East Cowes & Osborne

Isle of Wight · South East · population 7,590 · 4 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,426 of 6,856 in England
  • #917 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 18 in Isle of Wight
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,709
Median age (est.)48
Density697per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above25%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 26%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 16%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 33%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service10%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 46% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

East Cowes & Osborne is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,426 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 18 in Isle of Wight. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Health (26). Typical homes here sold for about £250,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 95 sales), in line with the wider Isle of Wight median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,200 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 63 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 36 · #4,420
Employment 29 · #4,879
Education 26 · #5,057
Health 26 · #5,071
Crime 62 · #2,624
Housing & access 30 · #4,797
Living environment 85 · #1,013

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +8.7% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,00095+8.7%+16.8%
Detached£312,50016-3.8%+15.7%
Semi-detached£260,00039+6.1%+29.4%
Terraced£222,00025+6.2%+2.7%
Flat£164,00015+31.2%+36.7%
This area£250,000
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)£36,200±£5,169 · #4,640 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,935
Price-to-income ?6.9×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 480 offences
Isle of Wight73
South East71
England83

Rank #3,080 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences233
Theft109
Burglary12
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons55
Drugs17
Robbery1
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 80 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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