#1New Tredegar
3,280 peopleHomes cost 2.3 years of area income·#369 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
New Tredegar, #1 on this list · Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Gwent rankings · Cost of living
Most affordable towns in Gwent
New Tredegar ranks first on cost of living among Gwent’s 38 towns of 2,500+; 11 of the 38 grade A− or better against UK towns.
The Cost of living Grade: the median sale price (Land Registry), a year’s private rent (ONS) and Band D council tax with the parish precept, each against the mean household income of the town’s council area. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each letter. How grades work
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#2Rhymney
4,998 peopleHomes cost 2.7 years of area income·#376 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Bargod
8,034 peopleHomes cost 3.5 years of area income·#446 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 38 towns, ranked
Cost of living grade, best first; ranks are the county ranks on each town’s page (T = tied). Military garrison towns and university campuses keep their grades but aren’t ranked. Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
38 towns.
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Questions people ask
What is the most affordable town in Gwent?
New Tredegar ranks first on cost of living among 38 towns, with an A: homes cost 2.3 years of area income. Rhymney and Bargod follow.
How are these towns ranked?
The Cost of living Grade: the median sale price (Land Registry), a year’s private rent (ONS) and Band D council tax with the parish precept, each against the mean household income of the town’s council area. The letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
Garrison towns and university campuses aren’t ranked, and towns without the figures this grade needs are counted above. The list covers Gwent’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Gwent is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live38 towns · #1 RogerstoneBest small towns25 towns · #1 RogerstoneSafest towns38 towns · #1 Pen-pedair-heolHealthiest towns38 towns · #1 Undy and MagorBest towns for jobs & income38 towns · #1 RogerstoneMost walkable towns38 towns · #1 MonmouthTowns with the lowest flood risk38 towns · #1 NantygloBest towns for the outdoors38 towns · #1 ChepstowMost historic towns38 towns · #1 AbergavennyTowns with the most civic life38 towns · #1 BrynmawrTowns with the highest household incomes38 towns · #1 RogerstoneDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax38 towns · #1 Aberbargoed and 17 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters38 towns · #1 CaldicotDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers38 towns · #1 Undy and MagorDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers38 towns · #1 Ebbw ValeDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts38 towns · #1 Undy and MagorDescribed, no lettersDriest towns38 towns · #1 CaldicotDescribed, no lettersWettest towns38 towns · #1 New TredegarDescribed, no letters
County by county
Most affordable towns, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.