Yarmouth & Freshwater

Isle of Wight · South East · population 9,844 · 6 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,509 of 6,856 in England
  • #925 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 18 in Isle of Wight
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,695
Median age (est.)60
Density353per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 7%25–44 14%45–64 28%65+ 41%

Tenure

Own outright: 54%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 54%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 9%Other: 24%
One person 36%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 9%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure14%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional11%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

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 54% · No religion 38% · 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

Yarmouth & Freshwater is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,509 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 18 in Isle of Wight. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (60) and lowest on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 167 sales), 23% above the wider Isle of Wight median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,182 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 49 · #3,515
Employment 33 · #4,618
Education 31 · #4,755
Health 33 · #4,605
Crime 58 · #2,911
Housing & access 5 · #6,483
Living environment 60 · #2,733

House prices ?

£320,000median (12m) · +7.6% yr · n=167
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£320,000167+7.6%+20.8%
Detached£431,74674+2.8%+12.9%
Semi-detached£267,50044-6.6%+16.3%
Terraced£247,00017+7.4%+11.5%
Flat£181,00032+14.9%+12.4%
This area£320,000
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)£34,182±£4,929 · #5,291 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,843
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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 506 offences
Isle of Wight73
South East71
England83

Rank #2,227 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft54
Burglary19
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons80
Drugs24
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 81 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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