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A town of 7,546 in Gwent, Wales.
Rogerstone grades B overall against UK towns: better than 59% of UK towns, and #1 of 38 in Gwent. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A): mean household income £61,527; 1.3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is walkability (D): 8% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £308,750 in the last three years, 6.6 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.
The 3 things Rogerstone 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 Rogerstone is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cadw lists 5 buildings inside Rogerstone’s built-up area.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1905.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Rogerstone. Best known first.
MuseumFourteen Locks Canal Centrein town
CathedralNewport Cathedral3.1 km outside town, to the east
Castle · CadwNewport Castle3.2 km outside town, to the east
Historic house · National TrustTredegar House3.2 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleRuperra Castle4.3 km outside town, to the southwest
CastleCraig Ruperra Motte3.8 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rogerstone.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 42% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Rogerstone above both Gwent’s towns (84%) and Wales’s towns (81%). 42% of workers worked mainly from home at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Its one school is below. Wales publishes no school-level results, so its schools have no letters.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant PrimaryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 265 | – |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Rogerstone has 5 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Cadw’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 11% of its homes were built before 1919.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
On this, Rogerstone is above both Gwent’s towns (28%) and Wales’s towns (31%). Rogerstone has a median age of 45.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Rogerstone | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.6% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 44% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
In the comparison, Rogerstone comes above both Gwent’s towns (65%) and Wales’s towns (65%). Social housing holds 4% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £400,000 | 168 |
| Semi-detached | £257,225 | 66 |
| Terraced | £215,000 | 57 |
| Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | 39 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
For Rogerstone, that is below both Gwent’s towns (36.8) and Wales’s towns (33.8). Homes see 10.1 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 248 crimes inside Rogerstone’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 61 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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
Rogerstone sits below both Gwent’s towns (22%) and Wales’s towns (22%) on this measure. Rogerstone has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.3 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
| Census 2021 | Rogerstone | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 86% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.9% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
3 notable people were born in Rogerstone.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogerstone | 7,546 | — | B | C− | B | B |
| Risca | 15,194 | 2 | C− | A− | D | D |
| Newport | 130,882 | 3.1 | D | B− | D− | D |
| Machen | 1,985 | 3.2 | — | B− | B | C |
| Cwmbrân | 47,075 | 4.2 | D− | C+ | D | D |
| Marshfield | 2,386 | 4.3 | — | D | A | C+ |
| Caerleon | 7,329 | 4.4 | C− | C | C− | B− |
| Trethomas | 1,713 | 4.4 | — | B− | D− | D |
Machen, Marshfield and Trethomas have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
At the 2021 Census, 11% of Rogerstone’s 7,546 residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over, against 12% and 21% across Wales’s towns.
Band D council tax in Rogerstone is £2,088 for 2026–27, less than in 84% of UK towns (the Newport council average, with police and community councils). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
It has less crime than most places its size: less crime per resident than 67% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Police recorded 248 crimes inside Rogerstone’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 39% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Town in Gwent, Wales
Rogerstone is a built-up area of 7,546 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
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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