Where to live in Graz with a family

Ranking of Graz's 62 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 Graz to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Graben (95), Kalvarienbergviertel (94) and Sankt Peter (93).

Graz areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Graben	95 · excellent	Public green space
2	Kalvarienbergviertel	94 · excellent	Public green space
3	Sankt Peter	93 · excellent	Public green space
4	Münzgraben	92 · excellent	Public green space
5	Unterandritz	92 · excellent	Public green space
6	Andritz	91 · excellent	Public green space
7	Innere Stadt	91 · excellent	Public green space
8	Karlau	89 · excellent	Public green space
9	Geidorf	89 · excellent	Public green space
10	Univiertel	88 · excellent	Public green space
11	Sankt Leonhard	86 · excellent	Public green space
12	Baierdorf	85 · excellent	Tree canopy
13	Fischerau	84 · excellent	Public green space
14	Innere Ragnitz	84 · excellent	Tree canopy
15	Gartenstadt	84 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
16	Lend	83 · excellent	Public green space
17	Grünanger	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
18	Eggenberg	81 · excellent	Public green space
19	Jakomini	80 · excellent	Services on foot
20	Harmsdorf	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
21	Wetzelsdorf	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
22	Schönau	77 · good	Services on foot
23	Murvorstadt	77 · good	Playgrounds on foot
24	Gries	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
25	Smart City	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
26	Hart	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
27	Jakominivorstadt	74 · good	Public green space
28	Engelsdorf	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
29	Oberandritz	69 · good	Services on foot
30	Neu-Hart	68 · good	Services on foot
31	Wagram	68 · good	Public green space
32	Reininghaus	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
33	Don Bosco	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
34	Ober Weizbach	64 · good	Tree canopy
35	Puntigam	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
36	Liebenau	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Algersdorf	62 · good	Public green space
38	Ruckerlberg	61 · good	Tree canopy
39	Kroisbach	60 · good	Tree canopy
40	Gösting	59 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
41	Straßgang	56 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
42	Waltendorf	56 · fair	Tree canopy
43	Webling	55 · fair	Services on foot
44	Krottendorf	54 · fair	Tree canopy
45	Neufeld	54 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
46	Mariatrost	51 · fair	Tree canopy
47	Rudersdorf	42 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
48	Lustbühel	41 · fair	Tree canopy
49	Sankt Veit	26 · poor	Public green space
50	Neudorf	24 · poor	Services on foot
51	Unter Weizbach	21 · poor	Tree canopy
52	Murfeld	21 · poor	Services on foot
53	Rohrerberg	18 · poor	Tree canopy
54	Messendorf	18 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
55	Rosenberg	15 · poor	Tree canopy
56	Peterstal	14 · poor	Tree canopy
57	Messendorfberg	13 · poor	Tree canopy
58	Neustift	13 · poor	Tree canopy
59	Kehlberg	10 · poor	Tree canopy
60	Thalgraben	9 · poor	Tree canopy
61	Stifting	8 · poor	Tree canopy
62	Ries	6 · 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 2026-11-06. Method and sources