Monmouthshire: local statistics
Monmouthshire is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 95,329 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Monmouthshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Monmouthshire sold for an average of £335,093 in July 2026, a rise of 2.8% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the highest of the 22 council areas in Wales (average for Wales: £215,037). Prices are 57% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Monmouthshire (£41,529) gives a ratio of 8.1. That ratio is the highest ratio in Wales.
Full-time employees living in Monmouthshire earned a median £811.80 a week in April 2025 (£41,529 a year). It is the highest in Wales, and 12.9% more than across Wales. Jobs based in Monmouthshire paid a median £773.50 a week, £38.30 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £610.50: a change of +33% before inflation.
The claimant count for Monmouthshire stood at 1,260 in August 2026, or 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for Wales was 3.4%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.1% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.1% in August 2023.
Life expectancy at birth in Monmouthshire is 84.6 years for women and 80.3 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 82.2 and 78.3 years across Wales. For women that is 0.7 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 less. It is the highest for women of the 22 council areas in Wales.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.0% of Monmouthshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 3.9 points); the figure for Wales was 72.1%. Its lowest reading in the series was 75.6% and its highest 79.6%.
In mid-2025 the population of Monmouthshire was estimated at 95,329, up 0.2% on mid-2024. That is 3,462 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 3.8%; Wales grew by 3.3% over the same years, the 5th fastest growth of 22 in Wales. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Police recorded 6,090 crimes in Monmouthshire in the year to March 2026, 63.9 for every 1,000 residents, 15th of 20 in Wales, counting from the highest rate. A year earlier it was 64.8. The highest rate in the series was 64.8, in the year to March 2025. Fraud is not included.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Monmouthshire is £2,416.50, up £139.31 on 2025-26. It is 8th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest.
In March 2026, 5,090 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Monmouthshire, 2% more than in 2016. There are 53 per 1,000 residents, the 4th highest of the 22 council areas in Wales.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 91,867 |
| 2016 | 92,024 |
| 2017 | 91,791 |
| 2018 | 91,834 |
| 2019 | 91,730 |
| 2020 | 92,456 |
| 2021 | 93,163 |
| 2022 | 94,038 |
| 2023 | 94,932 |
| 2024 | 95,098 |
| 2025 | 95,329 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £213,207 |
| July 2017 | £226,479 |
| July 2018 | £248,502 |
| July 2019 | £265,631 |
| July 2020 | £263,175 |
| July 2021 | £279,886 |
| July 2022 | £313,698 |
| July 2023 | £316,664 |
| July 2024 | £330,757 |
| July 2025 | £325,864 |
| July 2026 | £335,093 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £610.50 a week |
| 2016 | £619.40 a week |
| 2017 | £616.50 a week |
| 2018 | £638.40 a week |
| 2019 | £652.50 a week |
| 2020 | £645.20 a week |
| 2021 | £686.20 a week |
| 2022 | £731.70 a week |
| 2023 | £713.10 a week |
| 2024 | £787.80 a week |
| 2025 | £811.80 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 44.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 40.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 51.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 64.4 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 64.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 52.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 58.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 63.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 61.2 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 64.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 63.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.9% |
| 2016/17 | 76.6% |
| 2017/18 | 78.0% |
| 2018/19 | 77.7% |
| 2019/20 | 79.0% |
| 2020/21 | 77.9% |
| 2021/22 | 77.8% |
| 2022/23 | 78.0% |
| 2023/24 | 75.6% |
| 2024/25 | 79.6% |
| 2025/26 | 78.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.0 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,970 |
| 2017 | 5,030 |
| 2018 | 5,030 |
| 2019 | 5,100 |
| 2020 | 5,140 |
| 2021 | 5,095 |
| 2022 | 5,175 |
| 2023 | 5,205 |
| 2024 | 5,090 |
| 2025 | 5,055 |
| 2026 | 5,090 |
Questions about Monmouthshire
What is the average house price in Monmouthshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £335,093.
What is the average salary in Monmouthshire?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Monmouthshire was £811.80 a week in April 2025 (£41,529 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Monmouthshire?
1,260 in August 2026 (2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Monmouthshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.3 years for men and 84.6 for women.
What is the population of Monmouthshire?
95,329 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in Monmouthshire?
63.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Monmouthshire?
£2,416.50 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Welsh Government).
Who has power over Monmouthshire
Every body that makes decisions for Monmouthshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Monmouthshire council this page
- Monmouthshire in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Gwent Police police force
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board NHS
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Senedd and Welsh Government makes law for Wales on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Monmouthshire: Catherine Fookes (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Figures for Wales
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in Wales: Ceredigion · Conwy · Denbighshire · Gwynedd · Isle of Anglesey · Torfaen
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