Where to live in Göttingen as a student

Ranking of Göttingen's 33 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 Göttingen to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Weststadt (88), Blümchenviertel (85) and Südstadt (85).

Göttingen areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Weststadt	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Blümchenviertel	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Südstadt	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Egelsberg	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Weende	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Papenberg	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Holtenser Berg	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Ostviertel	82 · excellent	Public green space
9	Ebertal	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Grone-Süd	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Innenstadt	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Hagenberg	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	Weende-Ost	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Leineberg	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Grone	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Treuenhagen	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Klausberg	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Nordstadt	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	Weende-Nord	74 · good	Public green space
20	Lohberg	74 · good	Tree canopy
21	Geismar	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Zietenterrassen	74 · good	Tree canopy
23	Kiesseekarree	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Weende-West	69 · good	Public green space
25	Geismar-Süd	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
26	Elliehausen	62 · good	Services on foot
27	Holtensen	60 · good	Public green space
28	Herberhausen	37 · poor	Tree canopy
29	Groß Ellershausen	36 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
30	Roringen	30 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
31	Nikolausberg	24 · poor	Public green space
32	Hetjershausen	9 · poor	Tree canopy
33	Esebeck	7 · 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