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Electoral wardE05013380

Newport Central ward, Isle of Wight

Newport Central is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,733 residents in 1,963 households — 4,790 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.

Residents, 20213,733council ward average 3,602
Households1,9631.9 residents per household
Density4,790/ km²about 0.78 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+20.3%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 212
5–95.4% · 201
10–155.4% · 200
16–193.1% · 116
20–247.0% · 261
25–3418.4% · 687
35–4917.1% · 636
50–6417.7% · 661
65–7410.1% · 376
75–847.0% · 260
85+3.2% · 120

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van43.2% · 848
1 car or van42.2% · 829
2 cars or vans11.3% · 223
3 or more3.3% · 65
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.7% · 505
With mortgage17.5% · 344
Shared ownership0.5% · 9
Social rented12.0% · 235
Private rented44.4% · 873

Type of home

Detached house4.6% · 91
Semi-detached house11.6% · 228
Terraced house38.4% · 754
Purpose-built flat33.5% · 658
Converted house4.3% · 85
Other conversion1.9% · 37
Above shop / office5.0% · 98
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 13
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013380
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
4 of 39

Parishes in the ward

Newport and Carisbrooke

Council offices in this ward

CIsle Of Wight CouncilCouncil office · PO30 1UD

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% owned3,080FFreshwater South38.9% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned3,655MMountjoy & Shide23.2% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned3,850NNewport 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.