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This village in Gwent, Wales has a population of 1,627. Mortgage-free owners make up 46% of households.
Crime is low: 18 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 3.7 home and vehicle crimes. Buying in is costly: a typical home costs £305,000 and rent runs £994 a month. It lags on walkability as well: one in ten commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for jobs & income and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Natural Resources Wales. With fewer than 2,500 residents, Portskewett has subject grades but no overall one.
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.
The 3 things Portskewett does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within Wales), ordered by how far Portskewett is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Portskewett has subject grades but no overall one.
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Cadw lists them inside Portskewett’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Portskewett.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 8.9% of the town. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, higher than both Gwent’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (21%). Typical age in Portskewett: 51.7, the median. Graduates make up a third of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Portskewett | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.1% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
It is listed below. 210 pupils attend Portskewett’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Rowan Williams CIW SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 210 | – |
A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 49 offences in Portskewett and 14 cases of nuisance behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 5.3 reports per 1,000, below Gwent’s towns (15.3) and Wales’s towns (10.4) alike. 65% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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.
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.
Social housing holds 9% of households. 10% rent privately, below both Gwent’s towns (14%) and Wales’s towns (17%). Half of the 128 standard sales inside Portskewett’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £305,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £370,000 | 67 |
| Semi-detached | £276,000 | 31 |
| Terraced | £249,995 | 25 |
| Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 38% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
38% of workers worked mainly from home, higher than both Gwent’s towns (24%) and Wales’s towns (24%). For 27% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 2.4%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
A disability affects 20% of people in Portskewett, and 5.9% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, lower than both Gwent’s towns (7.7%) and Wales’s towns (7.1%). Seeing a GP means leaving Portskewett: the nearest practice is 1.2 miles away. Also worth knowing: men in Portskewett can expect to live to 82.5, women to 84.6 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Portskewett | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 16% of the total. Portskewett’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Scaled to its population, that is 55 listed buildings for every 10,000 people here.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Portskewett. Best known first.
CastleCaldicot Castle400 m outside town, to the west
CastleMoynes Court2.5 km outside town, to the northeastGardenGardenDewstow Hidden Garden and Grotto2.1 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionSt. Tewdric's Well2.9 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portskewett | 1,627 | — | — | C− | A− | B+ |
| Caldicot | 9,813 | 1.3 | D | C+ | C− | C |
| Caer-went | 1,523 | 2.1 | — | D | A− | B+ |
| Rogiet | 1,791 | 2.4 | — | C | C | B |
| Severn Beach | 2,208 | 3.3 | — | B− | B− | B− |
| Beachley | 1,120 | 3.7 | — | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Chepstow | 11,939 | 3.7 | C− | C− | C− | C+ |
| Pilning | 1,400 | 4.1 | — | C | A− | B− |
Caer-went, Rogiet, Severn Beach, Beachley and Pilning have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
9 on Cadw’s list, 1 of them Grade I and 1 Grade II*. That is 2.3 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Mary. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
An older village. At the 2021 Census, 28% of residents were 65 or over and 30% were 45 to 64, against 21% and 26% across Wales’s towns; 13% were under 15.
Against all UK towns, it grades A−.
Village in Gwent, Wales
Portskewett is a built-up area of 1,627 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
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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