Where to live in Heidelberg over 65

Ranking of Heidelberg's 24 areas with CityPulse's “Over 65” profile. What matters most: services on foot, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Heidelberg to live in over 65?

According to CityPulse: Südstadt (97), Emmertsgrund (92) and Neuenheimer Feld (89).

Heidelberg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Südstadt	97 · excellent	Public green space
2	Emmertsgrund	92 · excellent	Tree canopy
3	Neuenheimer Feld	89 · excellent	Public green space
4	Neuenheim	88 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Wieblingen	88 · excellent	Public green space
6	Eichendorff-Forum	87 · excellent	Public green space
7	Altstadt	86 · excellent	Tree canopy
8	Boxberg	85 · excellent	Tree canopy
9	Weststadt	84 · excellent	Services on foot
10	Handschuhsheim	82 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Bergheim	82 · excellent	Services on foot
12	Rohrbach	82 · excellent	Services on foot
13	Quartier am Turm	81 · excellent	Services on foot
14	Pfaffengrund	80 · excellent	Services on foot
15	Mühltal	79 · good	Tree canopy
16	Heidelberg Innovation Park	79 · good	Public green space
17	Ziegelhausen	77 · good	Tree canopy
18	Hasenleiser	76 · good	Services on foot
19	Kirchheim	75 · good	Services on foot
20	Bahnstadt	73 · good	Services on foot
21	Ochsenkopf	71 · good	Services on foot
22	Meilenstein	65 · good	Services on foot
23	Schlierbach	61 · good	Tree canopy
24	Patrick-Henry-Village	33 · 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 2026-11-05. Method and sources