Housing in NP16 5JS
What the homes in NP16 5JS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Chepstow South
- Council
- Monmouthshire
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,354 (2024)
NP16 5JSChepstow
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (45.3%). Flats make up 7.9%, well below the 12.5% across Wales.
Owning vs renting
79.6% of households in the NP16 5JS area own their home, above the Wales average of 66.1%. Private renting makes up 8.4% of households, less than half the Wales figure of 17%. 49.3% own outright and 30.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned79.6%66.1%
- Shared ownership0.2%0.3%
- Private rented8.4%17%
- Social rented11.8%16.5%
- Lives rent free0%0.2%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 29.6% of households are one person living alone, against 31.9% across Wales.
Who lives together
The most common household is a family all aged 66 or over (17.4%). 21.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Monmouthshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Monmouthshire (August 2026, +2.3% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around NP16 5JS (Chepstow South) (about 1,354 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.