · excellent	Public green space
9	Klausberg	94 · excellent	Public green space
10	Grone-Süd	94 · excellent	Public green space
11	Weende-Ost	93 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
12	Ebertal	93 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
13	Treuenhagen	93 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
14	Weende	93 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
15	Weende-Nord	92 · excellent	Public green space
16	Innenstadt	91 · excellent	Public green space
17	Zietenterrassen	91 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
18	Ostviertel	90 · excellent	Public green space
19	Lohberg	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
20	Grone	89 · excellent	Public green space
21	Nordstadt	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
22	Geismar	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
23	Weende-West	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
24	Kiesseekarree	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
25	Herberhausen	78 · good	Tree canopy
26	Groß Ellershausen	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Geismar-Süd	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Holtensen	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
29	Elliehausen	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
30	Roringen	59 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
31	Nikolausberg	53 · fair	Public green space
32	Esebeck	30 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
33	Hetjershausen	17 · poor	Playgrounds 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