PO30 2QS

Fairlee & Whippingham · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 2DN 105 m
PO30 2EH 130 m
PO30 5YH 194 m
PO30 2EE 278 m
PO30 5UX 288 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO30 2QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO30
Postcode sector
PO30 2
Latitude
50.706669
Longitude
-1.289529
British National Grid easting
450,264
British National Grid northing
89,912

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. The Isle of Wight College

    Further education

    499 m
  2. Summerfields Primary School

    Community school

    703 m
  3. Medina House School

    Community special school

    712 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,925
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,273
  • Shoplifting 434
  • Public order 305
  • Anti social behaviour 233
  • Criminal damage and arson 196

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

    2.3 km

  • SOLENT NHS TRUST T/A MEDINA HEALTHCARE

    BRANNON WAY, WOOTTON BRIDGE, RYDE, PO33 4NW

    ODS code J84017

    4.6 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

  • Seaclose

    BCT · Fairlee

    0.2 miles
  • Seaclose

    BCT · Fairlee

    0.2 miles
  • Bernard Way

    BCT · Newport

    0.2 miles
  • Bishops Way

    BCT · Newport

    0.3 miles
  • Hillside

    BCT · Newport

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. The Isle of Wight College is the nearest published school at 499 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,925 published events cover 12 months, averaging 243.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,273 events.

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