Newport Central & Parkhurst West

Isle of Wight · South East · population 7,517 · 5 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,290 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,021 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 18 in Isle of Wight
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,412
Median age (est.)39
Density997per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above24%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 14%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 38%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure14%
Elementary13%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 39% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Newport Central & Parkhurst West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,290 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 18 in Isle of Wight. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (53) and lowest on Health (13). Typical homes here sold for about £188,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 109 sales), 28% below the wider Isle of Wight median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,237 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 170 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,208
Employment 22 · #5,352
Education 25 · #5,126
Health 13 · #5,941
Crime 24 · #5,194
Housing & access 53 · #3,240
Living environment 46 · #3,727

House prices ?

£188,000median (12m) · +13.9% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£188,000109+13.9%+22.1%
Detached£290,0005+7.4%
Semi-detached£243,00015-2.8%+16.8%
Terraced£192,50067+10.0%+21.1%
Flat£116,00022+0.9%+24.7%
This area£188,000
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)£36,237±£5,116 · #4,629 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,467
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

170 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,281 offences
Isle of Wight73
South East71
England83

Rank #6,043 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences462
Theft399
Burglary20
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson96
Public order & weapons194
Drugs64
Robbery13
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 161 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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