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Electoral wardE05013396

Wootton Bridge ward, Isle of Wight

Wootton Bridge is one of 39 electoral wards of Isle of Wight Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,389 residents in 1,630 households — 488 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Isle of Wight East constituency.

Residents, 20213,389council ward average 3,602
Households1,6302.08 residents per household
Density488/ km²about 6.95 km² · Isle of Wight 370
Aged 65+36.6%Isle of Wight: 29.2% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.2% · 107
5–93.4% · 116
10–156.1% · 206
16–193.0% · 100
20–243.3% · 113
25–347.3% · 249
35–4914.6% · 495
50–6422.5% · 763
65–7417.4% · 589
75–8414.2% · 480
85+5.0% · 170

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.7% · 288
1 car or van42.8% · 696
2 cars or vans27.7% · 451
3 or more11.9% · 193
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright52.9% · 861
With mortgage22.5% · 367
Shared ownership2.6% · 43
Social rented7.1% · 115
Private rented14.9% · 242

Type of home

Detached house55.2% · 900
Semi-detached house21.3% · 348
Terraced house11.5% · 187
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 117
Converted house1.9% · 31
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.7% · 11
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 32
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013396
Constituency
Isle of Wight East
Region
South East
Density rank in council
26 of 39

Parishes in the ward

Wootton Bridge

Other wards in the same constituency

BBembridge46.0% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned3,561BBinstead & Fishbourne37.3% aged 65+ · 85.5% owned3,534BBrading & St Helens33.0% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned3,413HHaylands & Swanmore21.5% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned3,713LLake North30.2% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned3,455LLake South40.9% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned3,396NNettlestone & Seaview41.6% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned2,522NNewchurch, Havenstreet & Ashey35.7% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned3,394RRyde Appley & Elmfield29.5% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned3,827RRyde Monktonmead20.0% aged 65+ · 54.4% owned3,758RRyde North West25.9% aged 65+ · 47.3% owned4,276RRyde South East14.1% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned2,505RRyde West22.7% aged 65+ · 61.2% owned3,229SSandown North28.0% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned3,532

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.