Where to live in Salzburg as a student

Ranking of Salzburg's 24 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 Salzburg to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Lehen (87), Mülln (85) and Lebenswelt Aigen (84).

Salzburg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Lehen	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Mülln	85 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Lebenswelt Aigen	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Parsch	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Nonntal	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Schallmoos	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Salzburg-Süd	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Riedenburg	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Elisabeth-Vorstadt	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Burgfried	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Aigen	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Taxham	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Neu-Maxglan	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Glas	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Itzling	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Gnigl	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Liefering	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Gneis	71 · good	Public green space
19	Maxglan	68 · good	Services on foot
20	Rott	67 · good	Public green space
21	Sam	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Langwied	55 · fair	Protected cycle lanes
23	Morzg	33 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
24	Leopoldskroner Moos	30 · poor	Protected cycle lanes

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