Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Residents aged 15 to 24: 14%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Newport has 42%. 14,191 residents in 6,152 households: that is Newport at the 2021 Census. In Newport, 13% of households live in a terraced house. At 55%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 81% of UK towns.
Faster growth than 79% of UK towns: Newport changed by +17% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Newport’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 13,200 people in 2011; 15,400 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+47%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (+2%). The biggest one-year rise was mid-2015 to mid-2016, 360 people.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 64% of UK towns, at 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 20–24, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The median age in Newport is 44.4, lower than in 51% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Newport, 44.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
11% of adults are full-time students, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 12%, against 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer family households than 62% of UK towns: 26% in Newport
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Shropshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
14% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 59% 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
On the census count, 10% of households live in a flat or apartment. Households without a car or van make up 24% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 98% in Newport, less than in 55% 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 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 20% (England’s towns: 21%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. In Newport, 6.3% of residents were born outside the UK.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 52% of UK towns, at 92%
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: 92% of Newport · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Newport sits close to the norm on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (1%).
47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, below 56% 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
For 376 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%).
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Newport, 32%, and 16% have none, against 18%. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 22%.
From a median age of 42 in Newport South to 51 in Edgmond & Church Aston
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Edgmond & Church Aston is the oldest area, with 29% aged 65 or over; Newport South the youngest (median age 42). Families with children are most common in Newport South (26% of households).
Ranked by age, 170th oldest of 360 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Newport in age: Hessle (44.4), Lees (44.4), Alton (44.4) and Standish (44.5).
Newport is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 14,191 | — | 44.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Edgmond | 1,560 | 2.2 mi | 23.9 | 18% | 20% |
| Gnosall | 4,039 | 5.1 mi | 52.2 | 29% | 21% |
| Shifnal | 8,973 | 6.9 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 29% |
| Telford | 156,890 | 7.1 mi | 39 | 16% | 31% |
| Wheaton Aston | 1,995 | 7.6 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 22% |
| Eccleshall | 3,229 | 8 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 23% |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 9.8 mi | 39.3 | 21% | 25% |
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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.
- “Shropshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Shropshire (or England), summed the same way as Newport’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. Newport’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,865 people in 2021, against 14,191 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 Newport’s residents
What is the population of Newport?
The 2021 Census counted 14,191 people in Newport’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 15,400 people in mid-2024, 17% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Newport?
The median age was 44.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 51% of UK towns. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newport?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newport?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Newport good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Newport South (26% of households). Schools are on Newport’s schools page.
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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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