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Electoral wardE05013373

Freshwater South ward, Isle of Wight

Freshwater South is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,655 residents in 1,809 households — 374 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.

Residents, 20213,655council ward average 3,602
Households1,8092.02 residents per household
Density374/ km²about 9.77 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+38.9%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 11.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.0% · 109
5–93.6% · 132
10–154.5% · 165
16–193.2% · 118
20–243.6% · 131
25–347.5% · 275
35–4912.2% · 447
50–6423.4% · 854
65–7420.1% · 736
75–8413.7% · 501
85+5.1% · 185

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.3% · 350
1 car or van48.0% · 868
2 cars or vans23.5% · 426
3 or more9.2% · 166
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright55.1% · 997
With mortgage17.4% · 315
Shared ownership0.9% · 17
Social rented10.7% · 193
Private rented15.9% · 287

Type of home

Detached house39.3% · 712
Semi-detached house33.8% · 611
Terraced house8.5% · 153
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 234
Converted house2.9% · 52
Other conversion1.3% · 23
Above shop / office1.2% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013373
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
30 of 39

Parishes in the ward

Freshwater

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% owned4,004FFairlee & Whippingham33.2% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned3,894FFreshwater North & Yarmouth43.5% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned3,080MMountjoy & 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.