Where to live in Zurich as a student

Ranking of Zurich's 49 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 Zurich to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Wiedikon (93), Unterstrass (92) and Werd (89).

Zurich areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Wiedikon	93 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Unterstrass	92 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Werd	89 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Riesbach	86 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Alt-Wiedikon	85 · excellent	Services on foot
6	Überbauung Grünau	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Hochschulen	84 · excellent	Services on foot
8	Schwamendingen	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Rathaus	83 · excellent	Services on foot
10	Seefeld	83 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Schwamendingen-Mitte	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
12	Hard	82 · excellent	Public green space
13	Enge	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Wipkingen	82 · excellent	Services on foot
15	Hirslanden	81 · excellent	Services on foot
16	Werdwies	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Saatlen	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
18	Sihlfeld	80 · excellent	Services on foot
19	Aussersihl	79 · good	Services on foot
20	Affoltern	79 · good	Public green space
21	Lindenhof	77 · good	Services on foot
22	Gewerbeschule	77 · good	Services on foot
23	Hirzenbach	77 · good	Services on foot
24	Altstadt	76 · good	Services on foot
25	Mühlebach	75 · good	Services on foot
26	Altstetten	75 · good	Services on foot
27	Langstrasse	74 · good	Services on foot
28	Kreis 2	74 · good	Public green space
29	City	74 · good	Services on foot
30	Kreis 8	74 · good	Services on foot
31	Industriequartier	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
32	Weinegg	73 · good	Tree canopy
33	Leimbach	72 · good	Tree canopy
34	Kreis 6	72 · good	Public green space
35	Kreis 10	72 · good	Services on foot
36	Escher Wyss	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
37	Oerlikon	68 · good	Public green space
38	Albisrieden	68 · good	Services on foot
39	Kreis 3	66 · good	Public green space
40	Höngg	65 · good	Public green space
41	Kreis 12	63 · good	Services on foot
42	Oberstrass	60 · good	Services on foot
43	Hottingen	58 · fair	Tree canopy
44	Seebach	37 · poor	Public green space
45	Witikon	36 · poor	Tree canopy
46	Kreis 11	27 · poor	Public green space
47	Wollishofen	26 · poor	Services on foot
48	Fluntern	26 · poor	Services on foot
49	Kreis 9	26 · poor	Services 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