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Brading & St Helens ward, Isle of Wight

Brading & St Helens is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,413 residents in 1,570 households — 211 people per km², the 27th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight East constituency.

Residents, 20213,413council ward average 3,602
Households1,5702.17 residents per household
Density211/ km²about 16.15 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+33.0%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.4% · 117
5–94.7% · 160
10–156.1% · 209
16–193.7% · 128
20–243.2% · 108
25–347.3% · 248
35–4914.7% · 501
50–6423.9% · 817
65–7418.3% · 625
75–8410.6% · 363
85+4.1% · 141

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.2% · 239
1 car or van46.1% · 724
2 cars or vans27.2% · 426
3 or more11.5% · 180
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Isle of Wight overall: 67.7% owned, 10.9% social rented, 20.7% private rented.

Owned outright51.4% · 805
With mortgage22.3% · 350
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented10.8% · 169
Private rented15.1% · 237

Type of home

Detached house39.5% · 620
Semi-detached house34.0% · 534
Terraced house15.7% · 247
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 93
Converted house3.4% · 54
Other conversion0.8% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 5
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.