Where to live in Innsbruck as a student

Ranking of Innsbruck's 28 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 Innsbruck to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Reichenau (88), Pradl (82) and Saggen (81).

Innsbruck areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Reichenau	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Pradl	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Saggen	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Olympisches Dorf	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Dreiheiligen	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
6	Gewerbegebiet Mühlau/Arzl	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
7	Hötting West	77 · good	Services on foot
8	Amras	77 · good	Public green space
9	Schlachthof	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
10	Mariahilfpark	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Mühlau	76 · good	Tree canopy
12	Mentlberg	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Wilten	74 · good	Services on foot
14	Tivoli	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Altstadt	72 · good	Services on foot
16	Höttinger Au	71 · good	Services on foot
17	Sankt Nikolaus	68 · good	Tree canopy
18	Innenstadt	65 · good	Services on foot
19	Sieglanger	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
20	Kranebitten	65 · good	Tree canopy
21	Sadrach	55 · fair	Tree canopy
22	Lemmenhof	41 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
23	Hötting	33 · poor	Tree canopy
24	Hungerburg	28 · poor	Tree canopy
25	Allerheiligen	26 · poor	Tree canopy
26	Arzl	25 · poor	Services on foot
27	Igls	13 · poor	Tree canopy
28	Vill	10 · 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