Isle of Wight

Unitary Authority in South East England

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Isle of Wight	Unitary Authority	132,731	138,265	140,459	141,660
Bembridge	Ward	3,848	3,688	3,560	3,542	→
Binstead & Fishbourne	Ward	3,468	3,506	3,534	3,511	→
Brading & St Helens	Ward	3,368	3,247	3,415	3,324	→
Brighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet	Ward	3,070	3,094	3,064	3,052	→
Carisbrooke & Gunville	Ward	3,623	3,547	3,595	3,713	→
Central Rural	Ward	3,524	3,507	3,553	3,578	→
Chale, Niton & Shorwell	Ward	3,413	3,391	3,459	3,488	→
Cowes Medina	Ward	4,340	4,477	4,614	4,679	→
Cowes North	Ward	3,142	3,183	2,773	2,857	→
Cowes South & Northwood	Ward	2,772	3,427	3,381	3,416	→
Cowes West & Gurnard	Ward	3,327	3,311	4,044	4,003	→
East Cowes	Ward	3,577	3,956	4,004	4,024	→
Fairlee & Whippingham	Ward	3,590	3,713	3,894	3,986	→
Freshwater North & Yarmouth	Ward	2,772	2,731	3,079	3,052	→
Freshwater South	Ward	3,416	3,459	3,654	3,626	→
Haylands & Swanmore	Ward	3,502	3,534	3,713	3,644	→
Lake North	Ward	3,757	3,871	3,456	3,458	→
Lake South	Ward	3,216	3,189	3,397	3,393	→
Mountjoy & Shide	Ward	3,641	3,781	3,850	3,974	→
Nettlestone & Seaview	Ward	2,833	2,549	2,522	2,406	→
Newchurch, Havenstreet & Ashey	Ward	3,322	3,359	3,394	3,506	→
Newport Central	Ward	3,129	3,746	3,732	3,880	→
Newport West	Ward	2,560	3,423	3,575	3,600	→
Osborne	Ward	2,590	3,358	4,425	4,386	→
Pan & Barton	Ward	2,770	2,745	4,241	4,789	→
Parkhurst & Hunnyhill	Ward	4,984	5,328	4,337	4,526	→
Ryde Appley & Elmfield	Ward	3,434	3,811	3,827	3,800	→
Ryde Monktonmead	Ward	3,688	3,748	3,758	3,796	→
Ryde North West	Ward	4,101	4,249	4,276	4,214	→
Ryde South East	Ward	2,098	2,649	2,505	2,537	→
Ryde West	Ward	2,970	3,256	3,229	3,259	→
Sandown North	Ward	3,458	3,479	3,532	3,584	→
Sandown South	Ward	3,091	3,706	3,597	3,712	→
Shanklin Central	Ward	3,669	3,940	3,991	3,979	→
Shanklin South	Ward	3,008	3,189	3,255	3,256	→
Totland & Colwell	Ward	3,901	3,912	3,557	3,644	→
Ventnor & St Lawrence	Ward	3,754	3,546	3,270	3,190	→
Wootton Bridge	Ward	3,618	3,477	3,387	3,378	→
Wroxall, Lowtherville & Bonchurch	Ward	4,388	4,183	4,004	3,898	→
South East England	Region	8,000,645	8,634,750	9,278,065	9,642,942

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Explanation: Wards as at May 2025. All area and population figures of wards are based on output areas. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual ward boundaries that are depicted in the map.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	68,623
Females	73,037

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	23,351
18-64 years	75,566
65+ years	42,743

Age Distribution (E 2024)
80+ years	11,960
70-79 years	20,174
60-69 years	22,027
50-59 years	20,230
40-49 years	14,671
30-39 years	14,794
20-29 years	11,976
10-19 years	14,087
0-9 years	11,741

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	131,851
EU	3,964
Europe (other)	468
Middle East & Asia	1,804
Africa	1,186
Other country	1,186

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	136,219
Asian	1,663
Black	478
Arab	88
Mixed/multiple	1,720
Other ethnic group	291

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	67,005
Muslims	593
Hindus	257
Sikhs	39
Buddhists	499
Jews	136
Other religion	1,111
No religion	61,721

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Isle of Wight unitary authority