Where to live in Linz as a student

Ranking of Linz's 37 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 Linz to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Innere Stadt (87), Spallerhof (86) and Kleinmünchen (85).

Linz areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Innere Stadt	87 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Spallerhof	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	Kleinmünchen	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Wankmüllerhofviertel	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Auwiesen	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Bindermichl	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Volksgartenviertel	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Dornach	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Harbach	84 · excellent	Public green space
10	Neustadtviertel	84 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Ebelsberg	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Bulgariplatz	84 · excellent	Services on foot
13	Markartviertel	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	St. Magdalena	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Keferfeld	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Solar-City	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Kaplanhof	81 · excellent	Public green space
18	Franckviertel	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
19	Neue Heimat	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
20	Niedernhart	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Urfahr	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Grüne Mitte	78 · good	Services on foot
23	Rathausviertel	77 · good	Services on foot
24	Alt-Urfahr	76 · good	Services on foot
25	Neue Welt	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
26	Lustenau	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Wegscheid	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Römerberg	72 · good	Public green space
29	Froschberg	63 · good	Public green space
30	Traundorf	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
31	Gründberg	57 · fair	Tree canopy
32	Pichling	33 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
33	Katzbach	18 · poor	Tree canopy
34	Freinberg	14 · poor	Public green space
35	St. Margarethen	13 · poor	Tree canopy
36	Pöstlingberg	12 · poor	Tree canopy
37	Auhof	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 2026-11-06. Method and sources