PO31 8QW

Cowes South & Northwood · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO31 8QQ 56 m
PO31 8QN 81 m
PO31 8QG 105 m
PO31 8PH 127 m
PO31 8QR 159 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO31 8QW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 8
Latitude
50.740938
Longitude
-1.299654
British National Grid easting
449,513
British National Grid northing
93,716

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001324
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087518
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 002E · E01017329
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 002 · E02003582

Postcode source versions

Explore PO31

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Mallard Point, Cowes, PO31 8QW 24 October 2014 £370,000
5, Mallard Point, Cowes, PO31 8QW 29 June 2012 £320,000
5, Mallard Point, Cowes, PO31 8QW 7 August 2009 £310,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Northwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  2. Lanesend Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Queensgate Foundation Primary

    Foundation school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
378
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 214
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Public order 32
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Other theft 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

8 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.8
PO31 8 residents
5,984

Age bands in PO31 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.6%

855 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

554 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

1,154 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

2,030 residents

Age 65 and over
32.3%

2,192 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO31 8 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 straight-line

  • COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 NEWPORT ROAD, COWES, PO31 7ER

    ODS code J84015

    1.2 km

  • EAST COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHURCH PATH, EAST COWES, PO32 6RP

    ODS code J84004

    2.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Horseshoe Inn

    BCT · Northwood

    0.4 miles
  • Horseshoe Inn

    BCT · Northwood

    0.4 miles
  • Uplands Road

    BCT · Northwood

    0.4 miles
  • BAE Systems

    BCT · Cowes

    0.4 miles
  • Uplands Road

    BCT · Northwood

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 002E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,384 of 33,755

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

16 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Northwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

378 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 214 events.

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