Electoral wardW05001632Caerllion
Caerleon ward, Newport
Caerleon is one of 21 electoral wards of Newport (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 7,971 residents in 3,523 households — 572 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newport East constituency.
Residents, 20217,971council ward average 7,600
Households3,5232.26 residents per household
Density572/ km²about 13.95 km² · Newport 838
Aged 65+25.2%Newport: 17.0% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 351
5–94.8% · 382
10–156.6% · 529
16–193.9% · 309
20–244.7% · 372
25–3410.1% · 808
35–4917.3% · 1,378
50–6423.0% · 1,832
65–7413.1% · 1,044
75–848.8% · 698
85+3.4% · 267
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 493
1 car or van39.7% · 1,400
2 cars or vans32.8% · 1,157
3 or more13.4% · 473
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newport overall: 62.9% owned, 19.5% social rented, 16.7% private rented.
Owned outright44.2% · 1,558
With mortgage33.5% · 1,179
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented10.6% · 372
Private rented11.2% · 394
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house37.0% · 1,303
Semi-detached house33.7% · 1,185
Terraced house16.9% · 594
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 394
Converted house0.7% · 24
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001632- Council
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Caerllion
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 21
Communities in the ward
Caerleon
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlway13.9% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned8,558BBeechwood18.3% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned7,660BBettws16.0% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned8,295BBishton and Langstone21.3% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned6,955LLlanwern11.5% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned3,275LLliswerry13.5% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned13,583MMalpas24.7% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned7,605PPillgwenlly10.3% aged 65+ · 34.1% owned8,116RRingland19.8% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned8,303SShaftesbury16.0% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned5,244SSt Julians15.6% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned8,880SStow Hill13.1% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned6,497VVictoria8.9% aged 65+ · 48.3% owned9,148
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.