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Find your town in Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight has 10 towns of 2,500 or more and 23 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

10graded towns
0grade A− or better
23villages and smaller places
Newportlargest · 25,396
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Isle of Wight at a glance

What Isle of Wight is like

The typical Isle of Wight town grades highest on walkability and outdoors against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Isle of Wight town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
How Isle of Wight’s towns grade overall10 graded towns
B1C2D7

0 of 10 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

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10 towns · ordered by Isle of Wight rank

B

Bembridge

Town · 3,564 people · #932 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA−SafetyLowestD−Cost of living
C

Cowes

Town · 14,366 people · #1,526 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB−SafetyLowestD−Cost of living
C−

Wootton

Town · 3,103 people · #1,724 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB+WalkabilityBHealthLowestD−Cost of living
D

East Cowes

Town · 8,424 people · #1,912 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityC+HealthLowestDJobs & income
D

Ventnor

Town · 5,566 people · #1,959 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityAHazard riskLowestD−Jobs & income
D−

Ryde

Large town · 24,094 people · #2,080 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityCHealthLowestDSafety
D−

Freshwater and Totland

Town · 7,523 people · #2,095 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityCHealthLowestD−Schools
D−

Newport

Large town · 25,396 people · #2,098 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA+WalkabilityC+Hazard riskLowestDSafety
D−

Shanklin

Town · 9,112 people · #2,103 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityAHazard riskLowestD−Schools
D−

Sandown

Town · 11,652 people · #2,120 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB−Hazard riskLowestD−Schools
Villages and small towns

23 smaller places in Isle of Wight

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

16 places under 1,000 people

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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