Where to live in Leuven with a family

Ranking of Leuven's 51 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 Leuven to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Edouard Remyvest (99), Matadi (96) and Kriekenbos (94).

Leuven areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Edouard Remyvest	99 · excellent	Public green space
2	Matadi	96 · excellent	Public green space
3	Kriekenbos	94 · excellent	Public green space
4	Heverlee	94 · excellent	Public green space
5	Ten Wijngaard	94 · excellent	Public green space
6	Adolphe Bastinwijk	94 · excellent	Public green space
7	Voorzorgwijk	93 · excellent	Public green space
8	Alfons Roelandtswijk	92 · excellent	Public green space
9	Mechelsevest	91 · excellent	Public green space
10	Withof	90 · excellent	Public green space
11	Kessel-Lo	90 · excellent	Public green space
12	Sint-Servatiuswijk	90 · excellent	Public green space
13	Kesseldal	89 · excellent	Public green space
14	Berkenhof	89 · excellent	Public green space
15	Keizersberg	89 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
16	Spaanse Kroon	88 · excellent	Public green space
17	IJzermolen	88 · excellent	Public green space
18	Belle-Vue	87 · excellent	Public green space
19	Schorenshof	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
20	Casablanca	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
21	Terbank	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
22	Lovensveld	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
23	Ziekelingen	85 · excellent	Tree canopy
24	Pakenwijk	85 · excellent	Public green space
25	Hertogensite	84 · excellent	Public green space
26	Hortense Damanhof	84 · excellent	Public green space
27	Vaartkom	84 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
28	Nieuw Kwartier	83 · excellent	Public green space
29	Genadedal	82 · excellent	Tree canopy
30	Benedenstad	80 · excellent	Public green space
31	Tiensevest	79 · good	Public green space
32	Wilsele-Dorp	78 · good	Public green space
33	Bruineveld	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
34	Klaprozenveld	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
35	Blauwput	75 · good	Public green space
36	Wijgmaal	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Sint-Maartensdal	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
38	Vleminckxveld	74 · good	Public green space
39	Mussenbuurt	73 · good	Services on foot
40	Hoogland	73 · good	Playgrounds on foot
41	Wilsele	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
42	Vier Vaantjes	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
43	Kwadenhoek	68 · good	Playgrounds on foot
44	Wilsele-Putkapel	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
45	Egenhoven	67 · good	Protected cycle lanes
46	Tempelhof	65 · good	Services on foot
47	Koksijdewijk	64 · good	Public green space
48	Wijveld	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
49	Diestseveld	59 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
50	De Jacht	56 · fair	Tree canopy
51	Heverlee Boskant	50 · fair	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