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Best places to live in Greater Dresden

45 municipalities with 960,609 residents within about 30 km of Dresden, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, demographics, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Dresden, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Freital
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,477 residents    79
  2. 2Pirna
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,303 residents    77
  3. 3Radeberg
    Bautzen, 18,824 residents    77
  4. 4Bannewitz
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 11,128 residents    76
  5. 5Coswig
    Meißen, 20,561 residents    76
  6. 6Meißen
    Meißen, 29,051 residents    76
  7. 7Arnsdorf
    Bautzen, 5,140 residents    76
  8. 8Radebeul
    Meißen, 33,804 residents    75
  9. 9Pulsnitz
    Bautzen, 7,301 residents    75
  10. 10Dippoldiswalde
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 14,174 residents    75

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For retired couples

  1. 1Freital
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,477 residents    74
  2. 2Pirna
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,303 residents    74
  3. 3Coswig
    Meißen, 20,561 residents    74
  4. 4Arnsdorf
    Bautzen, 5,140 residents    73
  5. 5Radeberg
    Bautzen, 18,824 residents    73
  6. 6Meißen
    Meißen, 29,051 residents    72
  7. 7Pulsnitz
    Bautzen, 7,301 residents    72
  8. 8Dippoldiswalde
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 14,174 residents    71
  9. 9Radebeul
    Meißen, 33,804 residents    71
  10. 10Weinböhla
    Meißen, 10,530 residents    71

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For remote workers

  1. 1Freital
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,477 residents    79
  2. 2Radeberg
    Bautzen, 18,824 residents    79
  3. 3Pirna
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,303 residents    79
  4. 4Coswig
    Meißen, 20,561 residents    78
  5. 5Meißen
    Meißen, 29,051 residents    78
  6. 6Radebeul
    Meißen, 33,804 residents    76
  7. 7Pulsnitz
    Bautzen, 7,301 residents    75
  8. 8Arnsdorf
    Bautzen, 5,140 residents    75
  9. 9Weinböhla
    Meißen, 10,530 residents    75
  10. 10Bannewitz
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 11,128 residents    75

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For commuters

  1. 1Dresden
    Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt, 566,222 residents    71
  2. 2Radebeul
    Meißen, 33,804 residents    67
  3. 3Freital
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,477 residents    66
  4. 4Radeberg
    Bautzen, 18,824 residents    63
  5. 5Coswig
    Meißen, 20,561 residents    62
  6. 6Heidenau
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 16,667 residents    61
  7. 7Bannewitz
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 11,128 residents    61
  8. 8Meißen
    Meißen, 29,051 residents    60
  9. 9Pirna
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,303 residents    60
  10. 10Ottendorf-Okrilla
    Bautzen, 9,879 residents    59

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For single professionals

  1. 1Dresden
    Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt, 566,222 residents    67
  2. 2Freital
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,477 residents    53
  3. 3Bannewitz
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 11,128 residents    45
  4. 4Radebeul
    Meißen, 33,804 residents    42
  5. 5Coswig
    Meißen, 20,561 residents    39
  6. 6Meißen
    Meißen, 29,051 residents    39
  7. 7Pirna
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,303 residents    39
  8. 8Weinböhla
    Meißen, 10,530 residents    36
  9. 9Heidenau
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 16,667 residents    35
  10. 10Radeberg
    Bautzen, 18,824 residents    35

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Radeberg
    Bautzen, 18,824 residents    74
  2. 2Großröhrsdorf
    Bautzen, 9,672 residents    71
  3. 3Ottendorf-Okrilla
    Bautzen, 9,879 residents    70
  4. 4Pulsnitz
    Bautzen, 7,301 residents    70
  5. 5Arnsdorf
    Bautzen, 5,140 residents    69
  6. 6Freital
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,477 residents    69
  7. 7Radebeul
    Meißen, 33,804 residents    69
  8. 8Pirna
    Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 39,303 residents    68
  9. 9Coswig
    Meißen, 20,561 residents    68
  10. 10Meißen
    Meißen, 29,051 residents    67

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Towns in Greater Dresden