Where to live in Graz as a student

Ranking of Graz's 62 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 Graz to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Lend (90), Jakominivorstadt (89) and Graben (87).

Graz areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Lend	90 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Jakominivorstadt	89 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Graben	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Innere Stadt	87 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Unterandritz	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Sankt Leonhard	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Murvorstadt	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Univiertel	84 · excellent	Public green space
9	Münzgraben	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Sankt Peter	84 · excellent	Public green space
11	Karlau	84 · excellent	Public green space
12	Smart City	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	Kalvarienbergviertel	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Algersdorf	83 · excellent	Public green space
15	Gries	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Fischerau	82 · excellent	Public green space
17	Geidorf	81 · excellent	Public green space
18	Jakomini	81 · excellent	Services on foot
19	Andritz	80 · excellent	Public green space
20	Schönau	79 · good	Services on foot
21	Eggenberg	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Grünanger	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Krottendorf	75 · good	Tree canopy
24	Don Bosco	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
25	Gartenstadt	74 · good	Services on foot
26	Engelsdorf	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Innere Ragnitz	74 · good	Tree canopy
28	Neu-Hart	72 · good	Services on foot
29	Harmsdorf	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
30	Wagram	72 · good	Public green space
31	Wetzelsdorf	72 · good	Services on foot
32	Reininghaus	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
33	Oberandritz	69 · good	Services on foot
34	Baierdorf	68 · good	Tree canopy
35	Liebenau	67 · good	Protected cycle lanes
36	Neufeld	67 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Hart	65 · good	Services on foot
38	Webling	65 · good	Services on foot
39	Ober Weizbach	65 · good	Tree canopy
40	Straßgang	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
41	Puntigam	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
42	Ruckerlberg	53 · fair	Tree canopy
43	Gösting	53 · fair	Services on foot
44	Waltendorf	50 · fair	Tree canopy
45	Murfeld	44 · fair	Services on foot
46	Lustbühel	39 · poor	Tree canopy
47	Kroisbach	39 · poor	Tree canopy
48	Mariatrost	35 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
49	Neudorf	34 · poor	Services on foot
50	Sankt Veit	33 · poor	Public green space
51	Rudersdorf	29 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
52	Messendorf	22 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
53	Neustift	19 · poor	Tree canopy
54	Unter Weizbach	19 · poor	Tree canopy
55	Rohrerberg	16 · poor	Tree canopy
56	Thalgraben	12 · poor	Tree canopy
57	Rosenberg	10 · poor	Tree canopy
58	Peterstal	9 · poor	Tree canopy
59	Stifting	9 · poor	Tree canopy
60	Messendorfberg	8 · poor	Tree canopy
61	Kehlberg	6 · poor	Tree canopy
62	Ries	5 · 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