Home › UK › Dyfed Wales · County Find your town in Dyfed Dyfed has 23 towns of 2,500 or more and 111 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.
23 graded towns
0 grade A− or better
111 villages and smaller places
Llanelli largest · 42,143
How Dyfed compares: its report card → Dyfed at a glance What Dyfed is like The typical Dyfed town grades highest on cost of living and outdoors against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on jobs & income. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The typical town, subject by subject The median Dyfed town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
Cost of living B+ ahead of 73% Outdoors B− ahead of 45% Walkability C+ ahead of 42% Hazard risk C ahead of 31% Health C− ahead of 16% Safety D ahead of 8% Jobs & income D− ahead of 4% The finder
Find a town that’s… 23 towns · ordered by Dyfed rank
#1 in Dyfed B− Town · 4,278 people · #1,132 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB+ SafetyLowest D− Walkability
#2 in Dyfed C+ Town · 2,996 people · #1,234 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB SafetyLowest D− Walkability
#3 in Dyfed C Town · 14,646 people · #1,586 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB Cost of livingLowest D Safety
#4 in Dyfed C− Town · 6,339 people · #1,601 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB+ Cost of livingLowest D Walkability
#5 in Dyfed C− Town · 2,761 people · #1,649 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC+ WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
#6 in Dyfed C− Town · 16,448 people · #1,677 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest D− Safety
#7 in Dyfed C− Town · 2,505 people · #1,704 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest D− Jobs & income
#8 in Dyfed C− Town · 3,250 people · #1,721 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB− Hazard riskLowest D− Jobs & income
#9 in Dyfed C− Town · 12,088 people · #1,759 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest D− Safety
#10 in Dyfed C− Town · 3,422 people · #1,776 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ WalkabilityB Cost of livingLowest D− Jobs & income
#11 in Dyfed C− Town · 4,040 people · #1,811 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ Hazard riskLowest D Walkability
#12 in Dyfed D Town · 4,092 people · #1,823 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB− Cost of livingLowest D− Jobs & income
#13 in Dyfed D Town · 2,515 people · #1,861 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest C+ WalkabilityC+ HealthLowest C− Jobs & income
#14 in Dyfed D Town · 2,636 people · #1,866 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC+ Hazard riskLowest D− Jobs & income
#15 in Dyfed D Large town · 42,143 people · #1,880 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingB− WalkabilityLowest D− Safety
#16 in Dyfed D Town · 4,966 people · #1,881 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC+ WalkabilityLowest D− Safety
#17 in Dyfed D Town · 9,659 people · #1,899 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
#18 in Dyfed D Town · 2,563 people · #1,955 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingC SafetyLowest D− Hazard risk
#19 in Dyfed D Town · 3,866 people · #1,966 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC− SafetyLowest D− Jobs & income
#20 in Dyfed D Town · 14,251 people · #1,976 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC+ WalkabilityLowest D− Safety
#21 in Dyfed D Town · 8,282 people · #1,985 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingC+ WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
#22 in Dyfed D Town · 3,767 people · #2,020 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB− Cost of livingLowest D− Jobs & income
#23 in Dyfed D Town · 7,963 people · #2,022 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingC WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
Show all 23 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
Go deeper Dyfed lists Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
All Dyfed rankings → Villages and small towns 111 smaller places in Dyfed Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.
Tycroes2,480 Narberth2,365 Merlin's Bridge2,220 Trimsaran2,190 Pembrey2,094 Goodwick2,017 Whitland1,907 Newcastle Emlyn1,842 Llandeilo1,788 St Clears1,787 Johnston1,766 Llanbadarn Fawr1,766 Bryn1,727 Pontyberem1,484 Pontyates1,475 Llandovery1,455 Carway1,401 Penrhyn-coch1,378 St Davids1,345 Llandysul1,321 Pwll1,305 Wooden1,300 Kilgetty1,247 Llanybydder1,182 Penybanc1,165 Capel Hendre1,143 Borth1,115 Bow Street1,101 Aberporth1,075 Crundale1,065 Pencader1,061 New Quay1,046 Aberaeron1,040 St Dogmaels1,013 77 places under 1,000 people Photos: 0: CapG · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 3: Ben Brooksbank · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 4: Derek Voller · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 5: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 6: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 7: Agathoclea · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 8: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 9: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 10: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 11: welshbabe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 12: Rollercow · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 13: Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 14: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 15: David Lewis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 16: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 19: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 20: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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