Newport: local statistics
Newport is a principal council area in Wales, home to an estimated 168,584 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 Newport, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Newport had an estimated 168,584 residents in mid-2025, up 0.7% on a year earlier. That is 19,636 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 13.2%, against +3.3% for Wales as a whole. That is the fastest growth of the 22 council areas in Wales. No earlier year in the series was higher.
4.5% of Newport residents aged 16 to 64 (4,800 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.4% in Wales. That compares with 4.2% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 6.2% in August 2021 and was lowest at 4.1% in January 2023.
In the year to March 2026, 18,370 offences were recorded by police in Newport: 109.0 per 1,000 people, the 2nd highest rate in Wales. The rate was 115.9 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 128.8, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Newport pays an average of £2,088.48 in council tax in 2026-27, 5.3% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 3rd lowest in Wales.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Newport at £229,200 for July 2026, up 2.0% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it 7th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest; the average for Wales was £215,037. Prices are 63% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 6.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Newport. That ratio is the 7th highest ratio of the 22 council areas in Wales.
An estimated 76.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Newport were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 3.8 points); the figure for Wales was 72.1%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 68.5% to 76.6%.
Full-time employees living in Newport earned a median £727.80 a week in April 2025 (£36,533 a year). It is 8th of 22 in Wales, counting from the highest, and 1.2% more than across Wales. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £740.10, £12.30 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £463.20: a change of +57% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Newport had a life expectancy at birth of 82.1 years; for men it was 77.9, compared with 82.2 and 78.3 years across Wales. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.3 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is close to the middle of the 22 council areas in Wales (13th highest for women).
5,445 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Newport in March 2026, 12% more than in 2016. There are 32 per 1,000 residents, the 16th highest of 22 in Wales.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 148,948 |
| 2016 | 150,926 |
| 2017 | 153,234 |
| 2018 | 155,222 |
| 2019 | 156,773 |
| 2020 | 158,438 |
| 2021 | 159,687 |
| 2022 | 161,933 |
| 2023 | 164,882 |
| 2024 | 167,405 |
| 2025 | 168,584 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £140,820 |
| July 2017 | £146,525 |
| July 2018 | £163,851 |
| July 2019 | £173,287 |
| July 2020 | £178,266 |
| July 2021 | £188,803 |
| July 2022 | £213,952 |
| July 2023 | £218,810 |
| July 2024 | £214,762 |
| July 2025 | £224,613 |
| July 2026 | £229,200 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £463.20 a week |
| 2016 | £471.20 a week |
| 2017 | £482.00 a week |
| 2018 | £520.70 a week |
| 2019 | £535.20 a week |
| 2020 | £564.90 a week |
| 2021 | £570.30 a week |
| 2022 | £622.20 a week |
| 2023 | £643.80 a week |
| 2024 | £672.90 a week |
| 2025 | £727.80 a week |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 85.0 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 98.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 110.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 128.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 122.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 103.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 112.9 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 117.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 114.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 115.9 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 109.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 68.5% |
| 2016/17 | 73.1% |
| 2017/18 | 74.5% |
| 2018/19 | 75.1% |
| 2019/20 | 74.2% |
| 2020/21 | 74.5% |
| 2021/22 | 70.8% |
| 2022/23 | 73.0% |
| 2023/24 | 74.1% |
| 2024/25 | 72.6% |
| 2025/26 | 76.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,875 |
| 2017 | 5,230 |
| 2018 | 5,660 |
| 2019 | 6,185 |
| 2020 | 5,695 |
| 2021 | 5,665 |
| 2022 | 5,425 |
| 2023 | 5,380 |
| 2024 | 5,280 |
| 2025 | 5,290 |
| 2026 | 5,445 |
Questions about Newport
What is the population of Newport?
The ONS estimates 168,584 people lived in Newport in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Newport?
The ONS claimant count was 4,800 in August 2026, 4.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Newport?
Home Office figures show 18,370 offences in the year to March 2026, or 109.0 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Newport?
The Welsh Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,088.48 for 2026-27.
What is the average house price in Newport?
£229,200 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.0% on a year).
What is the average salary in Newport?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Newport was £727.80 a week in April 2025 (£36,533 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Newport?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.9 years for men and 82.1 for women.
Who has power over Newport
Every body that makes decisions for Newport, 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
- Newport council this page
- Newport 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
- Newport East: Jessica Morden (Labour) MP
- Newport West and Islwyn: Ruth Jones (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 population · UK unemployment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in Wales: Bridgend · Caerphilly · Carmarthenshire · Flintshire · Neath Port Talbot · Wrexham
Related questions
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