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Brading & St Helens · Isle of Wight

Brading & St Helens: your neighbourhood

Brading & St Helens electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

Homes rented privately: 15% here, compared with 21% across Isle of Wight (5.5 percentage points lower).

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 65 or over: 33% here, compared with 29.2% across Isle of Wight (3.8 percentage points higher).

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 21.5% here, compared with 18.5% across Isle of Wight (3.1 percentage points higher).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

33%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,129 out of 3,417.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

6.7%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

230 out of 3,415.

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People counted in the census

3,413

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

3,413 out of 3,413.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

28.3%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

828 out of 2,929.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

55.7%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

875 out of 1,570.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

18.7%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

294 out of 1,570.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

52.3%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,535 out of 2,936.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

44.6%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,310 out of 2,936.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

4.4%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

130 out of 2,936.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

21.5%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

630 out of 2,929.

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Homes rented privately

15%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

237 out of 1,566.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

37.2%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,093 out of 2,936.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

11%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

169 out of 1,566.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

3.1%

21 March 2021 · Brading & St Helens

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

91 out of 2,936.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Brading & St Helens ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

150 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 156 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Brading & St Helens ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 20 mapped crimes in September 2024; 26 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Brading & St Helens
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024201
October 2024152
November 202470
December 202451
January 2025120
February 2025140
March 2025131
April 2025151
May 2025121
June 2025120
July 2025162
August 2025151
September 2025132
October 2025120
November 2025132
December 2025130
January 2026111
February 202682
March 2026101
April 2026120
May 2026112
June 202680
July 2026131
August 2026263
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Brading & St Helens
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime91
public order15
criminal damage arson13
other theft11
drugs8
burglary5
robbery3
vehicle crime2
other crime1
shoplifting1
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Isle of Wight →