PO32 6AB

East Cowes · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
East Cowes
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Postcode district
PO32
Postcode sector
PO32 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO32 6AA 61 m
PO32 6AE 79 m
PO32 6AF 86 m
PO32 6UA 116 m
PO32 6AD 219 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO32 6AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO32
Postcode sector
PO32 6
Latitude
50.762336
Longitude
-1.288361
British National Grid easting
450,287
British National Grid northing
96,103

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001320
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087405
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 003A · E01017307
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 003 · E02003583

Postcode source versions

Explore PO32

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Solent View, Esplanade, East Cowes, PO32 6AB 28 April 2000 £60,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    689 m
  2. Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km
  3. Lanesend Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,003
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 477
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Public order 90
  • Criminal damage and arson 88
  • Shoplifting 86

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
PO32 6 residents
9,147

Age bands in PO32 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,497 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

879 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.1%

2,049 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,451 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

2,402 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO32 6 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

    565 m

  • COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 NEWPORT ROAD, COWES, PO31 7ER

    ODS code J84015

    1.6 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

  • IOW Festivals Temp Stop

    BCT · East Cowes

    0.2 miles
  • East Cowes Ferry Terminal

    FER · East Cowes

    0.2 miles
  • East Cowes Ferry Terminal

    FTD · East Cowes

    0.2 miles
  • East Cowes Ferry Terminal

    FBT · East Cowes

    0.2 miles
  • Well Road

    BCT · East Cowes

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 003A, 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

16,903 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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
2
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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 689 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,003 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 477 events.

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