The Indices of Deprivation 2007 - The Herefordshire Partnership

The Indices of Deprivation 2007

The Indices of Deprivation 2007 (ID 2007) is a statistical measure of levels of deprivation in England published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). The data for the Indices of deprivation is released for small geographical areas called 'Super Output Areas': Herefordshire has 116 small areas (known as 'Lower Super Output Areas or LSOAs, consisting of approximately 1,500 people each with names devised by the Research Team). .A number of indicators, covering a range of economic and social issues, are combined to give a single overall deprivation score for each small area.

The overall deprivation score is made up of seven sub-domains, each an index in their own right for themes such as income deprivation, employment deprivation, access to services, and living environment. In addition, an Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index and an Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index have been produced.

The latest release was in December 2007. In making comparisons to the 2004 predecessor it is important to note that there have been a few changes to indicators which may account for some differences (see full article for details).

Out of 354 districts / unitary authorities in England, Herefordshire ranks between 109 - 198 depending on whether ranking is done by average domain score, average domain rank, local concentration or extent of deprivation, with 1 being the most deprived.

Herefordshire is the 109th most deprived local authority (out of the 354) for Income Deprivation - it was 114th in 2004, thus is very slightly more deprived relative to the rest of England this time around. Herefordshire is the 117th most deprived local authority for Employment Deprivation, little changed in relative position compared to last time around, when it was 120th in the country.

Map 1& 2. Overall Index of Deprivation - most deprived areas in Herefordshire (Hereford City & Leominster)

Source: Indices of Deprivation 2007, Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG); ONS, Super Output Area Boundaries, Crown Copyright 2004. Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO

For 4 of the domains, the employment and overall income domains and the income deprivation affecting children and older people indices, the scores represent actual proportions of the population affected by that type of deprivation, for example:

Income Deprivation Domain
41% of the population in Leominster-Ridgemoor area and 37% in Golden Post - Newton Farm area are income-deprived, and feature in the top 10% nationally.

Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index
62% of children in Leominster-Ridgemoor area and 49% in Golden Post-Newton Farm area live in income deprived households, and feature in the top 10% nationally.

In the other domains where the scores are not meaningful, the relative rank of the position is used to show how deprived an area is compared to the rest of England. From this, the first quarter of output areas across England are defined as the top 25% most deprived nationally. For example, Herefordshire has 8 SOAs that are within the top 25% deprived across England, with rankings that range from 2,570th for the SOA labelled Golden Post - Newton Farm to Leominster Grange which was 7,533rd out of 32,482 areas in England.

Individual ward profiles are also available by contacting the Herefordshire Partnership Research Team on:
researchteam@herefordshire.gov.uk
01432 383634