Isle of Wight county Census 2021

97.0% people are white, 1.2% people are mixed, 1.2% people are asian.
47.7% are Christian, 43.9% have no religion, 6.5% provided no answer.
44.4% households have 1 car, 25.1% households have 2 cars, 20.8% households have no car.

Isle of Wight population ethnic group

Ethnicity Share: Isle of Wight county Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Ethnicity	Isle of Wight county	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	1.2%	9.3%
Black	0.3%	4.0%
Mixed	1.2%	2.9%
Other	0.3%	2.1%
White	97.0%	81.7%

Isle of Wight population health

Health Quality Share: Isle of Wight county Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Health	Isle of Wight county	England & Wales (UK)
very good	39.9%	48.4%
good	36.9%	33.6%
average	16.4%	12.7%
poor	5.3%	4.0%
very poor	1.5%	1.2%

Isle of Wight population religion

Religion Share: Isle of Wight county Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Religion	Isle of Wight county	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.4%	0.5%
Christian	47.7%	46.2%
Hindu	0.2%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	0.4%	6.5%
No answer	6.5%	6.0%
No religion	43.9%	37.2%
Other	0.0%	0.9%
Sikh	0.8%	0.6%

Isle of Wight population economic activity

Economic Activity Share: Isle of Wight county Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Economic activity	Isle of Wight county	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	37.2%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.4%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.9%	7.9%
Empl. student	0.9%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.0%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	8.3%	7.3%
Retired	33.2%	21.6%
Student, no work	3.4%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.6%	2.8%

Isle of Wight car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.25 cars per household in Isle of Wight county. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of Cars in a Household Share: Isle of Wight county Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Number of cars in a household	Isle of Wight county	England & Wales (UK)
No car	20.8%	23.3%
1 car	44.4%	41.3%
2 cars	25.1%	26.2%
3+ cars	9.7%	9.2%

Isle of Wight household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).