Social housing in Newport
19.5% of households in Newport are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is close to the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Newport?
Newport ranks 89th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 66,120 households, 12,866 are social homes (19.5%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Newport compare with the UK average?
At +2.0 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Newport sits close to the national level.
Newport at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Newport.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Newport has 59 schools — 59 state-funded.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Newport sits in decile 4 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 37% of its 90 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £2,482 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Newport
See Newport through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
Which areas are similar to Newport?
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).