Caldicot grades D overall against UK towns: better than 14% of UK towns, and #20 of 38 in Gwent. Its strongest subject is walkability (B): 15% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (C−): mean household income £45,318; 2.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £270,000 in the last three years, 5.4 times what households in the Monmouthshire council area earn in a year.
This town's Health Grade uses ONS's small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns' grades also use OHID's small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Caldicot is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caldicot.
History
10 listed buildings, 1 of them Grade I
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Caldicot’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. 5% of its homes were built before 1919, below Gwent’s towns (26%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike. One scheduled monument lies in the town.
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.See all 4 schools →
Safety
Caldicot records 14.1 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, against 16.7 in Gwent’s towns and 10.7 in Wales’s towns
Of all the crimes, 47% were violence and sexual offences. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 730 recorded crimes inside Caldicot’s built-up area, and 174 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Caldicot records more crime per resident than just over four fifths of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 17.1 reports per 1,000, above Gwent’s towns (15) and Wales’s towns (10.4) alike.
34.8violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 19% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: more crime than most for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual340
Public order113
Damage & arson91
Other theft37
Shoplifting36
Other crime29
Burglary28
Drugs23
Anti-social174
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
34.8
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
14.1
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
17.1
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Health
Fewer people in Caldicot live with a disability than in Gwent’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 20%
5.9% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below both Gwent’s towns (7.7%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%). The nearest A&E to Caldicot is Southmead Hospital, 9.8 miles away. Life expectancy here is 82.2 for women and 79.4 for men (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town.
79%good or very good healthCHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 79%Fair 15%Bad or very bad 6%
Census 2021
Caldicot
Gwent
Wales
Good or very good health
79%
77%
78%
Bad or very bad health
5.9%
7.7%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
20%
22%
22%
79.4
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
82.2
life expectancy at birth, women
Welsh towns’ Health Grades use ONS’s small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for 2019 to 2023, and two Census 2021 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age. English towns’ also use OHID’s small-area early deaths, hospital admissions and child obesity, which OHID publishes for England only.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy among them.
Who lives here
Few people in Caldicot are 15 to 24: 9.6%, fewer than in both Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
Over-65s are 24% of the population. Line up the people of Caldicot by age and the one in the middle is 45. Degrees are held by 27% of adults, near Gwent’s towns (28%) and lower than Wales’s towns (31%).
45median age
CaldicotGwentWales
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications19%
Apprenticeship6%
A levels or similar18%
Degree level27%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenWalesMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
HousingCost of living grade C+
Private renting is less common in Caldicot than in Gwent’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 10%
69% of households own their home, above both Gwent’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Private rents average £994 a month across the Monmouthshire council area. Half of the 341 standard sales inside Caldicot’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £270,000.
£270Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Caldicot£270K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£385,000
115
Semi-detached
£255,000
161
Terraced
£235,000
55
Flat or maisonette
£130,000
10
69%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
10%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£994
average private rent a month, Monmouthshire council area
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C−
Long commutes are the norm in Caldicot: just 27% travel under 5 km, below Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
17% of commuters who live in Caldicot also work there. For every resident in work, Caldicot has 0.6 jobs. Walking ranked second among ways to work, at 10%.
Rogiet, Caer-went, Portskewett, Severn Beach and Beachley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Caldicot
Who lives in Caldicot?
At the 2021 Census, 9.6% of Caldicot’s 9,813 residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over, against 12% and 21% across Wales’s towns.
How much is council tax in Caldicot?
Band D council tax in Caldicot is £2,417 for 2026–27, less than in 55% of UK towns (the Monmouthshire council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About Caldicot
Town in Gwent, Wales
Caldicot is a built-up area of 9,813 people, in the Monmouthshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Population
9,813 (Census 2021)
Council
Monmouthshire
County
Gwent
Region
Wales
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
ONS code
W45000547
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
