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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003594

Sandown & Brading

Sandown & Brading is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,301 residents in Isle of Wight. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Isle of Wight
9,301

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,236

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

502.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.4%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Horncastle, East Lindsey7,554 residents · 65.0% owned · 17.6% no carUnderhill & The Grove, Dorset6,196 residents · 53.3% owned · 23.4% no carMarch East, Fenland7,659 residents · 59.2% owned · 21.2% no carBrightlingsea & Point Clear, Tendring8,908 residents · 74.0% owned · 14.5% no carNorth Walsham West, North Norfolk6,194 residents · 66.8% owned · 18.2% no carAppledore & Northam North, Torridge5,981 residents · 68.9% owned · 18.5% no car

Most similar within Isle of Wight

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ventnor & Wroxall, Isle of Wight7,275 residents · 66.0% owned · 23.2% no carEast Cowes & Osborne, Isle of Wight7,707 residents · 64.3% owned · 17.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sandown & Brading

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned63.7%
2,699 households
Private rented23.8%
1,009 households
Social rented10.9%
461 households
Shared ownership1.5%
65 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached28.5%
1,206 households
Detached27.7%
1,174 households
Terraced16.5%
700 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.1%
638 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.9%
294 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
97 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.1%
88 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.9%
40 households
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.9%
1,985 households
2 cars or vans in household22.7%
960 households
No cars or vans in household21.7%
918 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
373 households
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms39%
1,651 households
3 bedrooms34.8%
1,474 households
4 or more bedrooms15%
634 households
1 bedroom11.2%
475 households
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.8%
2,491 households
One-person household34.6%
1,466 households
Other household types6.6%
279 households
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38%
1,609 households
1 person in household34.6%
1,466 households
3 people in household13.6%
578 households
4 people in household8.9%
378 households
5 people in household3.2%
136 households
6 people in household1%
43 households
7 people in household0.4%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.4%
1,250 residents
15–2914.6%
1,356 residents
30–4414.8%
1,379 residents
45–6428.9%
2,683 residents
65 and over28.3%
2,630 residents
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
9,060 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
109 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
83 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
25 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
23 residents
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.6%
1,800 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.4%
1,780 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,394 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
1,167 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
995 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.6%
602 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
224 residents aged 16 and over
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.8%
3,963 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive49%
3,900 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
99 residents aged 16 and over
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations17.4%
1,388 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.9%
1,342 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.4%
1,144 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.3%
1,062 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
826 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.4%
749 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.3%
581 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
328 residents aged 16 and over
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.4%
3,574 residents
Good health36.7%
3,417 residents
Fair health17.1%
1,588 residents
Bad health5.9%
547 residents
Very bad health1.9%
175 residents
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.7%
6,951 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.3%
2,350 residents
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39%
1,654 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.4%
1,584 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.2%
770 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
214 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
14 households
Sandown & Brading · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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