Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0Newbridge: 58% of residents said they have no religion, above 99% of UK towns
Across Wales’s towns, 29% of households live in a terraced house; in Newbridge, 42%. On households in detached houses, Newbridge sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 13%. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 7,582, in 3,283 households. 1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
What the Census says about Newbridge’s people
More with no religion than most
58% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 36% Christian, against 47% and 43% across Wales’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Newbridge at 7,500 in 2011 and 7,100 in 2024, down 5%, against 4% for Wales: slower growth than in 97% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
−5% since 2011: slower than 97% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Newbridge’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,500 people in 2011; 7,100 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+6%) and weakest among the 16 to 29 (−17%).
Newbridge sits above 84% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (11%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Newbridge’s residents are under 43.7, younger than in 56% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Wales’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.6% of residents. In Abergavenny, the oldest of Gwent’s towns by this measure, it is 27%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Newbridge, 43.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Newbridge ranks below 94% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.3%
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%.
8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns, against 5.8% in Newbridge. Across Wales’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More one-person households than 56% of UK towns: 30%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
Across Newbridge, 27% of households have dependent children. Households in Newbridge hold 2.3 people on average (Wales’s towns: 2.3).
7.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 72% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 21% across Wales’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Newbridge comes in at 19%. On average, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment across Wales’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 2.3% in Newbridge, less than in 97% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 15% of those born abroad, against 23% across Wales’s towns. The usual figure: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK across Wales’s towns. In Newbridge, 99% of residents have English as their main language.
In Newbridge, 8.2% of residents can speak Welsh
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Asked in 2021, 610 residents aged 3 and over, 8.2%, said they can speak Welsh; across Welsh towns, 16%: fewer than in 84% of Welsh towns. In Gwent, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has the highest share (14%).
Newbridge sits above 96% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (97%)
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: 97% of Newbridge · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.1%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 36% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. Set beside that, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 35%, a higher share than 69% of UK towns
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 323. As a reference point, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Higher than in 92% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care. Across Wales’s towns, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Newbridge, 46%.
A degree-level qualification for 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 23% of its adults qualified to degree level, Newbridge compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 25% hold no qualification (20%).
538 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people: this is the 204th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Red Lodge (30.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Newbridge in age: Thurmaston (43.7), Twyford (43.7), Gatley (43.8) and Oundle (43.8).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Newbridge are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbridge | 7,582 | — | 43.7 | 21% | 27% |
| Swffryd | 1,721 | 1.1 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 26% |
| Oakdale | 6,126 | 1.4 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 33% |
| Abercarn | 5,123 | 1.6 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 27% |
| Trinant | 1,504 | 1.9 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 31% |
| Pontllanfraith | 9,363 | 2.3 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 27% |
| Llanhilleth | 2,450 | 2.3 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 24% |
| Blackwood | 12,621 | 2.5 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Gwent’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gwent (or Wales), summed the same way as Newbridge’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Newbridge’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,045 people in 2021, against 7,582 in the built-up area.
- 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 Newbridge’s residents
What is the population of Newbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 7,582 people in Newbridge’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,100 people in mid-2024, 5% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Newbridge?
The median age was 43.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 56% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newbridge?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 2.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newbridge?
58% said they had no religion and 36% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Newbridge good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Newbridge’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Newbridge?
610 residents aged 3 and over, 8.2%, 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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