Home › UK › Mid Glamorgan Wales · County Find your town in Mid Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan has 32 towns of 2,500 or more and 23 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.
32 graded towns
0 grade A− or better
23 villages and smaller places
Bridgend largest · 51,751
How Mid Glamorgan compares: its report card → Mid Glamorgan at a glance What Mid Glamorgan is like The typical Mid Glamorgan town grades highest on cost of living and walkability against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on health. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The typical town, subject by subject The median Mid Glamorgan town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
Cost of living B ahead of 64% Walkability B− ahead of 49% Hazard risk C+ ahead of 35% Safety C− ahead of 22% Outdoors C− ahead of 18% Jobs & income D ahead of 11% Health D ahead of 7% The finder
Find a town that’s… 32 towns · ordered by Mid Glamorgan rank
#1 in Mid Glamorgan B Town · 14,162 people · #908 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB+ Jobs & incomeLowest D Walkability
#2 in Mid Glamorgan B Town · 5,801 people · #927 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeB+ SafetyLowest D Hazard risk
#3 in Mid Glamorgan C+ Town · 3,747 people · #1,185 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB SafetyLowest D Walkability
#4 in Mid Glamorgan C+ Town · 3,553 people · #1,334 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B WalkabilityB SafetyLowest D Cost of living
#5 in Mid Glamorgan C Town · 9,119 people · #1,544 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B− Cost of livingC+ Jobs & incomeLowest D Hazard risk
#6 in Mid Glamorgan C Town · 4,301 people · #1,598 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest D− Health
#7 in Mid Glamorgan C− Town · 7,356 people · #1,644 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B Cost of livingB Hazard riskLowest D Health
#8 in Mid Glamorgan C− Town · 7,645 people · #1,654 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB+ WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
#9 in Mid Glamorgan C− Large town · 51,751 people · #1,669 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B− Hazard riskB− Cost of livingLowest C− Health
#10 in Mid Glamorgan C− Town · 4,580 people · #1,696 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingC+ SafetyLowest D Jobs & income
#11 in Mid Glamorgan C− Town · 8,106 people · #1,697 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B− SafetyC+ Jobs & incomeLowest C− Walkability
#12 in Mid Glamorgan C− Town · 4,196 people · #1,699 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B Jobs & incomeB− Hazard riskLowest D Safety
#13 in Mid Glamorgan C− Large town · 31,895 people · #1,712 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest D Health
#14 in Mid Glamorgan C− Town · 17,209 people · #1,772 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#15 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 6,376 people · #1,818 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB− WalkabilityLowest D− Health
#16 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 5,042 people · #1,828 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B− Cost of livingC+ SafetyLowest D Health
#17 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 13,002 people · #1,864 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest D− Health
#18 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 2,843 people · #1,874 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ Cost of livingLowest D− Jobs & income
#19 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 15,797 people · #1,878 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B Hazard riskB− WalkabilityLowest C− Cost of living
#20 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 3,098 people · #1,889 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC SafetyLowest D− Jobs & income
#21 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 13,271 people · #1,906 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest D− Health
#22 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 5,427 people · #1,915 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
#23 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 13,352 people · #1,917 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB− WalkabilityLowest D− Health
#24 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 14,075 people · #1,922 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingC+ WalkabilityLowest D Health
#25 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 3,551 people · #1,927 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB− WalkabilityLowest D− Health
#26 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 18,342 people · #1,934 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingC+ WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
#27 in Mid Glamorgan D Large town · 37,675 people · #1,967 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB− WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
#28 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 11,867 people · #1,980 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B Cost of livingC SafetyLowest D Health
#29 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 11,443 people · #1,987 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B Cost of livingB− Hazard riskLowest D Health
#30 in Mid Glamorgan D Town · 3,291 people · #2,027 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B WalkabilityC+ Jobs & incomeLowest D Safety
#31 in Mid Glamorgan D− Town · 3,780 people · #2,079 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B WalkabilityB− Cost of livingLowest D− Health
#32 in Mid Glamorgan D− Large town · 39,542 people · #2,084 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B− WalkabilityB− Cost of livingLowest D− Health
Show all 32 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
Go deeper Mid Glamorgan lists Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
All Mid Glamorgan rankings → Villages and small towns 23 smaller places in Mid Glamorgan 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.
Hendreforgan2,445 Aberfan2,431 Pontycymer2,421 Nant-y-moel2,378 Pen-y-fai2,301 Bettws2,237 Trelewis2,022 Blaengarw1,779 Gilfach Goch1,531 Pont Rhyd-y-cyff1,481 Cefn Cribwr1,379 Wattstown1,105 Bedlinog1,098 Llangeinor1,016 9 places under 1,000 people Photos: 0: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Mick Lobb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 3: Malost · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 4: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 6: Graham Masters · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 10: Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 11: Chris Andrews · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 12: Victor J Davies · CC BY-SA 1.0 · 14: Darren Wyn Rees at Aberdare Blog · CC BY 3.0 · 15: nantcoly · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 17: Peter Goodwin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 18: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 21: Martin Ridley · Public domain · 23: Chris Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 25: Terrence Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 27: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 30: Kev Griffin · 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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