Bembridge & Nettlestone

Isle of Wight · South East · population 7,206 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,384 of 6,856 in England
  • #599 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 18 in Isle of Wight
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,326
Median age (est.)61
Density446per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above33%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 6%25–44 13%45–64 28%65+ 43%

Tenure

Own outright: 62%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 62%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 5%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 17%Lone parent: 7%Other: 26%
One person 33%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 17%Lone parent 7%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 34% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bembridge & Nettlestone is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,384 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 18 in Isle of Wight. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (85) but weak on Housing & access (15). Typical homes here sold for about £362,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 143 sales), 39% above the wider Isle of Wight median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,410 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 76 · #1,657
Employment 60 · #2,726
Education 71 · #2,007
Health 48 · #3,542
Crime 85 · #1,033
Housing & access 15 · #5,804
Living environment 66 · #2,329

House prices ?

£362,500median (12m) · -11.6% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£362,500143-11.6%+11.5%
Detached£480,00070+0.8%+25.2%
Semi-detached£320,00035-10.2%+7.2%
Terraced£315,00017-18.2%+8.6%
Flat£260,00021+20.9%-0.8%
This area£362,500
Isle of Wight£260,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,410±£5,521 · #3,895 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,939
Price-to-income ?9.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 326 offences
Isle of Wight73
South East71
England83

Rank #1,693 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences115
Theft133
Burglary11
Vehicle crime2
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons29
Drugs3
Robbery3
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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