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Electoral wardE05013365

Chale, Niton & Shorwell ward, Isle of Wight

Chale, Niton & Shorwell is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,459 residents in 1,594 households — 84 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.

Residents, 20213,459council ward average 3,602
Households1,5942.17 residents per household
Density84/ km²about 41.08 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+34.9%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 12.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.0% · 103
5–94.4% · 153
10–154.6% · 161
16–193.3% · 115
20–243.2% · 110
25–346.5% · 226
35–4914.0% · 484
50–6426.0% · 901
65–7419.1% · 663
75–8410.6% · 366
85+5.2% · 181

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.0% · 191
1 car or van38.6% · 616
2 cars or vans31.8% · 507
3 or more17.7% · 282
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright54.5% · 869
With mortgage22.6% · 360
Shared ownership0.8% · 12
Social rented9.9% · 158
Private rented12.2% · 195

Type of home

Detached house57.4% · 915
Semi-detached house29.1% · 464
Terraced house6.0% · 95
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 65
Converted house1.3% · 21
Other conversion0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 22
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013365
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
37 of 39

Parishes in the ward

ChaleNiton and WhitwellShorwell

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet39.3% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned3,064CCarisbrooke & Gunville22.7% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned3,595CCentral Rural32.4% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned3,555CCowes 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

All 39 wards of Isle of Wight

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.