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Isles of Scilly, in numbers

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Isles of Scilly council area. Every figure carries its own date.

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Population over time

1996 to 2025

Isles of Scilly council area · people

Reviewed figures: 1996 to 2025. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.

Shown on this chart: 1,863 people in 1996; 2,299 people in 2025. 23.4% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Full history context

The population rose from 1,863 to 2,299 between 1996 and 2025.

2024 to 2025: 84 less people (3.5% lower).

This counts the whole council area. Growth alone does not establish overcrowding or a shortfall in services.

Data table and workings

All ages, both sexes, usual residents. Source series rebased to the 2021/2022 censuses; latest revisions replace older estimates.

These estimates cover the whole authority, including any surrounding towns and countryside.

Historical boundaries/revisions follow the source series; null years are not zero.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Population over time — Isles of Scilly council area: full reviewed history
Period	people
1996	1,863
1997	1,908
1998	1,942
1999	2,025
2000	2,100
2001	2,140
2002	2,170
2003	2,155
2004	2,210
2005	2,210
2006	2,264
2007	2,293
2008	2,333
2009	2,251
2010	2,228
2011	2,224
2012	2,249
2013	2,214
2014	2,188
2015	2,238
2016	2,236
2017	2,170
2018	2,166
2019	2,098
2020	2,030
2021	2,271
2022	2,352
2023	2,465
2024	2,383
2025	2,299

People aged 65 or over

28.3%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

582 out of 2,055.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

4%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

83 out of 2,054.

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People counted in the census

2,053

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

2,053 out of 2,053.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

37.9%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

655 out of 1,730.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

49.3%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

464 out of 942.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

13.5%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

127 out of 942.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

34.8%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

601 out of 1,729.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

64.4%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,113 out of 1,729.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

1.3%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

23 out of 1,729.

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Mapped crimes in the last 12 published months

88

2025-09 to 2026-08 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Official Police.uk 2026-08 full archive, street-crime CSVs only. Every force-month file read once; each source row retained without deduplicating persistent crime hashes. Approximate locations assigned to the same official generalised ward polygons as the API pipeline. Transport police, unlocated and outside-boundary records excluded; anti-social behaviour kept separate. Exact category counts checked against all retained API ward-months before accepting this adapter.

Published mapped crimes excluding anti-social behaviour

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

12.3%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

213 out of 1,730.

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People living in the area

2,299

Mid-2025 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published mid-year estimate for the whole local authority area. This is not automatically the population of the named city settlement.

All usual residents

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Homes rented privately

37%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

344 out of 939.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

26.7%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

462 out of 1,729.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

17%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

162 out of 939.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

0.9%

21 March 2021 · Isles of Scilly council area

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

15 out of 1,729.

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