Area type
Unitary Authority
Population Density
371
Population growth
0.4%
Gender ratio
0.94 male to female
english main language
98%
birth rate
7.0
death rate
13.2
Major religion
51% Other
Urbanisation
68%
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The population of Isle of Wight is 140,889 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. Isle of Wight's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.4% per year. Isle of Wight covers an area of 380 square kilometres (147 square miles) and has a population density of 371 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Isle of Wight is predominantly white (97%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 3% of the population.
The median average age in Isle of Wight in 2021 was 51.5, with over 18s representing 86.2% of the population. The sex ratio was 94.1 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, the urban population of Isle of Wight was approximately 93,566 or 68%, while the rural population was around 44,699 or 32%.
The largest religious group in Isle of Wight is Others who account for 51% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 98.1% of people in Isle of Wight, and spoken either well or very well by 2% of the population. 0.2% reported having poor English language skills.
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The population of Isle of Wight is 140,889 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in Isle of Wight grew by an estimated -1,407 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
Isle of Wight's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.4%, which is 0.2% higher than the average population growth rate in Isle of Wight for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.2%).
Isle of Wight covers an area of 380 square kilometres (147 square miles) and has a population density of 371 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 48.5% of Isle of Wight's 140,889 population, while females made up 51.5% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 94.099 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Isle of Wight, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 121,458.
Isle of Wight's age structure shows the working-age population to be 80,158 which is 56.9% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 13.8% of the population, and over 65s represent 29.3% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .
Isle of Wight's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Isle of Wight was 51.5 years in 2019.
Of the Isle of Wight population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.0 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Isle of Wight is 82 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Isle of Wight has a life expectancy of 83 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 80 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in Isle of Wight has risen by 2 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 80 years to a life expectancy of 82 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 79.6 | 83.4 | 81.5 |
| 01-04 | 79.1 | 82.7 | 80.9 |
| 05-09 | 75.1 | 78.7 | 76.9 |
| 10-14 | 70.1 | 73.7 | 71.9 |
| 15-19 | 65.1 | 68.7 | 66.9 |
| 20-24 | 60.1 | 63.9 | 62.0 |
| 25-29 | 55.3 | 59.0 | 57.2 |
| 30-34 | 50.5 | 54.1 | 52.3 |
| 35-39 | 45.8 | 49.2 | 47.5 |
| 40-44 | 41.2 | 44.3 | 42.8 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Isle of Wight is predominantly white (97.0%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 3.0% of the population.
Mixed people were the largest minority group in Isle of Wight accounting for 1.2% of the population.
478 or 0% of the Isle of Wight population are black according to the latest 2021 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
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According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within Isle of Wight is Others, accounting for 51.3% of the population.
Isle of Wight has a Muslim population of 593 which is 0.4% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics