Photo: Trevor Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Newport is over 54.8, older than 97% of UK towns
10% of residents give unpaid care across Wales’s towns, against 15% in Newport. The village is home to 563 residents in 282 households, by the 2021 Census. One-person households account for 40%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here, more than in 90% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns, at 38%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Wales’s towns is 12%. The usual figure: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Newport ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
By class, 34% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work (Wales’s towns: 29% and 27%). Full-time students make up 8% across Wales’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 22% of households have dependent children in Newport
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
The average household has 2 people, against 2.3 across Wales’s towns. Set beside that, 27% of households have dependent children across Wales’s towns. In Newport, 0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households in terraced houses than 84% of UK towns: 31%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The figure for households without a car or van is 17% in Newport and 21% across Wales’s towns. Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 57% of UK towns. Across Wales’s towns, 29% of households live in a terraced house. Households in detached houses: 25% of the total.
In Newport, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 10%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.4%) or in Africa (0.9%). As a yardstick, 96% of residents have English as their main language across Wales’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.9%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Welsh, spoken by 45% of Newport’s residents
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Against 16% across Welsh towns, 45% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Welsh here (244 people): more than in 89% of Welsh towns. Top of Dyfed: Tumble, at 62%.
Residents with no religion make up 49% in Newport, more than in 90% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 96% of Newport · Dyfed’s towns 93% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian (Wales’s towns: 43%). Across the comparison, 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns.
Only 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Newport
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across Wales’s towns the figure is 38%. The usual figure: 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 31% across Wales’s towns, 36% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (20%).
Newport is younger than 1 of its 4 nearest neighbours
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 563 | — | 54.8 | 38% | 22% |
| Fishguard | 3,422 | 6.2 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 20% |
| Goodwick | 2,017 | 7.1 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 23% |
| St Dogmaels | 1,013 | 7.9 mi | 55.7 | 33% | 19% |
| Cardigan | 3,767 | 8.9 mi | 47 | 27% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Dyfed’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Dyfed (or Wales), summed the same way as Newport’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Newport’s residents
What is the population of Newport?
The 2021 Census counted 563 people in Newport’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newport?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newport?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 93% across Dyfed’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newport?
49% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Newport good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Newport’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Newport?
244 residents aged 3 and over, 45%, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067, TS032). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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