Where to live in Linz with a family

Ranking of Linz's 37 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 Linz to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Wankmüllerhofviertel (96), Spallerhof (95) and Volksgartenviertel (94).

Linz areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Wankmüllerhofviertel	96 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
2	Spallerhof	95 · excellent	Public green space
3	Volksgartenviertel	94 · excellent	Public green space
4	Harbach	93 · excellent	Public green space
5	Ebelsberg	92 · excellent	Tree canopy
6	Kleinmünchen	92 · excellent	Public green space
7	Bindermichl	92 · excellent	Public green space
8	Dornach	90 · excellent	Public green space
9	Keferfeld	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
10	Franckviertel	87 · excellent	Public green space
11	Auwiesen	86 · excellent	Public green space
12	St. Magdalena	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
13	Froschberg	84 · excellent	Public green space
14	Römerberg	84 · excellent	Public green space
15	Alt-Urfahr	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
16	Solar-City	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Niedernhart	81 · excellent	Public green space
18	Bulgariplatz	80 · excellent	Public green space
19	Urfahr	80 · excellent	Public green space
20	Neue Heimat	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Neustadtviertel	77 · good	Public green space
22	Innere Stadt	76 · good	Public green space
23	Rathausviertel	75 · good	Public green space
24	Neue Welt	74 · good	Public green space
25	Kaplanhof	73 · good	Playgrounds on foot
26	Grüne Mitte	71 · good	Public green space
27	Lustenau	71 · good	Public green space
28	Gründberg	71 · good	Tree canopy
29	Wegscheid	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
30	Markartviertel	67 · good	Public green space
31	Traundorf	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
32	Pichling	58 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
33	Freinberg	51 · fair	Public green space
34	Katzbach	50 · fair	Tree canopy
35	Pöstlingberg	34 · poor	Tree canopy
36	St. Margarethen	33 · poor	Tree canopy
37	Auhof	9 · 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