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Electoral wardE05013370

East Cowes ward, Isle of Wight

East Cowes is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,004 residents in 1,809 households — 1,872 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.

Residents, 20214,004council ward average 3,602
Households1,8092.21 residents per household
Density1,872/ km²about 2.14 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+28.5%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 189
5–95.6% · 224
10–156.5% · 261
16–193.5% · 139
20–244.2% · 168
25–3410.0% · 402
35–4916.7% · 669
50–6420.3% · 812
65–7415.6% · 625
75–8410.0% · 401
85+2.8% · 114

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.0% · 326
1 car or van46.5% · 842
2 cars or vans27.4% · 496
3 or more8.1% · 146
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.9% · 776
With mortgage26.4% · 477
Shared ownership1.9% · 35
Social rented6.7% · 122
Private rented22.0% · 398

Type of home

Detached house32.1% · 581
Semi-detached house30.5% · 552
Terraced house23.7% · 428
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 142
Converted house2.4% · 44
Other conversion0.6% · 10
Above shop / office1.7% · 30
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 22
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013370
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
14 of 39

Parishes in the ward

East 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 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% owned4,044FFairlee & 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.