Source data and methodology calculations for the release 'Mapping income deprivation at a local authority level: 2019'. Based on the English Indices of Multiple Deprivation: 2019, to Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) level.

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation for England combine a number of areas, chosen to cover a range of economic, social and housing issues into a single deprivation score for each Lower Layer Super Output Area in England. The Atlas of Deprivation allows a map visualisation of the overall LSOA deprivation score (rank) and the score (rank) for each of the seven domains by local authority.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Edition Subtitle: 2010

The English Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2015 were published on 30th September 2015. Most indicators relate to data for the financial year 2012/13. It is the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas (also known as LSOAs) or neighbourhoods in England. It scores and ranks each area using these seven different dimensions or domains each of which is based on a basket of indicators:

• Income Deprivation

• Employment Deprivation

• Education, Skills & Training Deprivation

• Health Deprivation & Disability

• Crime

• Barriers to Housing and Services

• Living Environment Deprivation

The data combines information from the domains to produce an overall relative measure of deprivation. In addition there are two supplementary indices: the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and the Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index (IDAOPI).

The indices of multiple deprivation dataset does not indicate absolute improvement or worsening of local deprivation. More information can be found here

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The English Indices of Deprivation 2019 use 39 separate indicators, organised across seven distinct domains of deprivation which can be combined, using appropriate weights, to calculate the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 (IMD 2019). This is an overall measure of multiple deprivation experienced by people living in an area and is calculated for every Lower layer Super Output Area (LSOA) in England. The IMD 2019 can be used to rank every LSOA in England according to their relative level of deprivation.

Column

Full Column

LSOA01CD

LSOA code (2011)

LSOA01NM

LSOA name (2011)

LADcd

Local Authority District code (2019)

LADnm

Local Authority District name (2019)

IMDScore

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Score

IMDRank0

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

IMDDec0

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

IncScore

Income Score (rate)

IncRank

Income Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

IncDec

Income Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

EmpScore

Employment Score (rate)

EmpRank

Employment Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

EmpDec

Employment Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

EduScore

Education, Skills and Training Score

EduRank

Education, Skills and Training Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

EduDec

Education, Skills and Training Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

HDDScore

Health Deprivation and Disability Score

HDDRank

Health Deprivation and Disability Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

HDDDec

Health Deprivation and Disability Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

CriScore

Crime Score

CriRank

Crime Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

CriDec

Crime Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

BHSScore

Barriers to Housing and Services Score

BHSRank

Barriers to Housing and Services Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

BHSDec

Barriers to Housing and Services Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

EnvScore

Living Environment Score

EnvRank

Living Environment Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

EnvDec

Living Environment Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

IDCScore

Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) Score (rate)

IDCRank

Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

IDCDec

Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

IDOScore

Income Deprivation Affecting Older People (IDAOPI) Score (rate)

IDORank

Income Deprivation Affecting Older People (IDAOPI) Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

IDODec

Income Deprivation Affecting Older People (IDAOPI) Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

CYPScore

Children and Young People Sub-domain Score

CYPRank

Children and Young People Sub-domain Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

CYPDec

Children and Young People Sub-domain Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

ASScore

Adult Skills Sub-domain Score

ASRank

Adult Skills Sub-domain Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

ASDec

Adult Skills Sub-domain Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

GBScore

Geographical Barriers Sub-domain Score

GBRank

Geographical Barriers Sub-domain Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

GBDec

Geographical Barriers Sub-domain Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

WBScore

Wider Barriers Sub-domain Score

WBRank

Wider Barriers Sub-domain Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

WBDec

Wider Barriers Sub-domain Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

IndScore

Indoors Sub-domain Score

IndRank

Indoors Sub-domain Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

IndDec

Indoors Sub-domain Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

OutScore

Outdoors Sub-domain Score

OutRank

Outdoors Sub-domain Rank (where 1 is most deprived)

OutDec

Outdoors Sub-domain Decile (where 1 is most deprived 10% of LSOAs)

TotPop

Total population: mid 2015 (excluding prisoners)

DepChi

Dependent Children aged 0-15: mid 2015 (excluding prisoners)

Pop16_59

Population aged 16-59: mid 2015 (excluding prisoners)

Pop60+

Older population aged 60 and over: mid 2015 (excluding prisoners)

WorkPop

Working age population 18-59/64: for use with Employment Deprivation Domain (excluding prisoners)

The Townsend Deprivation Index is a measure of material deprivation first introduced by Peter Townsend in 1987. A Townsend score can be calculated using a combination of four census variables for any geographical area (provided census data is available for that area). The measure has been widely used in research for health, education and crime to establish whether relationships exist with deprivation. The Townsend scores below were calculated for the UK based on data from the 2011 Census and include a discussion with geographical visualisations of the findings.

This file contains the lookup between Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA), Local Authority Districts (LAD) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores in England as at 31 December 2019. (File Size - 2 MB)REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Index_of_Multiple_Deprivation_Dec_2019_Lookup_in_England_2022/FeatureServer

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has released the English Indices of Deprivation 2015 (ID2015), which updates the 2010 indices of the same name. The indices are combined together to form the composite Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).

The IMD measures relative deprivation across small areas of England called Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). Datasets come from 2015, 2010 and 2007. Whilst historical datasets can be compared, there are caveats:

• LSOA definitions have changed between the 2015 and 2010 releases. As such, some locations will not be comparable at all.

• The variables used to define each indices of deprivation have been updated with each publication. As such, changes in apparent deprivation may reflect these changes in methodology rather than actual changes in local circumstance.

Compared to 2010, four out of the five Cambridgeshire districts now rank as more deprived nationally; Cambridge City ranks as less deprived.

Cambridgeshire now (in IMD 2015) has 16 LSOAs in the 20% most deprived nationally – this is compared to 9 in 2010. Two are in Cambridge City, two are in Huntingdonshire and 12 are in Fenland. Four Fenland LSOAs are in the 10% most deprived nationally.

As with 2007 and 2010, Fenland has the highest levels of deprivation in Cambridgeshire, followed by Cambridge City, East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire then South Cambridgeshire.

Linked below are:

• IMD2015 data for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Map of IMD2015 national rankings for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• IMD2010 and 2007 data for Cambridgeshire.

Journal map style storymap showing the English Indices of Deprivation 2019, with interactive map allowing users a view of the 7 domains, IMD, IDACI, and IDAOPI

This is a point feature service which shows the following: "LSOA level deprivation data are applied proportionally to the ADS practice populations. The Proportion of children aged 0–15 years living in income deprived households as a proportion of all children aged 0–15 years. Adults aged 60 years or over living in pension credit (guarantee) households as a proportion of all those aged 60 years or over." This data was downloaded in February 2015. Esri UK accepts no responsibility over the quality of the data or ownership. All content is available under the Open Government Licence, except where otherwise stated.

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD) was published by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on 26 September 2019. This release updates the indices released in 2015.The IMD brings together data covering seven different aspects or 'domains' of deprivation into a weighted overall index for each Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA) in England. The scores are then used to rank the LSOAs nationally and to calculate an IMD score for each local authority area. Local authorities are then ranked by their IMD score. The IMD presents a ranking of relative deprivation between and within local authorities in England. It is not a measure of affluence in an area, nor a measure of how much more or less deprived an area is compared to another.The domains used in calculating the index are: Income; Employment; Education, Skills and Training; Health Deprivation and Disability; Crime; Barriers to Housing and Services; Living Environment. There are also two supplementary domains - Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and Income Deprivation Affecting Older People (IDAOPI).LSOAs are a geographical unit which has an average of 1,500 residents and 650 households. They were developed following the 2001 Census, through the aggregation of smaller census output areas, to create areas with a reasonably compact shape and which were socially similar (assessed through housing type). Around one percent of LSOAs were changed following the 2001 Census in order to maintain the characteristics described above. There are now 32,844 LSOAs in England. Leicester now has 192 LSOAs.Leicester IMDLeicester is ranked 32nd most deprived in IMD2019 out of 317 local authorities, compared with 21st in the 2015 index.Technical information on the Indices of Deprivation 2019 is available from

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019-technical-report.

This file contains the lookup between Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA), Local Government Districts (LGD) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores in Northern Ireland as at 31 December 2017. (File Size - 43 KB)REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Index_of_Multiple_Deprivation_Dec_2017_Lookup_in_Northern_Ireland_2022/FeatureServer

This dataset is published as Open DataScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, Small Area Population Estimates, and Child Poverty The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 is the Scottish Government’s official tool for identifying those places in Scotland suffering from deprivation. It incorporates several different aspects of deprivation (employment, income, health, education, skills and training, geographic access, crime and housing), combining them into a single index.The 2020 Index provides a relative ranking for small areas in Scotland, defined by the Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (SNS) Data Zone 2011 geography, from 1 (most deprived) to 6,976 (least deprived). By identifying small areas where there are concentrations of multiple deprivation, the SIMD can be used to target policies and resources at the places with greatest need. The SIMD also provides a rank for each data zone within each of the seven domains, and therefore it is possible to look at individual aspects of deprivation for each area, as well as the overall level of deprivation.National Records of Scotland Small Area Population Estimates (2021)Child Poverty by Datazone (2022/23)

Set of Indices of Deprivation 2015 data mapped for Camden LSOAs.

Set of Indices of Deprivation 2010 data mapped for Camden

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have published a series of interactive maps. The maps bring together BEIS's Local Authority datasets into one place allowing users to view trends in fuel poverty, energy use and energy efficiency measures.

The themes of the map are: * Cavity wall and loft insulation * Fuel poverty * Domestic solar photovoltaic installations * Gas and electricity consumption

This dataset contains a range of measures which form the Indices of Deprivation 2015 at LSOA level. The boundaries used have been generalised by 50 metres (point remove) for web display. This dataset has been curated mainly for education/teaching purposes. The Index of Multiple Deprivation ranks every small area in England from 1 (most deprived area) to 32,844 (least deprived area). It is common to describe how relatively deprived a small area is by saying whether it falls among the most deprived 10 per cent, 20 per cent or 30 per cent of small areas in England (although there is no definitive cut-off at which an area is described as ‘deprived’). To help with this, deprivation ‘deciles’ are published alongside ranks. This dataset has been published to show the show the IMD Ranks and Deciles for each LSOA for Education purposes. The Indices of Deprivation 2015 provide a set of relative measures of deprivation for small areas (Lower-layer Super Output Areas*) across England, based on seven domains of deprivation. The domains were combined using the following weights to produce the overall Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD):Income Deprivation (22.5%) Employment Deprivation (22.5%) Education, Skills and Training Deprivation (13.5%) Health Deprivation and Disability (13.5%) Crime (9.3%) Barriers to Housing and Services (9.3%) Living Environment Deprivation (9.3%). Please refer to this web page from Department for Communities and Local Government for more information on the dataset.

Data showing deprivation levels across different Birmingham Wards, using three key indices: the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI), and the Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index (IDAOPI). These indices are integral components in understanding socio-economic conditions, enabling insights into how deprivation affects various age groups and areas.Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): IMD is a composite measure that ranks areas based on seven domains of deprivation: income, employment, education, health, crime, housing, and living environment. It offers a broad overview of deprivation at a small-area level. This is shown as a rank from 1-69 with 1 being the most deprived.IMD 2019 Decile: Where 1 is 10% Most Deprived Nationally. This is an indication of the wards financial resilience.Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI): IDACI focuses specifically on income deprivation among children. It measures the proportion of children aged 0-15 living in income-deprived households, reflecting the impact of poverty on young people.Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index (IDAOPI): IDAOPI targets income deprivation among the elderly. It calculates the proportion of people aged 60 and over living in income-deprived households, providing insight into how economic disadvantage affects older populations.Data is update irregularly with the next release scheduled for late 2025.Mapping tipsWhen using the build a map page you should use the Color by category map type when visualising the IMD score.A good resource for custom colours for each decile is ColorBrewer.

This file contains the lookup between Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA) and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores in Wales as at 31 December 2014. (File Size - 60 KB)REST URL of Feature Access Service – https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/Index_of_Multiple_Deprivation_Dec_2014_Lookup_in_Wales_2022/FeatureServer

WIMD is the Welsh Government’s official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in Wales. It is designed to identify those small areas where there are the highest concentrations of several different types of deprivation. As such, WIMD is a measure of multiple deprivation that is both an area-based measure and a measure of relative deprivation. WIMD ranks all small areas in Wales from 1 (most deprived) to 1,909 (least deprived). The Index has three main components: - The Index itself, which is a set of ranks; - The ranks of the eight types of deprivation, or domains, from which the overall Index is constructed; - The underlying indicators, which are directly measurable, and which are combined to create the domain ranks. Many, but not all, of the indicators are produced as rates. The units depend on what is being measured. All of these components are calculated for each of the LSOAs in Wales. The overall 2019 WIMD ranks and the ranks of the eight domains of deprivation are published on the StatsWales website. Where available, the underlying indicator data is now published annually on StatsWales.