Southampton beats Portsmouth as one of the best places in UK to live for young people.

The city on the Solent has come in at 7th place out of 63 cities from across the UK.

Two of the top three cities can be found in Scotland, with Glasgow being crowned the winner and Aberdeen losing out to London and coming in at third place.

Southampton has fared well due to its high average weekly earnings of £579.

The average price to buy one-bed property is relatively low at £139,110, while the average price to rent a one-bed property is £584 compared to £1,633 in the capital.

Southampton seems to be a hub of entrepreneurial activity with 70 business start-ups to every 10,000 people. This means it comes second just to London.

City culture boss Satvir Kaur said: “It's great Southampton has been ranked one of the best cities in the UK for Millennials. Millennials seek places that are fun and forward-thinking, with loads of opportunities. Southampton offers this in bucket loads; vibrant, diverse, world leading in research and technology with two great universities, stunning open green spaces, rich heritage and a dynamic cultural offer, with something always happening.

"Our great city is increasingly becoming a place where people are choosing to live, work, build their businesses, and enjoy life.

"Like many Millennials, I am excited by Southampton’s potential and future.”

Research by credit experts TotallyMoney looked at 16 different factors that they consider to be important to Millennials to determine their rankings.

Some of these factors include work, the number of business start-ups, graduate opportunities, employment rates, the number of young people on benefits; property factors, such as the cost of a one-bedroom property to rent as well as to buy; cost-of-living factors, such as the cost of a cappuccino, gym membership, and meal for two; and lifestyle factors, such as the number of things to do, the population aged 0 and 17-years-old and 18 to 29-years-old and the percentage of Brexit remain voters.

Basildon in Essex came last due to only 2% of graduates finding work there and very few extra-curricular activities compared to the rest of the UK. It also delivered the second-lowest Brexit Remain figures. Portsmouth was rated 32nd.