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Best places to live in Greater Middlesbrough

5 municipalities with 672,497 residents within about 25 km of Middlesbrough, 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 Middlesbrough, 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. 1Stockton-on-Tees
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 196,487 residents    53
  2. 2Darlington
    Darlington, 106,347 residents    48
  3. 3Redcar and Cleveland
    South Teesside, 136,005 residents    42
  4. 4Hartlepool
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 93,019 residents    38
  5. 5Middlesbrough
    South Teesside, 140,639 residents    35

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For retired couples

  1. 1Stockton-on-Tees
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 196,487 residents    56
  2. 2Darlington
    Darlington, 106,347 residents    49
  3. 3Redcar and Cleveland
    South Teesside, 136,005 residents    45
  4. 4Hartlepool
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 93,019 residents    43
  5. 5Middlesbrough
    South Teesside, 140,639 residents    40

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For remote workers

  1. 1Darlington
    Darlington, 106,347 residents    70
  2. 2Stockton-on-Tees
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 196,487 residents    70
  3. 3Hartlepool
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 93,019 residents    69
  4. 4Redcar and Cleveland
    South Teesside, 136,005 residents    67
  5. 5Middlesbrough
    South Teesside, 140,639 residents    65

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For commuters

  1. 1Darlington
    Darlington, 106,347 residents    77
  2. 2Stockton-on-Tees
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 196,487 residents    74
  3. 3Middlesbrough
    South Teesside, 140,639 residents    66
  4. 4Redcar and Cleveland
    South Teesside, 136,005 residents    64
  5. 5Hartlepool
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 93,019 residents    58

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For single professionals

  1. 1Darlington
    Darlington, 106,347 residents    58
  2. 2Stockton-on-Tees
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 196,487 residents    57
  3. 3Redcar and Cleveland
    South Teesside, 136,005 residents    46
  4. 4Middlesbrough
    South Teesside, 140,639 residents    46
  5. 5Hartlepool
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 93,019 residents    41

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Darlington
    Darlington, 106,347 residents    69
  2. 2Stockton-on-Tees
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 196,487 residents    69
  3. 3Middlesbrough
    South Teesside, 140,639 residents    63
  4. 4Hartlepool
    Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, 93,019 residents    63
  5. 5Redcar and Cleveland
    South Teesside, 136,005 residents    63

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Towns in Greater Middlesbrough