Best areas to live in Dortmund

Our picks in Dortmund for different needs, based on official rents and our area guides. Within each list, cheaper areas come first.

Most affordable

  1. Mengede €5.93/m² · €
    Low rents
  2. Scharnhorst €5.93/m² · €
    The lowest rents in Dortmund
  3. Lütgendortmund €5.98/m² · €
    Low rents
  4. Brackel €6.16/m² · €€
    Families
  5. Huckarde €6.17/m² · €€
    Low rents

For families

  1. Brackel €6.16/m² · €€
    Families
  2. Aplerbeck €6.45/m² · €€€
    Families and green space
  3. Innenstadt Ost €6.84/m² · €€€€
    Families and old buildings
  4. Hombruch €7.09/m² · €€€€€
    Students and families

For commuters

  1. Mengede €5.93/m² · €
    Low rents
  2. Scharnhorst €5.93/m² · €
    The lowest rents in Dortmund
  3. Lütgendortmund €5.98/m² · €
    Low rents
  4. Brackel €6.16/m² · €€
    Families
  5. Huckarde €6.17/m² · €€
    Low rents

Price level compares this area's rent with the others in the same city (€ = cheapest fifth, €€€€€ = most expensive fifth). Trend compares the rise since the first year of data with the city as a whole. Tags come from the area guide.