New research has identified the oldest and youngest areas of the UK, with the Isle of Wight home to the sixth-highest population of people over the age of 85. The study, conducted by life insurance experts Insurance Hero, analysed local population data from the Office of National Statistics, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, and Scotland’s Census. Researchers calculated the percentage of each local population aged over 85 and under 4 to determine the UK areas with the oldest and youngest residents. According to the findings, Dorset is the oldest area of the UK, as the study identified that of the local population, 4.27% are aged over 85. This is almost a significant 85% higher than the average of 2.31% found across all 212 UK areas analysed in the research. The research found a total of 5,317 people over the age of 85 – some 3.79% of the population.
| Rank | Region (Upper Local Authority Area) | Percentage over 85 | Population over 85 |
| 1 | Dorset | 4.27% | 16,212 |
| 2 | Conwy | 3.92% | 4,495 |
| 3 | Isles of Scilly | 3.84% | 79 |
| 4 | East Sussex | 3.80% | 20,745 |
| 5 | Torbay | 3.79% | 5,274 |
| 6 | Isle of Wight | 3.79% | 5,317 |
| 7 | Devon | 3.60% | 29,193 |
| 8 | Rutland | 3.55% | 1,456 |
| 9 | Powys | 3.52% | 4,694 |
| 10 | Monmouthshire | 3.51% | 3,265 |
most of them overners too I expect?
What’s your point?
I know, terrible isn’t it. just like my hometown of London, just no true Londoners living there anymore,
Probably. As tourism dwindles, the Island’s economy is more and more dependent on people from the mainland retiring here and bringing their money with them.
And their numerous medical problems to a place with poor healthcare.
And when they need long term care, they have no family here and will be wholly reliant on care homes.
And as the island has a declining young population (this is why the council wants to close schools) they will be cared for by an immigrant workforce.
Hope they enjoy it.
IF you hadn’t already noticed, these wonderful hard working recently arrived care workers will emulate many other workers.
They are not stupid or ignorant and will once gained citizenship get pregnant and give up their lowly jobs and live on benefits with free home etc.
But fear not, for every day a new supply to train will replace them and do the same, as their amount is infinite God help us as these millions age.
Cut benefits and get our lazy 16 hours a week to work full time and end the need for such
They are keeping the Island economy
going.
They spend loads of money in local businesses.
Where would the Island be without them.
Probably but them overners have helped you pave your way. Old boy.
Shut up, monobrow
Not like the good old days when you could walk for miles across the Island without seeing a soul, return to your cottage where your cousin and cross eyed children were waiting to greet you and every time it rained the electric went off. The Island I grew up on is long gone
But the average age is 44 on the island so, no big deal really.
Mean, median or mode?
I was surprised that the percentage was 3.79% i thought it would be higher.
Old farts everywhere just hope none of these drive
I love it when I have nothing to do all day so I’ll go for a nice slow drive around the island just to hack off the young’uns.
I might even pull in to Maccy D’s around lunch time and take an age to make up my mind, then faff about trying to find my phone or wallet, just to make my day complete and hold up a few more impatient kiddies.
Please leave the kiddies alone you strange human being
The number of 85+ on the Island is 5,317. End of story.
Why not publish the areas with the most Under4s? Didn’t fit the ageist narrative? At a guess, I would say Tower Hamlets, Brent and Newham given the demographics. Where did the Isle of Wight come in that age group? 460th?
That’s diversity for you, het use to it, it is coming to the
Island.
Premier Stores are now here
Lol
5317 registered on the island. 10k plus 2nd home owners here with a mainland address.
Well, they won’t be here too much longer, with the state of the NHS as it is.
I wonder if that percentage is increasing or decreasing?
Personally, I would guess the number of over 85s is decreasing, simply due to the influx of new arrivals from the mainland and abroad who have been relocated here and who are not retirees.
There seems to have been a distinct change in the population of the Island just over the past decade or so.
Maybe, as well as looking at over 85s, it would be interesting to see figures for the number of people of working age living here who are not actually in work, and to know how that percentage has changed over the past decade. But, somehow, I doubt if figures like that would be published as readily as those for over 85s for instance.