Living in Schwamendingen, Zurich

Standard score Green space, trees and services on foot; residents' median

Excellent81

Schwamendingen is an area of Zurich with about 3,191 residents. Its CityPulse standard score is 81 out of 100 (excellent): better than 59% of Zurich residents, ranked 22 of 49 areas.

Strengths

Public green space: public green space 1 min walk, large park 10 min walk
Services on foot: food shop 2 min walk, pharmacy 5 min walk, doctor 7 min walk
Playgrounds on foot: playground 4 min walk
Protected cycle lanes: protected cycle lane 4 min walk

Weaknesses

Public transport frequency: 20 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am from nearby stops

Who Schwamendingen suits

Profile	Score	Rank in the city
Student	84 · excellent	8 of 49
Family	90 · excellent	6 of 49
Over 65	89 · excellent	17 of 49
Working from home	76 · good	7 of 49
Commuter	71 · good	29 of 49

Services on foot

Walking-network distance for the area's typical resident (median).

Service	Typical distance	On foot
Food shop	189 m	2 min walk
Pharmacy	428 m	5 min walk
Doctor	560 m	7 min walk
Nursery school	233 m	3 min walk
Primary school	379 m	5 min walk
Bus, tram or water bus stop	198 m	2 min walk
Metro or train station	2,100 m	26 min walk
Public green space	46 m	1 min walk
Large park (≥ 10 ha)	838 m	10 min walk
Playground	281 m	4 min walk
Protected cycle lane	282 m	4 min walk

Greenery, air and transport

16.8% tree canopy within 500 m (city median: 16.9%)
8.0 µg/m³ of PM2.5, 2024 annual mean
20 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am (city median: 46)
Medium density

Streets and squares in Schwamendingen

Aprikosenstrasse · Auhofstrasse · Friedrichstrasse · Glattstegweg · Herzogenmühlestrasse · Luegislandstrasse · Saatlenstrasse · Schwamendingerplatz · Stettbachweg

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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