Editing Isle of Wight (section)

===Socio-economic data===
The table below shows the regional gross value (in millions of [[Pound sterling|pounds]]) added by the Isle of Wight economy, at current prices, compiled by the [[Office for National Statistics]].<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf published] (pp.240–253) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728091019/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf |date=28 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/datasets/regionalgvanuts3 | publisher=Office for National Statistics | title=Annual estimates of NUTS3 regional Gross Value Added (GVA) |access-date=29 November 2016 | date=2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+Regional gross value in millions of [[Pound sterling|pounds sterling]]
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Regional gross<br>value added{{efn-lr|Components may not sum to totals due to rounding}}
!scope="col"| Agriculture{{efn-lr|includes hunting and forestry}}
!scope="col"| Industry{{efn-lr|includes energy and construction}}
!scope="col"| Services{{efn-lr|includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured}}
|-
!scope="row"| 1995
| '''831'''
| 28
| 218
| 585
|-
!scope="row"| 2000
|'''1,369'''
| 27
| 375
| 800
|-
!scope="row"| 2003
|'''1,521'''
| 42
| 288
| 1,161
|-
!scope="row"| 2008
|'''2,023'''
| 
| 
|
|-
!scope="row"| 2012
|'''2,175'''
| 
| 
| 
|}
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According to the 2011 census,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |title=Key census statistics, Isle of Wight Authority area |date=2011 |access-date=16 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106173813/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the island's population of 138,625 lives in 61,085 households, giving an average household size of 2.27 people.

41% of households own their home outright and a further 29% own with a mortgage, so in total 70% of households are owned (compared to 68% for South East England).

Compared to South East England, the island has fewer children (19% aged 0–17 compared to 22% for the South East) and more elderly (24% aged 65+ compared to 16% for the South East), giving an average age of 44 years for an island resident compared to 40 in South East England.