Langstone’s story
4 listed buildings
Cadw lists them inside Langstone’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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LangstoneGwent
A town of 2,912 in Gwent, Wales.
7 places within 12 milesMap →
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
2,912
Census 2021 · Newport council
Median home
£380K
113 sales in 3 years
Median age
45.3
20% are 65+ · Gwent 20%
Degree level
46%
of residents 16+ · Wales 31%
Walk, cycle, bus
4%
of commuters · Wales 16%
TownGrade
C+
#4 of 38 in Gwent
Is Langstone a good place to live?
Langstone grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 37% of UK towns, and #4 of 38 in Gwent. Its strongest subject is health (A−): 3.7% in bad or very bad health, 13% disabled (adjusted for age in the grade). Its weakest is walkability (D−): 4% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £380,000 in the last three years, 8.2 times what households in the Newport 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.
What makes Langstone stand out
The 3 things Langstone does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
4% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (Wales’s towns 16%)
Degree level, 16+
Education
Degree-level qualifications, residents 16+ (Wales’s towns 31%)
Gwent 28%.
Median sale, £ thousands
Housing
1.4 times the typical UK town’s £277K
Standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026.
How Langstone grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Langstone is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
WalkabilityD−Open →Cost of livingrent £959 a monthDOpen →HealthA−Open →Jobs & income1.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefitsB+Open →Safety27 violent and sexual offences and 10.4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026C+Open →Hazard risk0.2% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaB−Open →
SchoolsNot published in Wales–
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
HistoryDOpen →Outdoors46% live within 400 m of a park; 0.1 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsD−Open →Civic life1.4 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryDOpen →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All attractions →National Roman Legion Museum and 10 more in and around Langstone
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Langstone. Best known first.
Museum · CadwNational Roman Legion Museum2.2 km outside town, to the west
Museum · CadwCaerleon Roman Fortress Baths2.1 km outside town, to the west
CastlePencoed Castle1.9 km outside town, to the east
CastlePenhow Castle3.1 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumArthur Machen's House2.1 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionStay Balanced Alpaca Experiences4.8 km outside town, to the southwestPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- National Roman Legion Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caerleon Roman Fortress Baths: Pwimageglow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pencoed Castle: Ben Salter from Wales, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penhow Castle: Brassknocker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Langstone.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B+
Household income in Langstone, £56K a year, runs above Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 43% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Langstone above both Gwent’s towns (£44K) and Wales’s towns (£44K). For 20% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
4%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving94%
On foot3%
Train1%
20%
of commuters travel under 5 km · Wales 41%
43%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£56K
mean household income, before tax
1.8%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every UK town
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Schools
1 state school in Langstone
Its one school is below. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langstone Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 346 | – |
Welsh Government · schools listThe Schools page →
Who lives here
More people in Langstone hold a degree than in Gwent’s towns or Wales’s towns: 46%
On this, Langstone is above both Gwent’s towns (28%) and Wales’s towns (31%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.7% of the population. Half the people of Langstone are older than 45.3.
45.3median age
LangstoneGwentWales
Ages · share of residents
20%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications12%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level46%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Langstone | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 46% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
HousingCost of living grade D
Langstone is a town of owners: 89% of households own their home, above Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
In the comparison, Langstone comes above both Gwent’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Social housing holds 3% of households. Langstone is the most expensive of the 38 towns in Gwent: its median sale is £380,000.
£380Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Langstone£380K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £409,000 | 92 |
| Semi-detached | £300,000 | 18 |
89%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
8%
rent privately · Wales 17%
£959
average private rent a month, Newport council area
£2,088
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
History
4 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Langstone has 4 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Cadw’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 5% of its homes were built before 1919.
4listed buildingsDHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Cadw
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II4
1
scheduled monument
0
registered parks and gardens
5%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
14
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Health
Is Langstone a healthy place? 87% of its people say their health is good, above Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
For Langstone, that is above both Gwent’s towns (77%) and Wales’s towns (78%). Langstone’s share in bad or very bad health, 3.7%, is the second lowest of the 63 towns in Gwent. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
87%good or very good healthA−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 87%Fair 9%Bad or very bad 4%
| Census 2021 | Langstone | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 22% | 22% |
81.2
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
85.4
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
Safety
Burglary and damage in Langstone run at 10.4 per 1,000 a year, against 16.7 in Gwent’s towns and 10.7 in Wales’s towns
Violence came to 27 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Gwent’s towns (36.8) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Police recorded 163 crimes inside Langstone’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 23 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 45% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
27violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearC+Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 39% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual74
Public order30
Damage & arson19
Other theft13
Vehicle crime12
Other crime6
Burglary4
Shoplifting3
Anti-social23
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.
27
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
10.4
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.7
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
163
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Langstone
14pages on Langstone
The big questions
SafetyC+27 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingDMedian home £380K · rent £959 a monthHousing33 sold in 12 months · busiest street Tregarn RoadSchools1 state school (no results published in Wales)HealthA−Work & commuteB+54% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsB−0.2% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Langstone’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
UnderwoodCaerleonPonthirNewportUndy and MagorRogietCaer-wentLangstone
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langstone | 2,912 | — | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Underwood | 2,134 | 0.9 | — | B | B | C+ |
| Caerleon | 7,329 | 2.7 | C− | C | C− | B− |
| Ponthir | 1,260 | 3.3 | — | D | B+ | B |
| Newport | 130,882 | 3.8 | D | B− | D− | D |
| Undy and Magor | 5,742 | 3.9 | B | C− | B+ | A− |
| Rogiet | 1,791 | 5.5 | — | C | C | B |
| Caer-went | 1,523 | 6.1 | — | D | A− | B+ |
Underwood, Ponthir, Rogiet and Caer-went have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Langstone
Who lives in Langstone?
At the 2021 Census, 9.7% of Langstone’s 2,912 residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over, against 12% and 21% across Wales’s towns.
Is Langstone expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £380,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: semi-detached houses £300,000 and detached houses £409,000.
Is Langstone safe?
About the middle for its size: 61% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+. Burglary was rare, with 4 reports in the year.
About Langstone
Town in Gwent, Wales
Langstone is a built-up area of 2,912 people, in the Newport 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
- 2,912 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Newport
- County
- Gwent
- Region
- Wales
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km²)
- ONS code
- W45000532
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.
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