Brighstone & Shalfleet

Isle of Wight · South East · population 5,244 · 4 LSOAs

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

42Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,981 of 6,856 in England
  • #860 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 18 in Isle of Wight
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,259
Median age (est.)57
Density58per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 7%25–44 15%45–64 32%65+ 35%

Tenure

Own outright: 57%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 57%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 5%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 6%Other: 25%
One person 28%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 6%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Brighstone & Shalfleet is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,981 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 18 in Isle of Wight. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (75) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 51 sales), 40% above the wider Isle of Wight median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,963 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 66 · #2,322
Employment 59 · #2,836
Education 54 · #3,117
Health 49 · #3,480
Crime 75 · #1,712
Housing & access 3 · #6,627
Living environment 9 · #6,229

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,000510.0%+5.8%
Detached£405,00031-5.8%+8.4%
Semi-detached£332,50012+12.7%+21.6%
Terraced£270,0008+13.7%+38.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£365,000
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)£37,963±£5,416 · #4,054 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,115
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 155 offences
Isle of Wight73
South East71
England83

Rank #379 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences90
Theft10
Burglary10
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons14
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 25 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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