Vehicle barriers in Newtown (Powys)

Newtown (Powys) is the Census 2021 built-up area W45000218 in Wales. ONS counted 10,885 usual residents and a median age of 41.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Small. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 19.5%, then Manufacturing at 15.1%, then Human health and social work activities at 14.4%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 34.6%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 24.1%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 23.3%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 18%. Tenure: Rented: social rented at 32.2%, then Owned: owns outright at 30.3%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 18.8%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 18.8%.

The largest occupation group is Skilled trades occupations at 14.7% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 54.8% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in Wales include Penarth, Pontypool, Pontypridd.