Where to live in Murcia as a student

Ranking of Murcia's 96 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 Murcia to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: La Fama (91), Vistabella (91) and La Paz (91).

Murcia areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	La Fama	91 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Vistabella	91 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
3	La Paz	91 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	La Flota	90 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Infante Juan Manuel	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta	86 · excellent	Services on foot
7	San Lorenzo	85 · excellent	Services on foot
8	Vista Alegre	85 · excellent	Services on foot
9	San Antolín	84 · excellent	Services on foot
10	San Miguel	84 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Santa María de Gracia	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	San Pedro	83 · excellent	Services on foot
13	El Carmen	81 · excellent	Services on foot
14	Casas del Camino de Churra	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Santiago El Mayor	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	San Andrés	80 · excellent	Services on foot
17	San Basilio	79 · good	Services on foot
18	Casas del Carril de la Iglesia	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	San Pío X	77 · good	Services on foot
20	Montevida	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Casas Carril Parada - Ronda Sur	76 · good	Services on foot
22	La Alberca	73 · good	Services on foot
23	Espinardo	72 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	El Palmar	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
25	Zarandona	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
26	Molino Alfatego	69 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Santo Ángel	69 · good	Services on foot
28	Los Dolores	67 · good	Services on foot
29	Senda de Granada	67 · good	Protected cycle lanes
30	Puente Tocinos	64 · good	Services on foot
31	La Purísima - Barriomar	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
32	Barrio del Progreso	63 · good	Services on foot
33	Cabezo de Torres	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
34	La Raya	62 · good	Services on foot
35	Los Rectores	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
36	Guadalupe de Maciascoque	59 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
37	El Ranero	59 · fair	Services on foot
38	Algezares	59 · fair	Public green space
39	El Castellar	57 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
40	Churra	57 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
41	La Ñora	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
42	Sangonera la Verde	53 · fair	Services on foot
43	San José de la Vega	53 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
44	Javalí Viejo	52 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
45	Patiño	50 · fair	Services on foot
46	El Portón de los Jerónimos	46 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
47	Las Tejeras	46 · fair	Public green space
48	El Puntal	41 · fair	Services on foot
49	Las Barracas	40 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
50	Nonduermas	40 · fair	Services on foot
51	Beniaján	36 · poor	Services on foot
52	Rincón de Seca	30 · poor	Public green space
53	La Arboleja	26 · poor	Services on foot
54	San José de La Montaña	24 · poor	Public green space
55	Ermita de los Remedios	23 · poor	Services on foot
56	Los Garres	23 · poor	Services on foot
57	Alquerías	22 · poor	Services on foot
58	Torre Molina	22 · poor	Services on foot
59	Los Pedriñanes	22 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
60	Puebla de Soto	21 · poor	Public green space
61	Llano de Brujas	21 · poor	Services on foot
62	El Bojar	21 · poor	Services on foot
63	Aljucer	21 · poor	Services on foot
64	El Secano	21 · poor	Services on foot
65	María Auxiliadora	20 · poor	Services on foot
66	Zeneta	19 · poor	Services on foot
67	Torreagüera	19 · poor	Services on foot
68	Montepinar - Los Angeles	19 · poor	Tree canopy
69	Rincón de Beniscornia	17 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
70	Sucina	16 · poor	Services on foot
71	Vereda de la Basca	16 · poor	Services on foot
72	Sangonera la Seca	16 · poor	Services on foot
73	Corvera	16 · poor	Public green space
74	San Ginés	15 · poor	Public green space
75	Carril de Los Penchos	15 · poor	Public green space
76	Mirador de Agridulce	14 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
77	Barrio de los Arocas	13 · poor	Services on foot
78	Ladera - Glorieta	13 · poor	Public green space
79	Cobatillas	12 · poor	Services on foot
80	Javalí Nuevo	10 · poor	Services on foot
81	Monteagudo	10 · poor	Services on foot
82	Era Alta	10 · poor	Services on foot
83	Casillas	10 · poor	Services on foot
84	El Esparragal	9 · poor	Services on foot
85	Santa Cruz	9 · poor	Services on foot
86	Las Lumbreras	8 · poor	Services on foot
87	Laderas del Campillo	8 · poor	Services on foot
88	La Gloria	8 · poor	Services on foot
89	El Raal	8 · poor	Services on foot
90	San José Obrero	8 · poor	Public green space
91	Los Ramos	7 · poor	Services on foot
92	Torre Guil	6 · poor	Public green space
93	Lobosillo	4 · poor	Services on foot
94	Los Martínez del Puerto	4 · poor	Services on foot
95	Avileses	4 · poor	Services on foot
96	La Tercia	2 · 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 2026-11-05. Method and sources