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Council tax bands in Newport

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Newport has the joint seventh-smallest share of two-bedroom homes (20.3%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the largest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (12.7%), the second-smallest share of bungalows (4.1%) and the second-largest number of homes built from 2016 to 2026 (6,250 homes) of the 22 councils in Wales.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA10B21C26D18E12F8G4H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA10B21C26D18E12F8G4H1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales14%Before19008%1900–191811%1919–193921%1945–196414%1965–198210%1983–199913%2000–20159%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: Wales14%<19008%190011%191921%194514%196510%198313%20009%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964 (21.1%), before 1900 (14.4%) and from 1965 to 1982 (13.9%). The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band D, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band C). Bands A and B take 22.1% of these newer homes and 31.8% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band B for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band C for homes built before 1900 and band D for those built from 1965 to 1982. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 600 homes (+0.83%). The busiest single year was 2017, with 990 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEFBuilt before 2016ABCDEF

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (52.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom and four-bedroom (15.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. The average, 2.83 bedrooms, matches Wales. One-bedroom homes make up 9.2%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom9.2%2 bedrooms20.3%3 bedrooms52.1%4 bedrooms15.7%5 bedrooms2.0%6+ bedrooms0.6%

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Newport is terraced houses at 34.3%, followed in turn by semi-detached houses (25.6%), flats and maisonettes (19.2%), detached houses (16.5%) and bungalows. The typical home of each type sits in band F for detached houses, band D for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Preston, followed by Swindon and Kirklees. The widest gap to the rest of Wales is in terraced houses: 5.3 points above the share there (29.0%).

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes19.2%ABCTerraced houses34.3%BCDSemi-detached houses25.6%BCDEDetached houses16.5%DEFGBungalows4.1%BCDEFG

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Newport gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 55.8%, with band C the largest single band (25.6%). Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, E, A, F, G, H and I. In bands A and B the share is 30.9%, close to the 35.1% for Wales. Within Wales, the band mix closest to this one is that of Bridgend. Band I, the top band, holds 190 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA9.6%B21.3%C25.6%D18.2%E12.0%F8.5%G3.8%H0.8%I0.3%NewportWales

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Newport are Wrexham (9.0), Denbighshire (14.5) and Conwy (15.3); the furthest within Wales is Blaenau Gwent (102.6).

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Placed in Wales

On the share of homes in band F or above, Newport comes 10th of the 22 councils in Wales, just behind Pembrokeshire and just ahead of Conwy. All Wales councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveNewport 13%1%36%