Housing in NP4 8DS
What the homes in NP4 8DS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Trefethin & Pen-y-garn
- Council
- Torfaen
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,737 (2024)
NP4 8DSPontypool
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (57.4%). Flats make up 13.1%, broadly in line with the 12.5% across Wales.
Owning vs renting
31.4% of households in the NP4 8DS area own their home, less than half the Wales average of 66.1%. Private renting makes up 8.2% of households, less than half the Wales figure of 17%. 14.9% own outright and 16.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned31.4%66.1%
- Shared ownership0.4%0.3%
- Private rented8.2%17%
- Social rented59.2%16.5%
- Lives rent free0.7%0.2%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.6 people living in it. 24.6% of households are one person living alone, against 31.9% across Wales.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (21.5%). 39.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Torfaen
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Torfaen (August 2026, +1.7% 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 NP4 8DS (Trefethin & Pen-y-garn) (about 1,737 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.