The Narth is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.3
0.6% of households live in a terraced house, against 29% across Wales’s towns. The Narth counted 364 residents and 158 households at the 2021 Census. In The Narth, 18% of households have dependent children. On one-person households, The Narth sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 21%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 40%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.4 times the share across Wales’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.3% of the total. The wider picture: 21% of residents are 65 or over across Wales’s towns.
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.
Full-time students make up 1.6% in The Narth, less than in 99% of UK towns
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%.
Three fifths of The Narth’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 6.9%. Elsewhere, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns.
2.3 people per household, more than in 51% of UK towns
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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 2.5% here is much the same as across Wales’s towns.
A village of detached houses: 89% of households live in one
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 14% across Wales’s towns, the share of households in flats in The Narth comes in at 0.6%. Across Wales’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 24%. 6.3% of households have no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 98% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
4.1% of residents were born outside the UK; across Wales’s towns the figure is 7.4%. Residents whose main language is English: 96% across Wales’s towns, for comparison. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
A Welsh-speaking share of 7% in The Narth
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Welsh speakers number 25, or 7% of residents aged 3 and over, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 96% of them. In Gwent, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has the highest share (14%).
49% of residents said they have no religion, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of The Narth · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.3%). The wider picture: 47% of residents said they have no religion across Wales’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% here, more than in 71% of UK towns. Set against 43% across Wales’s towns, 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian in The Narth.
70% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Adults who have never married: 17%, below 99% of UK towns. More unpaid carers than in 82% of UK towns: 11%. Typically, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 13.
Degree-level qualifications: 59% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
6.7% of The Narth’s adults have no qualification (20% across Wales’s towns), and 59% have one at degree level (31%).
Every nearby town is younger than The Narth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Narth | 364 | — | 57.3 | 40% | 18% |
| Monmouth | 10,330 | 4 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Coleford | 5,023 | 4.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 22% |
| Berry Hill | 2,211 | 4.9 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Broadwell and Coalway | 3,304 | 5 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 26% |
| Bream | 3,117 | 5.1 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 26% |
| Yorkley and Whitecroft | 2,678 | 6.7 mi | 51 | 27% | 23% |
| Raglan | 1,176 | 6.9 mi | 56 | 36% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 The Narth’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- 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 The Narth’s residents
What is the population of The Narth?
The 2021 Census counted 364 people in The Narth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in The Narth?
The median age was 57.3 at the 2021 Census. 5.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is The Narth?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in The Narth?
49% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is The Narth good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on The Narth’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in The Narth?
25 residents aged 3 and over, 7%, 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). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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