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A town in Gwent, Wales, home to 5,742 people.
Strong in places, weak in others. Undy and Magor ranks #2 of 38 in Gwent, with a B overall. Nationally, it does better than 57% of UK towns. Work and incomes are strong: mean household income £61,168; 1.6% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The trade-off is walkability: 8% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Buying the median home, at £321,200, takes 6.4 years of household income in the Monmouthshire council area.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
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 2 things Undy and Magor 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 Undy and Magor is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Cadw lists 12 buildings inside Undy and Magor’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 4 scheduled monuments.
7% 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 Undy and Magor.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took just over nine in ten commuters, higher than both Gwent’s towns (84%) and Wales’s towns (81%). Working from home was the norm for two in five workers at the census. About 6% of its commuters stay in Undy and Magor for work. The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.6%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Below is one of them, and why it was picked. Between them, two primaries teach 707 pupils in Undy and Magor. One of them is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undy C.P. SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 417 | – |
Social housing holds 7% of households, below both Gwent’s towns (20%) and Wales’s towns (18%). Private tenants account for just over one in ten households. Undy and Magor is the second most expensive of the 38 towns in Gwent, at £321,200.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £390,000 | 143 |
| Semi-detached | £285,000 | 91 |
| Terraced | £241,750 | 52 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
10% of the population is aged 15 to 24, near Gwent’s towns (11%) and lower than Wales’s towns (12%). Children are 16% of the town. Line up the people of Undy and Magor by age and the one in the middle is 45.9.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
| Undy and Magor | Gwent | Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 20% | 21% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 23% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.6% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 42% | 28% | 31% |
ONS Census 2021 · Gwent and Wales: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
A disability affects 16% of people in Undy and Magor. At the census, 85% of people in Undy and Magor called their health good or very good, above both Gwent’s towns (77%) and Wales’s towns (78%). There is no GP practice in the town: the nearest is 3 miles off. Also worth knowing: women here live to 85.7 on average and men to 82.1 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Undy and Magor | Gwent | Wales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 77% | 78% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 22% | 22% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · ONS, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy.
Violence and sexual offences were 49% of the crimes. Each year, 8 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded per 1,000 residents. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 232 crimes and 51 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Undy and Magor’s built-up area. There were 7.3 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both Gwent’s towns (15.3) and Wales’s towns (10.4).
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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Of Undy and Magor’s land, 4% lies in conservation areas, higher than both Gwent’s towns (0%) and Wales’s towns (0%). Its listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I.
Cadw list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Undy and Magor. Best known first.
CastleCaldicot Castle4.7 km outside town, to the east
CastlePenhow Castle2.9 km outside town, to the north
CastlePencoed Castle2.1 km outside town, to the northwestGardenGardenDewstow Hidden Garden and Grotto3 km outside town, to the northeastCastleCastleWhitson Court5 km outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
12 listed buildings in Undy and Magor, 1 of them Grade I.
Magor Mansion (also known as the Procurator's House): Photo: Andy Dingley · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Magor Post Office: Photo: Brassknocker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old School: Photo: Brassknocker · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Golden Lion PH: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Undy and Magor.
Harrison Keddie: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undy and Magor | 5,742 | — | B | C− | B+ | A− |
| Rogiet | 1,791 | 1.9 | — | C | C | B |
| Underwood | 2,134 | 3 | — | B | B | C+ |
| Caldicot | 9,813 | 3 | D | C+ | C− | C |
| Caer-went | 1,523 | 3.2 | — | D | A− | B+ |
| Langstone | 2,912 | 3.9 | C+ | D | C+ | A− |
| Portskewett | 1,627 | 4.3 | — | C− | A− | B+ |
| Caerleon | 7,329 | 6.6 | C− | C | C− | B− |
Rogiet, Underwood, Caer-went and Portskewett have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on Natural Resources Wales’s flood risk service.
It has less crime than most places its size: less crime per resident than 71% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Town in Gwent, Wales
Undy and Magor is a built-up area of 5,742 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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