Where to live in Osnabrück if you commute

Ranking of Osnabrück's 34 areas with CityPulse's “Commuter” profile. What matters most: services on foot, public transport frequency, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: medium.

What is the best area of Osnabrück to live in if you commute?

According to CityPulse: Altstadt (86), Katharinenviertel (85) and Innenstadt (82).

Osnabrück areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Altstadt	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Katharinenviertel	85 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Innenstadt	82 · excellent	Public transport frequency
4	Neustadt	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
5	Hafen	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
6	Dodeshaus	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
7	Weststadt	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
8	Dodesheide	68 · good	Protected cycle lanes
9	Schölerberg	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
10	Kalkhügel	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Sonnenhügel	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Schinkel	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Musikantenviertel	63 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Gartlage	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Westerberg	61 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Schinkel-Ost	60 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Haste	58 · fair	Tree canopy
18	Vordere Wüste	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
19	Wüste	54 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
20	Fledder	49 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
21	Voxtrup	49 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
22	Eversburg	47 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
23	Hellern	47 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
24	Düstrup	43 · fair	Tree canopy
25	Gretesch	42 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
26	Berningshöhe	41 · fair	Tree canopy
27	Widukindland	39 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
28	Sutthausen	36 · poor	Tree canopy
29	Atterfeld	31 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
30	Nahne	25 · poor	Tree canopy
31	Lüstringen	24 · poor	Tree canopy
32	Pye	23 · poor	Tree canopy
33	Lüstringen-Ost	19 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
34	Darum-Gretesch-Lüstringen	10 · 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