OLIPHANT CIRCLE, NP20 6NY House Prices & Local Information

NP20 6NY is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Oliphant Circle, 1.0km from Malpas in Newport (Newport). Administratively it sits within Malpas ward and the Newport West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, NP20 6NY is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. By day, the area transitions to a large scale education character: large schools, colleges, and universities, nationally widespread. With residents averaging 34 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 69% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 16% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 21 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £102k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for NP20 6NY are sourced from Output Area W00008590 (shared with 33 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.