Isle of Wight

Unitary County 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
Isle of Wight	Unitary County	132,731	138,265	140,459
Bembridge	Ward	3,848	3,688	3,560	→
Binstead & Fishbourne	Ward	3,468	3,506	3,534	→
Brading & St Helens	Ward	3,368	3,247	3,415	→
Brighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet	Ward	3,070	3,094	3,064	→
Carisbrooke & Gunville	Ward	3,623	3,547	3,595	→
Central Rural	Ward	3,524	3,507	3,553	→
Chale, Niton & Shorwell	Ward	3,413	3,391	3,459	→
Cowes Medina	Ward	4,340	4,477	4,614	→
Cowes North	Ward	3,142	3,183	2,773	→
Cowes South & Northwood	Ward	2,772	3,427	3,381	→
Cowes West & Gurnard	Ward	3,327	3,311	4,044	→
East Cowes	Ward	3,577	3,956	4,004	→
Fairlee & Whippingham	Ward	3,590	3,713	3,894	→
Freshwater North & Yarmouth	Ward	2,772	2,731	3,079	→
Freshwater South	Ward	3,416	3,459	3,654	→
Haylands & Swanmore	Ward	3,502	3,534	3,713	→
Lake North	Ward	3,757	3,871	3,456	→
Lake South	Ward	3,216	3,189	3,397	→
Mountjoy & Shide	Ward	3,641	3,781	3,850	→
Nettlestone & Seaview	Ward	2,833	2,549	2,522	→
Newchurch, Havenstreet & Ashey	Ward	3,322	3,359	3,394	→
Newport Central	Ward	3,129	3,746	3,732	→
Newport West	Ward	2,560	3,423	3,575	→
Osborne	Ward	2,590	3,358	4,425	→
Pan & Barton	Ward	2,770	2,745	4,241	→
Parkhurst & Hunnyhill	Ward	4,984	5,328	4,337	→
Ryde Appley & Elmfield	Ward	3,434	3,811	3,827	→
Ryde Monktonmead	Ward	3,688	3,748	3,758	→
Ryde North West	Ward	4,101	4,249	4,276	→
Ryde South East	Ward	2,098	2,649	2,505	→
Ryde West	Ward	2,970	3,256	3,229	→
Sandown North	Ward	3,458	3,479	3,532	→
Sandown South	Ward	3,091	3,706	3,597	→
Shanklin Central	Ward	3,669	3,940	3,991	→
Shanklin South	Ward	3,008	3,189	3,255	→
Totland & Colwell	Ward	3,901	3,912	3,557	→
Ventnor & St Lawrence	Ward	3,754	3,546	3,270	→
Wootton Bridge	Ward	3,618	3,477	3,387	→
Wroxall, Lowtherville & Bonchurch	Ward	4,388	4,183	4,004	→
South East England	Region	8,000,645	8,634,750	9,278,065

Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Explanation: Wards as at December 2022. 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 (C 2021)
Males	68,089
Females	72,370

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	23,641
18-64 years	75,797
65+ years	41,021

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	12,415
10-19 years	13,441
20-29 years	12,651
30-39 years	14,104
40-49 years	14,912
50-59 years	21,379
60-69 years	20,991
70-79 years	19,893
80-89 years	8,681
90+ years	1,992

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)
Christian	67,005
Muslim	593
Hindu	257
Sikh	39
Buddhist	499
Jewish	136
Other religion	1,111
No religion	61,721

Located in:

Isle of Wight unitary county