Where to live in Stuttgart as a student

Ranking of Stuttgart's 64 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 Stuttgart to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Sillenbuch (85), Roter Stich (83) and Riedenberg (82).

Stuttgart areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Sillenbuch	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Roter Stich	83 · excellent	Tree canopy
3	Riedenberg	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Berg	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Hofen	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Mönchfeld	81 · excellent	Public green space
7	Giebel	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Münster	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Neugereut	80 · excellent	Public green space
10	Zuffenhausen	80 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Altenburg	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Bad Cannstatt	78 · good	Public green space
13	Stuttgart-Ost	78 · good	Public green space
14	Killesberghöhe	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Mühlhausen	78 · good	Public green space
16	Dürrlewang	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Wolfbusch	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Obertürkheim	76 · good	Services on foot
19	Stuttgart-Nord	76 · good	Public green space
20	Feuerbach	76 · good	Public green space
21	Weilimdorf	75 · good	Public green space
22	Möhringen	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Bergheim	75 · good	Tree canopy
24	Rot	74 · good	Public green space
25	Wangen	74 · good	Tree canopy
26	Kaltental	74 · good	Tree canopy
27	Stuttgart-Mitte	73 · good	Public green space
28	Untertürkheim	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
29	Vaihingen	73 · good	Public green space
30	Hausen	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
31	Zazenhausen	72 · good	Public green space
32	Birkenäcker	72 · good	Public green space
33	Plieningen	72 · good	Public green space
34	Zuffenhausen-Elbelen	71 · good	Tree canopy
35	Fasanenhof	71 · good	Public green space
36	Hedelfingen	70 · good	Tree canopy
37	Rohr	68 · good	Public green space
38	Heumaden	67 · good	Tree canopy
39	Sommerrain	65 · good	Public green space
40	Neuwirtshaus	65 · good	Tree canopy
41	Büsnau	65 · good	Public green space
42	Postdörfle	63 · good	Public green space
43	Stammheim	62 · good	Services on foot
44	Muckensturm	60 · good	Public green space
45	Botnang	59 · fair	Tree canopy
46	Burgholzhof	58 · fair	Tree canopy
47	Steinhaldenfeld	54 · fair	Public green space
48	Zuffenhausen-Frauensteg	47 · fair	Public green space
49	Freiberg	46 · fair	Public green space
50	Hoffeld	41 · fair	Tree canopy
51	Birkach	38 · poor	Public green space
52	Polizeisiedlung	38 · poor	Tree canopy
53	Luginsland	37 · poor	Services on foot
54	Stuttgart-West	31 · poor	Services on foot
55	Stuttgart-Süd	29 · poor	Public green space
56	Heslach	29 · poor	Tree canopy
57	Gablenberg	27 · poor	Tree canopy
58	Degerloch	26 · poor	Tree canopy
59	Steckfeld	26 · poor	Public green space
60	Sonnenberg	24 · poor	Tree canopy
61	Schönberg	21 · poor	Tree canopy
62	Lederberg	19 · poor	Tree canopy
63	Uhlbach	19 · poor	Public green space
64	Rohracker	18 · 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