PO31 7AA

Cowes North · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cowes
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO31 7AZ 37 m
PO31 7JD 44 m
PO31 7FQ 49 m
PO31 7XE 69 m
PO31 7DQ 70 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO31 7AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 7
Latitude
50.761186
Longitude
-1.300344
British National Grid easting
449,443
British National Grid northing
95,967

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001300
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087374
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 001A · E01017300
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 001 · E02003581

Postcode source versions

Explore PO31

25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Drake House, Flat 24, Medina Gardens, Cowes, PO31 7AA 24 October 2025 £350,000
Drake House, Flat 26, Medina Gardens, Cowes, PO31 7AA 8 August 2024 £365,000
Drake House, Flat 28, Medina Gardens, Cowes, PO31 7AA 21 August 2023 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    441 m
  2. Lanesend Primary School

    Academy converter

    998 m
  3. Gurnard Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
986
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 458
  • Anti social behaviour 103
  • Criminal damage and arson 92
  • Shoplifting 90
  • Public order 86

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

9 female, 5 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.2
PO31 7 residents
8,868

Age bands in PO31 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,442 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

800 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

2,137 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,279 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,626 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO31 7 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • EAST COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHURCH PATH, EAST COWES, PO32 6RP

    ODS code J84004

    1.1 km

  • COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 NEWPORT ROAD, COWES, PO31 7ER

    ODS code J84015

    1.1 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

  • Park Gates

    BCT · Cowes

    0.1 miles
  • Park Gates

    BCT · Cowes

    0.1 miles
  • Festival services

    BCT · Cowes

    0.1 miles
  • Co-op

    BCT · Cowes

    0.1 miles
  • Ward Avenue

    BCT · Cowes

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 001A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,290 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
5 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
15
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

Property market

The five-year median is £350,000 from 4 recorded sales in PO31 7AA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Isle of Wight is £240,998 in June 2026, up 1.1% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy is the nearest published school at 441 m.

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

Recorded crime

986 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 458 events.

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