How the population changed in Newport: Census 2021

In Wales, the population grew by 1.4% or 44,000 people. The English region with the largest population increase was the East of England, which grew by around 8.3% or 488,000 more residents. The English region with the smallest increase was the North East, growing by 1.9% or around 50,000 people.

In Newport, the population size has increased by 9.5%, from around 145,700 in 2011 to 159,600 in 2021. This is higher than the overall increase for Wales (1.4%), where the population grew by 44,000 to 3,107,500.

Nearby areas like Cardiff and Monmouthshire have seen their populations increase by around 4.7% and 1.8%, respectively, while others such as Torfaen saw a smaller increase (1.3%) and Caerphilly saw a decrease of 1.6%.

This population pyramid shows the population of males and females in each five-year age group at the time of the 2011 Census.
The largest age group in Wales back then was those aged 45 to 49 years.

More recently, in 2021, the largest age group in Wales was those aged 55 to 59 years.

Overall, in Wales, there has been an increase of 17.7% in people aged 65 years and over, a decrease of 2.5% in people aged 15 to 64 years, and a decrease of 1.0% in children aged under 15 years.

This is how Newport compares. There has been an increase of 14.5% in people aged 65 years and over, an increase of 8.4% in people aged 15 to 64 years, and an increase of 10.2% in children aged under 15 years.

The places that have seen the largest increases in the population aged 65 years and over are Monmouthshire, which has seen 26.0% growth, and Vale of Glamorgan (24.9%).

The population aged under 15 years increased most in Newport, rising by 10.2%, compared with an increase of 5.3% in Cardiff.

The places that have seen the largest percentage decreases in children aged under 15 years are Ceredigion (10.1%), Powys (9.3%) and Monmouthshire (8.6%).