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Find your town in West Glamorgan

West Glamorgan has 19 towns of 2,500 or more and 28 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.

19graded towns

1grade A− or better

28villages and smaller places

Swansealargest · 170,090

How West Glamorgan compares: its report card →

#1 in West GlamorganBishopstonA

#2 in West GlamorganLoughorB⁻

#3 in West GlamorganPenllergaerC⁺

#4 in West GlamorganAlltwenC⁺

West Glamorgan at a glance

What West Glamorgan is like

The typical West Glamorgan town grades highest on cost of living and outdoors 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 subjectThe median West Glamorgan town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How West Glamorgan’s towns grade overall19 graded towns

A1B1C11D6

1 of 19 (5%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full West Glamorgan list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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19 towns · ordered by West Glamorgan rank

Bishopston

Town · 3,533 people · #300 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SafetyA⁺HealthLowestC⁻Cost of living

B⁻

Loughor

Town · 4,632 people · #1,165 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingBHazard riskLowestDWalkability

C⁺

Penllergaer

Town · 3,578 people · #1,295 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺SafetyBHazard riskLowestD⁻Walkability

C⁺

Alltwen

Town · 2,721 people · #1,343 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SafetyB⁺Hazard riskLowestDWalkability

Rhos

Town · 2,560 people · #1,390 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SafetyBHazard riskLowestD⁻Walkability

Gorseinon

Town · 14,114 people · #1,399 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingB⁻SafetyLowestC⁻Health

Tonna

Town · 2,665 people · #1,524 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSafetyB⁻Cost of livingLowestC⁻Walkability

Pontarddulais

Town · 6,513 people · #1,566 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingC⁺SafetyLowestDJobs & income

C⁻

Gowerton

Town · 7,447 people · #1,660 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingCWalkabilityLowestC⁻Health

C⁻

Clydach

Town · 8,445 people · #1,694 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingB⁻Hazard riskLowestDJobs & income

C⁻

Swansea

City · 170,090 people · #1,720 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityB⁺Cost of livingLowestDHealth

C⁻

Baglan

Town · 10,516 people · #1,806 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingCSafetyLowestD⁻Hazard risk

C⁻

Cwmavon

Town · 4,524 people · #1,809 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingC⁺SafetyLowestDJobs & income

Ystalyfera

Town · 7,831 people · #1,826 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingC⁺Hazard riskLowestD⁻Jobs & income

Glyn-neath

Town · 3,927 people · #1,856 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingC⁺SafetyLowestD⁻Hazard risk

Neath

Large town · 40,738 people · #1,900 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingC⁺WalkabilityLowestDHazard risk

Port Talbot

Large town · 31,557 people · #1,937 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestD⁻Health

Pontardawe

Town · 5,539 people · #1,983 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingCHazard riskLowestDJobs & income

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Town · 2,744 people · #1,986 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingCSafetyLowestD⁻Jobs & income

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West Glamorgan lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

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Villages and small towns

28 smaller places in West 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.

Cilfrew2,178 Resolven2,162 Southgate1,938 Dunvant1,732 Creunant1,664 Pen-clawdd1,655 Three Crosses1,476 Cwmllynfell and Ystradowen1,354 Seven Sisters1,343 Croeserw1,294 Coedhirwaun1,270 Grovesend1,148 Cwmgwrach1,071

15 places under 1,000 people

Abergwynfi Bryn Craig-cefn-parc Crofty Cymmer Dyffryn Cellwen Glais Glyncorrwg Llandarcy Pontlliw Pontrhydyfen Port-Eynon Reynoldston Tircoed Upper Killay

Photos: 0: Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Nigel Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales from Wales/Cymru · Public domain · 4: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 6: andy dolman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 7: Marion Phillips · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 8: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 10: Brian Whittle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 11: Chris Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 12: Cedwyn Davies · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 13: Alan Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 14: Alex McGregor · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 16: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 17: Adrianmiller85 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 18: Geraint Smith · 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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