Housing in PO31 7HU
What the homes in PO31 7HU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Cowes Central
- Council
- Isle of Wight
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,230 (2024)
PO31 7HUCowes
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (29.2%). Flats make up 41.7%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
62.1% of households in the PO31 7HU area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 29.5% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 43.4% own outright and 18.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned62.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented29.5%20.5%
- Social rented7.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.8 people living in it. 46% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (23.6%). 11.8% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Isle of Wight
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Isle of Wight (August 2026, +7.2% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around PO31 7HU (Cowes Central) (about 2,230 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.