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Electoral wardE05013381

Newport West ward, Isle of Wight

Newport West is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,575 residents in 1,528 households — 2,910 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.

Residents, 20213,575council ward average 3,602
Households1,5282.34 residents per household
Density2,910/ km²about 1.23 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+21.2%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 201
5–96.7% · 240
10–158.0% · 287
16–194.3% · 155
20–243.5% · 125
25–3412.2% · 437
35–4919.2% · 688
50–6419.2% · 685
65–7411.1% · 398
75–847.1% · 255
85+2.9% · 104

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.6% · 269
1 car or van44.4% · 678
2 cars or vans29.2% · 446
3 or more8.8% · 135
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.2% · 615
With mortgage33.2% · 508
Shared ownership1.8% · 27
Social rented7.9% · 121
Private rented16.9% · 258

Type of home

Detached house33.3% · 508
Semi-detached house30.8% · 470
Terraced house23.4% · 358
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 188
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013381
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
8 of 39

Parishes in the ward

Newport and Carisbrooke

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 Central20.3% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned3,733

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.