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Find your town in South Glamorgan

South Glamorgan has 9 towns of 2,500 or more and 17 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.

9graded towns
1grade A− or better
17villages and smaller places
Cardifflargest · 348,511
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South Glamorgan at a glance

What South Glamorgan is like

The typical South Glamorgan town grades highest on outdoors and safety 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 subjectThe median South Glamorgan town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
How South Glamorgan’s towns grade overall9 graded towns
A1B5C3

1 of 9 (11%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full South Glamorgan list, with what drives each gradeCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subject
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9 towns · ordered by South Glamorgan rank

A−

Cowbridge

Town · 3,649 people · #461 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA−Jobs & incomeLowestDCost of living
B+

Dinas Powis

Town · 7,891 people · #670 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB+Jobs & incomeB+SafetyLowestDHazard risk
B−

Eglwys-Brewis

Town · 3,300 people · #960 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB+Cost of livingB−SafetyLowestCJobs & income
B−

Penarth

Large town · 28,391 people · #1,014 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityBJobs & incomeLowestCHazard risk
B−

Boverton

Town · 2,740 people · #1,110 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSafetyB−WalkabilityLowestC−Jobs & income
B−

Llantwit Major

Town · 5,348 people · #1,144 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSafetyBWalkabilityLowestC−Jobs & income
C+

Rhoose

Town · 6,776 people · #1,297 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSafetyBHazard riskLowestC−Walkability
C−

Cardiff

City · 348,511 people · #1,746 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+WalkabilityC+Cost of livingLowestDSafety
C−

Barry

Large town · 56,589 people · #1,787 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB+WalkabilityBCost of livingLowestDHealth
Villages and small towns

17 smaller places in South 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.

11 places under 1,000 people

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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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