PO30 4LU

Brighstone, Calbourne & Shalfleet · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newport
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Postcode district
PO30
Postcode sector
PO30 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO30 4LT 287 m
PO30 4LX 474 m
PO30 4LS 706 m
PO30 4LH 811 m
PO30 4LW 841 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO30 4LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO30
Postcode sector
PO30 4
Latitude
50.712936
Longitude
-1.360862
British National Grid easting
445,221
British National Grid northing
90,563

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001298
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087333
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 013A · E01017290
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 013 · E02003593

Postcode source versions

Explore PO30

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brook Cottage, New Road, Porchfield, Newport, PO30 4LU 14 November 2002 £233,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. Carisbrooke College

    Academy converter

    3.7 km
  2. Lionheart School

    Pupil referral unit

    4.0 km
  3. Hunnyhill Ormiston Academy

    Academy converter

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Public order 4
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO30 4 residents
2,897

Age bands in PO30 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.5%

291 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.4%

197 residents

Age 25 to 44
13.3%

408 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

946 residents

Age 65 and over
39.9%

1,223 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO30 4 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

1

within 5 km

  • NEWPORT HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code J84011

    4.2 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

  • Dinglers Farm

    BCT · Porchfield

    0.7 miles
  • Dinglers Farm

    BCT · Porchfield

    0.7 miles
  • Upper Watchingwell Bridleway

    BCT · Lower Watchingwell

    0.8 miles
  • Upper Watchingwell Bridleway

    BCT · Lower Watchingwell

    0.8 miles
  • Vittlefields Farm

    BCT · Porchfield

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 013A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

10,109 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Carisbrooke College is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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