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PO30 2EQ

Fairlee & Whippingham · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Fairlee & Whippingham
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Postcode district
PO30
Postcode sector
PO30 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO30 2BX 58 m
PO30 2EA 90 m
PO30 2DA 126 m
PO30 2BZ 133 m
PO30 2QR 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO30 2EQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO30
Postcode sector
PO30 2
Latitude
50.701668
Longitude
-1.289463
British National Grid easting
450,274
British National Grid northing
89,356

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Electoral ward
Fairlee & Whippingham · E05013371
Parish or community
E04001323
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087424
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 008B · E01017311
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 008 · E02003588

Postcode source versions

Explore PO30

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
3

  1. Medina House School

    Community special school

    355 m

  2. Barton Primary School

    Community school

    386 m

  3. The Isle of Wight College

    Further education

    701 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,059
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,325
  • Shoplifting 433
  • Public order 326
  • Anti social behaviour 243
  • Criminal damage and arson 207

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

14 female, 19 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
1.7
PO30 2 residents
7,291

Age bands in PO30 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

1,333 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

781 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.2%

1,910 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.6%

1,721 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

1,539 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO30 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • NEWPORT HEALTH CENTRE

    22 CARISBROOKE HIGH STREET, CARISBROOKE, NEWPORT, PO30 1NR

    ODS code J84011

    2.0 km

  • SOLENT NHS TRUST T/A MEDINA HEALTHCARE

    BRANNON WAY, WOOTTON BRIDGE, RYDE, PO33 4NW

    ODS code J84017

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hillside

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

  • Hillside

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

  • Broadlands House

    BCT · Staplers

    0.1 miles

  • Hogs Head

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

  • Robin Hood Street

    BCT · Barton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 008B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,323 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Medina House School is the nearest published school at 355 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,059 published events cover 12 months, averaging 254.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,325 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.