Where to live in Zurich with a family

Ranking of Zurich's 49 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 Zurich to live in with a family?

According to CityPulse: Enge (95), Seefeld (94) and Überbauung Grünau (93).

Zurich areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Enge	95 · excellent	Public green space
2	Seefeld	94 · excellent	Public green space
3	Überbauung Grünau	93 · excellent	Public green space
4	Riesbach	91 · excellent	Public green space
5	Schwamendingen-Mitte	90 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
6	Schwamendingen	90 · excellent	Public green space
7	Wiedikon	89 · excellent	Public green space
8	Kreis 2	89 · excellent	Public green space
9	Alt-Wiedikon	89 · excellent	Public green space
10	Hochschulen	89 · excellent	Public green space
11	Kreis 3	88 · excellent	Public green space
12	Rathaus	87 · excellent	Public green space
13	Hirslanden	87 · excellent	Services on foot
14	Affoltern	87 · excellent	Public green space
15	Mühlebach	85 · excellent	Public green space
16	Werdwies	83 · excellent	Public green space
17	Leimbach	83 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
18	Kreis 10	82 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
19	Sihlfeld	82 · excellent	Public green space
20	Höngg	82 · excellent	Public green space
21	Saatlen	82 · excellent	Public green space
22	Unterstrass	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
23	Weinegg	81 · excellent	Playgrounds on foot
24	Hottingen	80 · excellent	Tree canopy
25	Kreis 6	80 · excellent	Public green space
26	Hirzenbach	79 · good	Playgrounds on foot
27	Wipkingen	78 · good	Playgrounds on foot
28	Hard	75 · good	Public green space
29	Oerlikon	74 · good	Public green space
30	Escher Wyss	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
31	Werd	74 · good	Playgrounds on foot
32	Aussersihl	73 · good	Public green space
33	Kreis 8	73 · good	Services on foot
34	Industriequartier	71 · good	Playgrounds on foot
35	Kreis 12	71 · good	Playgrounds on foot
36	Altstetten	70 · good	Playgrounds on foot
37	Albisrieden	69 · good	Playgrounds on foot
38	Altstadt	69 · good	Services on foot
39	Oberstrass	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
40	City	67 · good	Playgrounds on foot
41	Gewerbeschule	65 · good	Playgrounds on foot
42	Lindenhof	64 · good	Public green space
43	Langstrasse	63 · good	Playgrounds on foot
44	Seebach	59 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
45	Witikon	59 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
46	Kreis 11	56 · fair	Public green space
47	Fluntern	55 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
48	Kreis 9	54 · fair	Playgrounds on foot
49	Wollishofen	53 · fair	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 2026-11-06. Method and sources