BOURNEMOUTH has been named in the top 10 places for graduates to move to after leaving university.

Research by Debut analysed salaries, the cost of living, rental costs and employment rates.

It also looked at the percentage of young people living in the area and the number of pubs, bars and restaurants.

Bournemouth has a median salary of £30,781 with the monthly cost of living estimated at £615.77. It has an employment rate of 79.4 per cent as well as 3.86 pubs and bars per 10,000 people and 80.32 restaurants per 10,000 people.

The town came in nine position with the top 10 revealed as Cambridge, Oxford, Brighton and Hove, York, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Norwich, Bristol, Bournemouth and Reading.