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Shanklin South ward, Isle of Wight

Shanklin South is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,255 residents in 1,616 households — 652 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight East constituency.

Residents, 20213,255council ward average 3,602
Households1,6162.01 residents per household
Density652/ km²about 4.99 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+34.0%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 11.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 120
5–94.0% · 130
10–153.8% · 125
16–192.7% · 87
20–244.0% · 129
25–348.6% · 279
35–4912.9% · 420
50–6426.4% · 859
65–7418.4% · 600
75–8411.3% · 367
85+4.2% · 138

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.4% · 426
1 car or van46.9% · 758
2 cars or vans20.7% · 334
3 or more6.1% · 98
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.6% · 769
With mortgage17.3% · 280
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented3.3% · 53
Private rented31.7% · 513

Type of home

Detached house27.0% · 436
Semi-detached house19.2% · 311
Terraced house5.4% · 88
Purpose-built flat25.0% · 404
Converted house11.1% · 180
Other conversion5.9% · 95
Above shop / office6.1% · 99
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
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.