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Electoral wardE05013371

Fairlee & Whippingham ward, Isle of Wight

Fairlee & Whippingham is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,894 residents in 1,725 households — 268 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.

Residents, 20213,894council ward average 3,602
Households1,7252.26 residents per household
Density268/ km²about 14.54 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+33.2%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 142
5–94.4% · 171
10–155.5% · 215
16–193.2% · 124
20–243.7% · 145
25–349.5% · 369
35–4914.9% · 580
50–6421.9% · 854
65–7416.1% · 628
75–8412.3% · 478
85+4.8% · 188

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.9% · 275
1 car or van45.2% · 780
2 cars or vans27.3% · 472
3 or more11.6% · 200
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright50.7% · 874
With mortgage25.5% · 440
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented5.7% · 99
Private rented17.9% · 308

Type of home

Detached house36.7% · 634
Semi-detached house26.6% · 460
Terraced house17.8% · 307
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 153
Converted house1.9% · 33
Other conversion0.6% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile7.2% · 125
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013371
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
32 of 39

Parishes in the ward

Newport and CarisbrookeWhippingham

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% owned4,044EEast Cowes28.5% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned4,004FFreshwater 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.