Electoral wardE05013382
Osborne ward, Isle of Wight
Osborne is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,424 residents in 1,979 households — 1,499 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight West constituency.
Residents, 20214,424council ward average 3,602
Households1,9792.24 residents per household
Density1,499/ km²about 2.95 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+19.5%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 244
5–96.6% · 294
10–157.5% · 334
16–194.3% · 192
20–245.4% · 238
25–3413.9% · 616
35–4917.3% · 765
50–6419.8% · 878
65–7411.6% · 515
75–846.3% · 278
85+1.6% · 72
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.5% · 367
1 car or van49.9% · 987
2 cars or vans24.4% · 483
3 or more7.2% · 142
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Isle of Wight overall: 67.7% owned, 10.9% social rented, 20.7% private rented.
Owned outright25.9% · 512
With mortgage28.0% · 554
Shared ownership1.2% · 24
Social rented23.2% · 459
Private rented21.7% · 430
Type of home
Detached house11.2% · 221
Semi-detached house36.7% · 727
Terraced house29.6% · 585
Purpose-built flat19.7% · 389
Converted house1.7% · 33
Other conversion0.9% · 18
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013382- Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 17 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% owned4,044EEast 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
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.