Monmouthshire

Key figures

12 of 13 measures have a published figure for Monmouthshire · no figure for band d council tax as a share of pay. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Monmouthshire, not our estimates.

• 688 births and 1,058 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 370.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 693 people.
• International migration (net) reduced the population by 71.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) reduced the figure by 21.
• Altogether the population grew by 231 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Monmouthshire: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Monmouthshire’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Monmouthshire moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour minority administration (2026) — Labour 21, Conservative 19, Other and independent 5, Green 1 of 46 seats.

Since 2016: Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2016); Conservative (2017–2021); Labour (largest party, no overall majority) (2022–2024); Labour minority administration (2025–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Monmouthshire’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

7,528 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 79.0 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 9.5% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£41,529
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026688people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 201391,323people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 202292,958people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 202691,323people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 202692,960people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 202691,323people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 202692,960people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 202692,963people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 202691,323people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 202692,957people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 202691,323people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 202692,959people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 0.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20261,255people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262.3%
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,058people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,554kWh a year
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202610,757kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 3.8 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026-0.7%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · down 0.7% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£332,145
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026693people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026343people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-71people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026414people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-370people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-21people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 0.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 202594,930people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.3 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20262.6%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 2.7% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£993
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 3.0% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£812

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Monmouthshire; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Monmouthshire, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £27,9992008→£41,5292025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Monmouthshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £27,999 in 2008 to £41,529 in 2025, a change of £13,530 or 48.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £41,529 in 2025 − £27,999 in 2008 = £13,530, which is 48.3% of the figure for 2008.

  17 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Monmouthshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £27,999 in 2008 to £41,529 in 2025, a change of £13,530 or 48.3%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5442008→£8122025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Monmouthshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £544 in 2008 to £812 in 2025, a change of £268 or 49.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £812 in 2025 − £544 in 2008 = £268, which is 49.1% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 811.80 and 544.30, and 811.80 − 544.30 = 267.50.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Monmouthshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £544 in 2008 to £812 in 2025, a change of £268 or 49.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 488Year to mid-2012→693Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Monmouthshire, net internal migration by local authority rose from 488 in Year to mid-2012 to 693 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 205 or 42.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  693 in Year to mid-2025 − 488 in Year to mid-2012 = 205, which is 42.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, net internal migration by local authority rose from 488 in Year to mid-2012 to 693 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 205 or 42.0% (ONS).

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• 218Year to mid-2012→343Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Monmouthshire, international migration into a local authority rose from 218 in Year to mid-2012 to 343 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 125 or 57.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  343 in Year to mid-2025 − 218 in Year to mid-2012 = 125, which is 57.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, international migration into a local authority rose from 218 in Year to mid-2012 to 343 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 125 or 57.3% (ONS).

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• 236Year to mid-2012→414Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Monmouthshire, international migration out of a local authority rose from 236 in Year to mid-2012 to 414 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 178 or 75.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  414 in Year to mid-2025 − 236 in Year to mid-2012 = 178, which is 75.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, international migration out of a local authority rose from 236 in Year to mid-2012 to 414 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 178 or 75.4% (ONS).

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• -18Year to mid-2012→-71Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Monmouthshire, net international migration by local authority fell from -18 in Year to mid-2012 to -71 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 53 or 294.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -71 in Year to mid-2025 − -18 in Year to mid-2012 = −53, which is 294.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, net international migration by local authority fell from -18 in Year to mid-2012 to -71 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 53 or 294.4% (ONS).

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• 816Year to mid-2012→688Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Monmouthshire, births by local authority fell from 816 in Year to mid-2012 to 688 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 128 or 15.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  688 in Year to mid-2025 − 816 in Year to mid-2012 = −128, which is 15.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, births by local authority fell from 816 in Year to mid-2012 to 688 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 128 or 15.7% (ONS).

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• 918Year to mid-2012→1,058Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Monmouthshire, deaths by local authority rose from 918 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,058 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 140 or 15.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,058 in Year to mid-2025 − 918 in Year to mid-2012 = 140, which is 15.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, deaths by local authority rose from 918 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,058 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 140 or 15.3% (ONS).

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• -102Year to mid-2012→-370Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Monmouthshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from -102 in Year to mid-2012 to -370 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 268 or 262.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -370 in Year to mid-2025 − -102 in Year to mid-2012 = −268, which is 262.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from -102 in Year to mid-2012 to -370 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 268 or 262.7% (ONS).

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• -253Year to mid-2012→-21Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Monmouthshire, other population change by local authority rose from -253 in Year to mid-2012 to -21 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 232 or 91.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -21 in Year to mid-2025 − -253 in Year to mid-2012 = 232, which is 91.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Monmouthshire, other population change by local authority rose from -253 in Year to mid-2012 to -21 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 232 or 91.7% (ONS).

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Compare Monmouthshire with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Monmouthshire and Birmingham
• Monmouthshire and Leeds
• Monmouthshire and North Yorkshire
• Monmouthshire and Somerset
• Monmouthshire and Cornwall
• Monmouthshire and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

• Blaenau Gwent · compare
• Forest of Dean · compare
• Herefordshire, County of · compare
• Newport · compare
• Powys · compare
• Torfaen · compare

Areas like Monmouthshire

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Monmouthshire’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

• East Cambridgeshire · compare
• Lichfield · compare
• Cheshire East · compare
• Mid Suffolk · compare
• Bromsgrove · compare
• East Devon · compare

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Monmouthshire said then and says now, with the periods named. Monmouthshire since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Monmouthshire are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.