New Research has been revealed by a national internet comparison company that Reading is one of the top five cities in the UK to raise a family.

Looking at features such as current house prices, average salary, job opportunities and local amenities Reading has come out in fifth place.

According to comparethemarket.com, residents in Reading have the third highest average monthly salary compared to all locations analysed in the study, behind only London and Derby.

Reading also has a healthy amount of job opportunities with 922 roles available per 100,000 residents.

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The city that comes out on top in the list is Edinburgh partly due to its low crime rate, second only to Norwich and its low pollution levels.

In the past couple of years, partly due to the pandemic, it has meant that many priorities have changed for families when it comes to what people want from a home. From a strong Wi-Fi connection for working from home or realistic house prices for getting onto the property ladder.