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Electoral wardE05013362
Brighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet ward, Isle of Wight
Brighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,064 residents in 1,446 households — 56 people per km², the 36th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.
Residents, 20213,064council ward average 3,602
Households1,4462.12 residents per household
Density56/ km²about 55.01 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+39.3%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 10.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–41.9% · 59
5–93.9% · 118
10–154.3% · 133
16–192.9% · 88
20–242.5% · 77
25–345.9% · 180
35–4912.3% · 378
50–6427.0% · 827
65–7420.8% · 637
75–8413.3% · 407
85+5.2% · 160
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.2% · 148
1 car or van40.0% · 578
2 cars or vans33.5% · 485
3 or more16.3% · 235
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Isle of Wight overall: 67.7% owned, 10.9% social rented, 20.7% private rented.
Owned outright58.8% · 849
With mortgage20.7% · 299
Shared ownership1.2% · 17
Social rented7.3% · 105
Private rented12.1% · 175
Type of home
Detached house68.7% · 993
Semi-detached house20.9% · 302
Terraced house5.8% · 84
Purpose-built flat0.8% · 12
Converted house1.5% · 22
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 7
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 23
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013362- Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 39 of 39
Parishes in the ward
BrighstoneCalbourne, Newtown and PorchfieldShalfleet
Other wards in the same constituency
CCarisbrooke & Gunville22.7% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned3,595CCentral Rural32.4% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned3,555CChale, Niton & Shorwell34.9% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned3,459CCowes Medina16.5% aged 65+ · 60.7% owned4,614CCowes North24.7% aged 65+ · 59.2% owned2,773CCowes South & Northwood27.6% aged 65+ · 82.0% owned3,381CCowes West & Gurnard33.9% aged 65+ · 80.6% owned4,044EEast Cowes28.5% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned4,004FFairlee & Whippingham33.2% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned3,894FFreshwater North & Yarmouth43.5% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned3,080FFreshwater South38.9% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned3,655MMountjoy & Shide23.2% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned3,850NNewport Central20.3% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned3,733NNewport West21.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned3,575
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.