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Shanklin Central ward, Isle of Wight

Shanklin Central is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,992 residents in 1,826 households — 3,181 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight East constituency.

Residents, 20213,992council ward average 3,602
Households1,8262.19 residents per household
Density3,181/ km²about 1.26 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+31.7%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 144
5–95.0% · 199
10–155.0% · 201
16–192.6% · 104
20–244.0% · 160
25–349.0% · 359
35–4914.6% · 583
50–6424.4% · 975
65–7417.6% · 703
75–849.9% · 394
85+4.2% · 167

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.9% · 455
1 car or van41.3% · 755
2 cars or vans22.6% · 413
3 or more11.2% · 204
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.9% · 857
With mortgage20.4% · 373
Shared ownership0.7% · 13
Social rented7.2% · 131
Private rented24.8% · 452

Type of home

Detached house35.7% · 652
Semi-detached house25.4% · 464
Terraced house4.5% · 82
Purpose-built flat21.2% · 387
Converted house9.6% · 175
Other conversion1.8% · 32
Above shop / office1.7% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.