Wales

Newport: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Newport is a principal council area in Wales, home to 159,592 people at the 2021 census. The average house price was £229,200 in July 2026, up 2.0% on a year earlier and up 21.4% on five years before. On the ONS figure for July 2026 it had the 232nd highest average price of 360 council areas. 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August 2026, against 3.9% across the UK. Median full-time pay for people living here was £36,533 a year in 2025 (UK: £39,039). The biggest employing sector is health & social care, with 17.2% of the 75,740 employee jobs counted in 2024.

Newport house prices

Average price, July 2026

£229,200

Wales: £215,037

Change over 1 year

+2.0%

Wales: +2.6%

Change over 5 years

+21.4%

Since July 2021

Detached
£399,712
Semi-detached
£247,143
Terraced
£190,163
Flat or maisonette
£115,929
First-time buyers
£198,473

UK House Price Index, July 2026: HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services NI and the ONS. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About the index.

Ten years of prices and sales in the house price explorer

Jobs, pay and unemployment in Newport

Claimant rate, August 2026

4.5%

4,800 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%

Employment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026

76.6%

UK: 75.4% · Annual Population Survey

Economically inactive

21.3%

UK: 21.0%

Median full-time pay, 2025

£36,533 a year

UK: £39,039

Median weekly pay, 2025

£728

UK: £767

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

Claimant count, Annual Population Survey and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (resident analysis), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Two years of claimant counts and ten of pay in the jobs explorer

What Newport does for a living

Employee jobs, 2024

75,740

80,850 in 2019

Businesses, 2026

4,320

Largest sectors by share of employee jobs, 2024
SectorShare of jobsGreat Britain
Health & social care17.2%14.1%
Retail, wholesale & motor trade11.9%13.6%
Manufacturing10.6%7.2%
Professional & scientific7.9%9.2%
Admin & support services7.9%8.5%
Public administration & defence7.9%4.9%

Business Register and Employment Survey 2024 (Great Britain only). UK Business Counts 2026. Both via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Every sector and business size in the industries explorer

Who lives in Newport

Residents, 2021

159,592

People per km², 2021

838

England and Wales: 395

Aged 65 and over

17.0%

England and Wales: 18.4%

Aged under 15

19.0%

England and Wales: 17.3%

Homes owned

62.9%

England and Wales: 61.5%

Homes rented privately

16.7%

England and Wales: 20.3%

Homes socially rented

19.5%

England and Wales: 17.1%

Degree or higher (16+)

31.0%

England and Wales: 33.8%

No qualifications (16+)

21.7%

England and Wales: 18.2%

Good or very good health

79.6%

England and Wales: 82.0%

Born in the UK

87.8%

England and Wales: 83.2%

Census 2021 topic summaries (TS001, TS006, TS007A, TS054, TS067, TS037, TS004), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Any neighbourhood's census profile in the census explorer

How Newport ranks among UK councils

33 official indicators are published for Newport; 26 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

  • New homes · Housing7.0 per 1,000 (2024/25) · 2nd highest of 22
  • Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access303.2 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 35th highest of 361
  • Business births · Economy & work12.9% (2024) · 46th highest of 361
  • Home gas use · Environment8,922 kWh (2024/25) · 61st lowest of 347

Where it ranks worst

ONS Explore local statistics, latest figure for each indicator, ranked among council areas with a published figure; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, each indicator’s producer named on its linked ONS page.

All 33 indicators in the area scorecard

Nearby council areas

Other council areas in Wales

About these figures

Newport (W06000022) is a principal council area in Wales, one of 361 council areas this site covers. Every figure on this page is read from the official source named beneath it and carries its own date; the page is rebuilt at most once a day. Survey figures carry sampling error, so small differences between neighbouring councils are often noise. For a single street or neighbourhood rather than the whole council area, search a postcode on the dashboard.

Sources

  • HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (landregistry.data.gov.uk). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, OGL v3.0.
  • Office for National Statistics via Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk): claimant count, Annual Population Survey, ASHE, BRES, UK Business Counts and Census 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0.
  • ONS Explore local statistics (ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics), OGL v3.0.
  • Council area names and codes: mySociety, UK local authority names and codes (CC BY 4.0), from the ONS Register of Geographic Codes.