PORTLAND STREET, PO30 1QQ House Prices & Local Information

PO30 1QQ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Portland Street, 0.6km from Newport in Newport (Isle of Wight). Administratively it sits within Newport Central ward and the Isle of Wight constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, PO30 1QQ is an area with a high proportion of elderly residents, often in communal housing. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. A balanced community with an average age of 37 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 43% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 102 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £152k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 3.3% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for PO30 1QQ are sourced from Output Area E00087510 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.