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Electoral wardE05013366

Cowes Medina ward, Isle of Wight

Cowes Medina is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,614 residents in 1,986 households — 7,459 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.

Residents, 20214,614council ward average 3,602
Households1,9862.32 residents per household
Density7,459/ km²about 0.62 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+16.5%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 258
5–96.6% · 306
10–158.2% · 377
16–194.2% · 194
20–245.1% · 234
25–3414.2% · 654
35–4919.2% · 886
50–6420.4% · 942
65–749.3% · 428
75–845.5% · 252
85+1.8% · 83

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.7% · 392
1 car or van49.9% · 992
2 cars or vans23.2% · 462
3 or more7.1% · 142
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.6% · 590
With mortgage31.0% · 617
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented13.1% · 260
Private rented25.8% · 514
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house8.9% · 177
Semi-detached house39.5% · 787
Terraced house39.0% · 776
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 191
Converted house2.2% · 43
Other conversion0.6% · 11
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013366
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
1 of 39

Parishes in the ward

Cowes

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% owned3,555CChale, Niton & Shorwell34.9% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned3,459CCowes 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.