Monmouth grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 23% of UK towns, and #9 of 38 in Gwent. Its strongest subject is walkability (A−): 22% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (C−): mean household income £44,163; 2.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £291,500 in the last three years, 5.8 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 Monmouth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monmouth.
History
More buildings in Monmouth are listed than in Gwent’s towns or Wales’s towns: 365 per 10,000 residents
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, below Gwent’s towns (26%) and Wales’s towns (27%) alike. Monmouth has 377 listed buildings on Cadw’s list: 4 Grade I, 35 Grade II*. Its listed buildings include Great Castle House, Grade I.
Welsh Government · schools list · Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.See all 8 schools →
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C−
Driving to work is less common in Monmouth than in Gwent’s towns or Wales’s towns: 77% of commuters
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 27% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
45% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work. Of the commuters living in Monmouth, 40% work in the town itself. For every resident in work, Monmouth has 1 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Monmouth than in Gwent’s towns or across Wales’s towns: 39% of adults
Half the people of Monmouth are older than 47.9. 26% of residents are 65 or over, above Gwent’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (21%) alike. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
47.9median age
MonmouthGwentWales
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications16%
Apprenticeship5%
A levels or similar15%
Degree level39%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenWalesMen
About 93 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.
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Safety
Monmouth records 11.3 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, 38% were violence and sexual offences. Reported offences in Monmouth came to 746 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 147. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 15.3 reports per 1,000, about level with Gwent’s towns (15) and above Wales’s towns (10.4).
32.9violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearCSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 52% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual283
Shoplifting179
Public order88
Damage & arson73
Other theft34
Burglary22
Other crime20
Vehicle crime17
Anti-social147
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.
32.9
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
11.3
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
15.3
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.
HousingCost of living grade C
Monmouth’s grade for cost of living grade: a C
Private rents average £994 a month across the Monmouthshire council area. 439 standard sales inside the town’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £291,500. 18% live in social housing, below Gwent’s towns (20%) and close to Wales’s towns (18%).
£292Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Monmouth£292K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£423,500
186
Semi-detached
£260,000
129
Terraced
£230,000
78
Flat or maisonette
£165,000
46
67%
of households own their home · Wales 65%
15%
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
Health
Just 6% of people in Monmouth say their health is bad or very bad, fewer than in both Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
The nearest A&E to Monmouth is The Grange University Hospital, 16.6 miles away. At the census, 81% of people in Monmouth called their health good or very good, above Gwent’s towns (77%) and Wales’s towns (78%) alike. A fifth of residents in Monmouth live with a disability. 2 GP practices serve the town.
81%good or very good healthB−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 81%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 6%
Census 2021
Monmouth
Gwent
Wales
Good or very good health
81%
77%
78%
Bad or very bad health
6%
7.7%
7.1%
Disabled (Equality Act)
20%
22%
22%
81.5
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
84.4
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 · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy.
Geoffrey of Monmouth: Unknown illustrator. Per Nigel Morgan Survey, probably London, 1250 or earlier. Style of Matthew Paris, but not him., Public domain · Reginald Brooks-King: Indghx, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philip Evans: Rijksmuseum, CC0
Berry Hill, Welsh Bicknor, Raglan and Ruardean have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Monmouth
How many listed buildings are there in Monmouth?
377 on Cadw’s list, 4 of them Grade I and 35 Grade II*. That is 15 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Great Castle House.
Does Monmouth flood?
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
Is Monmouth safe?
About the middle for its size: 48% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
About Monmouth
Town in Gwent, Wales
Monmouth is a built-up area of 10,330 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
10,330 (Census 2021)
Council
Monmouthshire
County
Gwent
Region
Wales
Area
1.5 sq mi (3.8 km²)
ONS code
W45000336
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.
