Where to live in Salzburg with a family

Ranking of Salzburg's 24 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 Salzburg to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Lebenswelt Aigen (94), Lehen (90) and Parsch (90).

Salzburg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Lebenswelt Aigen	94 · excellent	Public green space
2	Lehen	90 · excellent	Public green space
3	Parsch	90 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Schallmoos	89 · excellent	Public green space
5	Salzburg-Süd	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Riedenburg	88 · excellent	Public green space
7	Burgfried	88 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
8	Gnigl	87 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
9	Nonntal	87 · excellent	Public green space
10	Mülln	87 · excellent	Public green space
11	Neu-Maxglan	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
12	Taxham	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
13	Gneis	81 · excellent	Public green space
14	Glas	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Itzling	80 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
16	Aigen	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Elisabeth-Vorstadt	78 · good	Public green space
18	Liefering	75 · good	Playgrounds on foot
19	Maxglan	74 · good	Services on foot
20	Sam	72 · good	Playgrounds on foot
21	Langwied	64 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Morzg	59 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
23	Leopoldskroner Moos	51 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
24	Rott	47 · fair	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 2026-11-06. Method and sources