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Best places to live in Greater Cardiff

8 municipalities with 1,361,358 residents within about 30 km of Cardiff, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Cardiff, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Vale of Glamorgan
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 130,690 residents    67
  2. 2Cardiff
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 362,756 residents    60
  3. 3Newport
    Monmouthshire and Newport, 151,485 residents    49
  4. 4Caerphilly
    Gwent Valleys, 180,795 residents    48
  5. 5Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Central Valleys, 239,127 residents    43
  6. 6Bridgend
    Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, 144,288 residents    42
  7. 7Torfaen
    Gwent Valleys, 92,264 residents    40
  8. 8Merthyr Tydfil
    Central Valleys, 59,953 residents    33

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For retired couples

  1. 1Vale of Glamorgan
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 130,690 residents    66
  2. 2Cardiff
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 362,756 residents    57
  3. 3Bridgend
    Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, 144,288 residents    50
  4. 4Torfaen
    Gwent Valleys, 92,264 residents    50
  5. 5Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Central Valleys, 239,127 residents    48
  6. 6Newport
    Monmouthshire and Newport, 151,485 residents    47
  7. 7Caerphilly
    Gwent Valleys, 180,795 residents    46
  8. 8Merthyr Tydfil
    Central Valleys, 59,953 residents    41

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For remote workers

  1. 1Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Central Valleys, 239,127 residents    72
  2. 2Caerphilly
    Gwent Valleys, 180,795 residents    69
  3. 3Merthyr Tydfil
    Central Valleys, 59,953 residents    69
  4. 4Cardiff
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 362,756 residents    69
  5. 5Bridgend
    Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, 144,288 residents    67
  6. 6Torfaen
    Gwent Valleys, 92,264 residents    65
  7. 7Vale of Glamorgan
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 130,690 residents    65
  8. 8Newport
    Monmouthshire and Newport, 151,485 residents    60

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For commuters

  1. 1Bridgend
    Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, 144,288 residents    79
  2. 2Cardiff
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 362,756 residents    78
  3. 3Newport
    Monmouthshire and Newport, 151,485 residents    76
  4. 4Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Central Valleys, 239,127 residents    75
  5. 5Caerphilly
    Gwent Valleys, 180,795 residents    73
  6. 6Vale of Glamorgan
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 130,690 residents    73
  7. 7Torfaen
    Gwent Valleys, 92,264 residents    70
  8. 8Merthyr Tydfil
    Central Valleys, 59,953 residents    65

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For single professionals

  1. 1Cardiff
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 362,756 residents    66
  2. 2Bridgend
    Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, 144,288 residents    62
  3. 3Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Central Valleys, 239,127 residents    58
  4. 4Vale of Glamorgan
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 130,690 residents    54
  5. 5Newport
    Monmouthshire and Newport, 151,485 residents    50
  6. 6Caerphilly
    Gwent Valleys, 180,795 residents    48
  7. 7Torfaen
    Gwent Valleys, 92,264 residents    42
  8. 8Merthyr Tydfil
    Central Valleys, 59,953 residents    40

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Central Valleys, 239,127 residents    72
  2. 2Merthyr Tydfil
    Central Valleys, 59,953 residents    69
  3. 3Bridgend
    Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, 144,288 residents    68
  4. 4Caerphilly
    Gwent Valleys, 180,795 residents    68
  5. 5Torfaen
    Gwent Valleys, 92,264 residents    67
  6. 6Newport
    Monmouthshire and Newport, 151,485 residents    62
  7. 7Cardiff
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 362,756 residents    59
  8. 8Vale of Glamorgan
    Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, 130,690 residents    59

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Towns in Greater Cardiff