Where to live in Magdeburg with a family

Ranking of Magdeburg's 54 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 Magdeburg to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Bahnhofsviertel (97), Nordfront (96) and Alte Neustadt (96).

Magdeburg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Bahnhofsviertel	97 · excellent	Public green space
2	Nordfront	96 · excellent	Public green space
3	Alte Neustadt	96 · excellent	Public green space
4	Bleckenburgstraße/Jahnring	93 · excellent	Public green space
5	Leipziger Straße	93 · excellent	Public green space
6	Zuckerbusch West	92 · excellent	Public green space
7	Sternviertel	92 · excellent	Public green space
8	Hermann-Beims-Siedlung	92 · excellent	Public green space
9	Neustädter See	90 · excellent	Public green space
10	Krökentorviertel/Breiter Weg NA	90 · excellent	Public green space
11	Neu Olvenstedt	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
12	Buckau	90 · excellent	Public green space
13	Brückfeld	90 · excellent	Public green space
14	Cracau	90 · excellent	Services on foot
15	Angersiedlung	89 · excellent	Public green space
16	Elbbahnhof	87 · excellent	Public green space
17	Werder	87 · excellent	Public green space
18	Stadtfeld Ost	86 · excellent	Public green space
19	Neue Neustadt	86 · excellent	Public green space
20	Sudenburg	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
21	Nordwest	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
22	Alt Cracau	84 · excellent	Public green space
23	Encke-Carré	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
24	Stadtfeld West	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
25	Neustädter Feld	82 · excellent	Public green space
26	Reform	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
27	Altstadtquartier	82 · excellent	Public green space
28	Kannenstieg	81 · excellent	Public green space
29	Altstadt	79 · good	Public green space
30	Virchowquartier	78 · good	Public green space
31	Kümmelsberg Ostseite	76 · good	Playgrounds on foot
32	Lemsdorf	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
33	Fermersleben	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
34	Hopfengarten	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
35	Salbke	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
36	Lindenhof	68 · good	Public green space
37	Ottersleben	68 · good	Playgrounds on foot
38	Fauler Grund	67 · good	Public green space
39	Diesdorf	66 · good	Public green space
40	Beyendorfer Grund	65 · good	Public green space
41	Herrenkrug	64 · good	Tree canopy
42	Wiesengrund/Zur Pappel	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
43	Gewerbegebiet Buckau	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
44	Alt Olvenstedt	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
45	Westerhüsen	56 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
46	Rothensee	51 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
47	Kreuzhorst	45 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
48	Steinwiese	40 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
49	Lüttgen-Salbke	38 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
50	Prester	30 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
51	Sohlener Berge	28 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
52	Am Spionskopf	28 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
53	Industriehafen	21 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
54	Neugrüneberg	20 · poor	Public green space

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