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Getting to London each day from anywhere on the Isle of Wight is probably a bit ambitious - the best you are likely to manage is about 2 1/2 hours door to door. In 2021 you would have paid about £2800 a year for a Red Funnel foot passenger season ticket (about £11.50 a day, based on a 5 day week with holidays) or £1810 for a Wightlink one (about £7 a day).Ĭommuting from other towns and villages in the South Wight, such as Ventnor will take much longer (at least 90 minutes). Getting to Lymington itself could be achieved in about 60 minutes potentially. Yarmouth has a 40 minute car and passenger ferry which goes to Lymington Pier. Assuming that your office is near to the ferry port then you could potentially get from home to work in as little as 40 minutes. (West) Cowes has a 25 minute Red Funnel passenger ferry to Southampton - although it's another bus ride to get to Southampton Central train station.

The Hovercraft only takes 10 minutes, but it ends up in Southsea, rather than at Portsmouth Harbour rail station. Towns like Sandown, Shanklin and Ryde are on a train line which links up with a 22 minute Wightlink passenger ferry to Portsmouth meaning that you could get from home to Portsmouth Harbour in around 40-60 minutes. If you are currently house hunting, you may be pleased to hear that the Isle of Wight has a slightly below average number of Estate Agents according to official data. The sectors where there don't seem to be many jobs, compared to the rest of Great Britain are ' Information And Communication', 'Financial And Insurance Activities' and 'Professional, Scientific And Technical Activities'. Manufacturing (8.8% - slightly higher than average in Great Britain).'Accommodation And Food Service Activities' (15.7% - double the Great Britain average).'Wholesale And Retail Trade Repair Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles' (15.7% - about the same as the rest of Great Britain).

'Human Health And Social Work Activities' (17.6% - much higher than Great Britain average).

Regarding employment sectors, Nomis/ONS say that as of 2019 people on the Isle of Wight work in: The data also suggests that buying a property in Bembridge might cost you almost twice as much as one in Sandown, but renting one isn't twice the price.įurther data from Nomis/ONS concludes that a higher proportion of people work part time on the Isle of Wight than the rest of Great Britain (39.2% compared to 32.2% in 2019). In previous comparisons that we've done, we've found that towns with cheaper houses to buy are also cheaper to rent - which isn't a great surprise. The data shows that there are loads of two bedroom properties and loads of flats (more than 100 adverts according to .uk), but a small number of larger houses. Obviously this is only correct at the time of searching, as properties come and go. However, the data sets are pretty small (there are only two different four bedroom properties listed according to .uk) and a quick search on Rightmove shows that there are a couple around £1250 per month.

Three bedrooms would cost you around £1208 and then there’s a jump up to £1750 for four bedrooms. Using the same source ( .uk, October 2021), the average price for a two bedroom property is £841 per month. So, it's similar to the house buying market where the Isle of Wight is cheaper than most of the South, but similar in price or more expensive than the Midlands and North.

If you’re looking for long term rental properties (as opposed to short term holiday rentals), then prices seem to follow a similar pattern to the house buying market.Īs of October 2021, the overall average monthly rental price ( according to .uk) was £1020 on the Isle of Wight compared to £1202 in Hampshire and £720 in Lancashire.