Living in Newport, Gwent
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Sold prices, price trends, local rents and house prices against earnings for Newport - compiled from official sources into one report. Enter your email and we will send you your copy.
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Homes in Newport cost 6.28 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across Wales: 5.95 times (2025)
- Newport a year earlier: 6.88 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Newport over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Newport, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Newport
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Recent sold prices near Newport (postcode sector NP20 1)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 4, KINGS COURT, 6, HIGH STREET | £100,000 | Flat | Jun 2026 |
| FLAT 608, OLYMPIA HOUSE, UPPER DOCK STREET | £75,000 | Flat | Apr 2026 |
| 31, COMMERCIAL STREET | £80,500 | Terraced | Apr 2026 |
| 3, BANESWELL COURTYARD | £110,000 | Flat | Mar 2026 |
| 8, EBENEZER TERRACE | £195,000 | Terraced | Dec 2025 |
| 7, BANESWELL COURTYARD | £135,000 | Terraced | Oct 2025 |
| FLAT 33, KINGS COURT, 6, HIGH STREET | £130,000 | Flat | Jun 2025 |
| FLAT 25, KINGS COURT, 6, HIGH STREET | £115,000 | Flat | May 2025 |
| 15A, CAROLINE STREET | £158,000 | Terraced | Mar 2025 |
| APARTMENT 9, 8 - 11, GRIFFIN STREET | £160,000 | Flat | Jan 2025 |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.