Where to live in Heidelberg as a student

Ranking of Heidelberg's 24 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 Heidelberg to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Weststadt (89), Südstadt (83) and Rohrbach (82).

Heidelberg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Weststadt	89 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Südstadt	83 · excellent	Public green space
3	Rohrbach	82 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Neuenheim	82 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Eichendorff-Forum	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Neuenheimer Feld	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Quartier am Turm	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Bergheim	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
9	Handschuhsheim	79 · good	Services on foot
10	Heidelberg Innovation Park	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Wieblingen	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Pfaffengrund	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Kirchheim	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Bahnstadt	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Altstadt	73 · good	Tree canopy
16	Meilenstein	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Hasenleiser	64 · good	Services on foot
18	Ochsenkopf	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	Ziegelhausen	40 · fair	Tree canopy
20	Schlierbach	32 · poor	Tree canopy
21	Emmertsgrund	26 · poor	Tree canopy
22	Boxberg	25 · poor	Tree canopy
23	Mühltal	24 · poor	Tree canopy
24	Patrick-Henry-Village	4 · 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