Where to live in Saarbrücken with a family

Ranking of Saarbrücken's 45 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 Saarbrücken to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Rastpfuhl (92), Folsterhöhe (88) and Alt-Saarbrücken (88).

Saarbrücken areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Rastpfuhl	92 · excellent	Public green space
2	Folsterhöhe	88 · excellent	Public green space
3	Alt-Saarbrücken	88 · excellent	Public green space
4	Preußenviertel	88 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
5	Rotenbühl	88 · excellent	Public green space
6	Rodenhof	86 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
7	St. Arnual	84 · excellent	Tree canopy
8	Triller	84 · excellent	Public green space
9	Regierungsviertel	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
10	St. Johann	83 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Wackenberg	81 · excellent	Public green space
12	Kieselhumes	77 · good	Public green space
13	Rockershausen	76 · good	Public green space
14	Dudweiler	76 · good	Tree canopy
15	Quartier Eurobahnhof	74 · good	Public green space
16	Matzenberg	72 · good	Public green space
17	Nauwieser Viertel	71 · good	Playgrounds on foot
18	Füllengarten	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
19	Fechingen	67 · good	Tree canopy
20	Malstatt	65 · good	Public green space
21	Reppersberg	60 · good	Tree canopy
22	Eschberg	59 · fair	Public green space
23	Brebach	59 · fair	Public green space
24	Burbach	59 · fair	Public green space
25	Schafbrücke	58 · fair	Tree canopy
26	Am Homburg	57 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
27	Rußhütte	55 · fair	Public green space
28	Sonnenhügel	54 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
29	Herrensohr	50 · fair	Tree canopy
30	Scheidt	50 · fair	Tree canopy
31	Bischmisheim	49 · fair	Tree canopy
32	Ottenhausen	49 · fair	Tree canopy
33	Bübingen	48 · fair	Tree canopy
34	Brebach-Fechingen	46 · fair	Public green space
35	Ensheim	45 · fair	Public green space
36	Güdingen	44 · fair	Tree canopy
37	Gersweiler	42 · fair	Tree canopy
38	Jägersfreude	41 · fair	Tree canopy
39	Eschringen	41 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
40	Klarenthal	40 · fair	Tree canopy
41	Scheidterberg	31 · poor	Tree canopy
42	Altenkessel	31 · poor	Tree canopy
43	Goldene Bremm	28 · poor	Public green space
44	Irgenhöhe	28 · poor	Playgrounds on foot
45	Unner	22 · poor	Playgrounds on foot

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