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Stow Hill ward, Newport

Stow Hill is one of 21 electoral wards of Newport (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 6,497 residents in 2,958 households — 4,276 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newport East constituency.

Residents, 20216,497council ward average 7,600
Households2,9582.2 residents per household
Density4,276/ km²about 1.52 km² · Newport 838
Aged 65+13.1%Newport: 17.0% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 384
5–94.7% · 305
10–155.1% · 330
16–193.8% · 245
20–246.0% · 392
25–3420.8% · 1,350
35–4922.3% · 1,451
50–6418.3% · 1,188
65–747.7% · 500
75–844.2% · 271
85+1.2% · 80

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van37.2% · 1,099
1 car or van39.1% · 1,157
2 cars or vans19.2% · 569
3 or more4.5% · 133
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Newport overall: 62.9% owned, 19.5% social rented, 16.7% private rented.

Owned outright17.7% · 522
With mortgage26.0% · 767
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented22.1% · 654
Private rented33.8% · 997

Type of home

Detached house11.4% · 338
Semi-detached house15.3% · 452
Terraced house32.7% · 968
Purpose-built flat22.6% · 668
Converted house11.9% · 353
Other conversion2.8% · 83
Above shop / office3.1% · 93
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.