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Sandown South ward, Isle of Wight

Sandown South is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,597 residents in 1,692 households — 2,731 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight East constituency.

Residents, 20213,597council ward average 3,602
Households1,6922.13 residents per household
Density2,731/ km²about 1.32 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+26.4%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 155
5–94.5% · 162
10–156.0% · 216
16–193.8% · 136
20–245.0% · 179
25–3411.4% · 410
35–4915.9% · 573
50–6422.6% · 814
65–7414.1% · 507
75–849.3% · 333
85+3.1% · 111

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.2% · 427
1 car or van48.7% · 825
2 cars or vans19.7% · 334
3 or more6.3% · 107
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.1% · 592
With mortgage19.6% · 330
Shared ownership3.3% · 55
Social rented12.6% · 212
Private rented29.5% · 498

Type of home

Detached house17.8% · 302
Semi-detached house26.0% · 440
Terraced house17.0% · 288
Purpose-built flat23.0% · 389
Converted house8.2% · 138
Other conversion3.7% · 63
Above shop / office3.2% · 54
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 18
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.