Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Rowley, Sandwell

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Rowley, Sandwell, West Midlands

We have used the 12 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Rowley, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Sandwell. We have combined these statitics into an English ward level, as most people are familiar with this geospacial area in their town or city. Here are those 12 marked on a map:

Each area has its own decile score. This is where each LSOA in England is ranked according to the level of deprivation and split into 10 equal groups. A decile score of 1 means the area is in the top 10% of deprived areas, 2 is equal to the top 20% and so forth. To simply these scores and apply them to a ward, we have created the iLiveHere rating. This takes the average decile score of all the LSOAs in a ward and converts that into a rating out of 10, where 1 is the best and 10 is the worst. We have then used to traffic light colour system as an at-a-glance reference. As you scroll down this page, the more red ratings you see, the more deprived Rowley is. Indices of Deprivation statistics and are broken down into domains of deprivation or more simply, categories. These category scores are combined using a percentage weighting to give a an LSOA its final indices of deprivation score, decile and rank:

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%)

Below we have split the Living Environment Deprivation category into its sub-categories. We think having individual iLiveHere ratings for Inside Environment and Outside Environment provides a better insight to the housing quality and outside space in Rowley. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Rowley

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Rowley. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Sandwell.

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Sandwell 027B	47.757	2520/32,844	1
Sandwell 022C	43.706	3316/32,844	2
Sandwell 025A	42.887	3500/32,844	2
Sandwell 029C	41.608	3839/32,844	2
Sandwell 029D	35.679	5644/32,844	2
Sandwell 029A	35.551	5692/32,844	2
Sandwell 025C	34.988	5891/32,844	2
Sandwell 035F	32.952	6692/32,844	3
Sandwell 029B	28.754	8625/32,844	3
Sandwell 025B	16.643	17326/32,844	6
Sandwell 022B	15.448	18503/32,844	6
Sandwell 025D	15.093	18830/32,844	6

Income Deprivation in Rowley

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Rowley. The definition of low income the government uses to compile these statistics includes those who are out-of-work (for any reason, not just unemployment) and those that are in work but satisfy the IMD means tests. In the real world, this means they may qualify for means tested benefits such as Universal Credit or legacy benefits such as Working Tax Credits. You should not to assume that this rating is an indicator of overall poverty in this ward.

LSOA Name	Income Score	Income Rank (England)	Income Decile
Sandwell 027B	0.324	1559/32,844	1
Sandwell 025A	0.299	2245/32,844	1
Sandwell 022C	0.281	2840/32,844	1
Sandwell 029C	0.254	3826/32,844	2
Sandwell 029A	0.241	4428/32,844	2
Sandwell 025C	0.219	5612/32,844	2
Sandwell 035F	0.217	5698/32,844	2
Sandwell 029D	0.206	6290/32,844	2
Sandwell 029B	0.156	9930/32,844	4
Sandwell 025B	0.096	16854/32,844	6
Sandwell 022B	0.074	20628/32,844	7
Sandwell 025D	0.07	21547/32,844	7

Employment Deprivation in Rowley

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Rowley who are excluded from the jobs market. These are people who are involuntarily deprived of work. The IMD domains include people who are unemployment, those who are sick or disabled, and carers. Since the government no longer publishes percentage figures for unemployment after the introduction of Universal Credit, his is now the only reliable indictor of joblessness in this ward. The higher the iLiveHere rating, the harder it could be to get work.

LSOA Name	Employment Score	Employment Rank (England)	Employment Decile
Sandwell 027B	0.25	1291/32,844	1
Sandwell 029C	0.204	2966/32,844	1
Sandwell 022C	0.195	3403/32,844	2
Sandwell 025A	0.178	4384/32,844	2
Sandwell 029D	0.168	5150/32,844	2
Sandwell 025C	0.157	5919/32,844	2
Sandwell 029A	0.151	6473/32,844	2
Sandwell 035F	0.146	6962/32,844	3
Sandwell 029B	0.123	9340/32,844	3
Sandwell 025B	0.082	15940/32,844	5
Sandwell 022B	0.064	20301/32,844	7
Sandwell 025D	0.061	21370/32,844	7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Rowley

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Rowley population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (13151/32,844) in Rowley is more than the adult average rank (4105/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Sandwell 025A	52.695	2777/32,844	1
Sandwell 022C	51.947	2895/32,844	1
Sandwell 029C	51.718	2925/32,844	1
Sandwell 029D	47.355	3691/32,844	2
Sandwell 029A	43.365	4554/32,844	2
Sandwell 027B	38.245	5832/32,844	2
Sandwell 025C	35.011	6756/32,844	3
Sandwell 035F	31.264	8085/32,844	3
Sandwell 029B	28.096	9358/32,844	3
Sandwell 025B	22.841	12010/32,844	4
Sandwell 025D	18.928	14449/32,844	5
Sandwell 022B	18.388	14845/32,844	5

Health Deprivation and Disability in Rowley

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is indictor of the risk of dying prematurely or having your quality of life impaired through poor physical or mental health in Rowley. The IMD domain measures morbidity, disability and premature mortality. However, it does not take into consideration but personal behaviour or environmental factors that may be predictive of future health problems. See Outdoor Deprivation for depivation that includes environmental factors such as local pullution levels.

LSOA Name	Health Score	Health Rank (England)	Health Decile
Sandwell 027B	1.061	3789/32,844	2
Sandwell 025C	0.968	4475/32,844	2
Sandwell 022C	0.923	4848/32,844	2
Sandwell 025A	0.916	4899/32,844	2
Sandwell 029D	0.887	5165/32,844	2
Sandwell 035F	0.808	5819/32,844	2
Sandwell 029C	0.724	6640/32,844	3
Sandwell 029A	0.651	7378/32,844	3
Sandwell 029B	0.557	8426/32,844	3
Sandwell 025D	0.23	12642/32,844	4
Sandwell 025B	0.136	13936/32,844	5
Sandwell 022B	-0.119	17874/32,844	6

Crime Deprivation in Rowley

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Rowley. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.

LSOA Name	Crime Score	Crime Rank (England)	Crime Decile
Sandwell 029B	0.862	4775/32,844	2
Sandwell 025D	0.735	6114/32,844	2
Sandwell 035F	0.589	7885/32,844	3
Sandwell 025C	0.57	8131/32,844	3
Sandwell 022C	0.521	8774/32,844	3
Sandwell 027B	0.502	9051/32,844	3
Sandwell 025A	0.371	10866/32,844	4
Sandwell 029A	0.196	13583/32,844	5
Sandwell 029C	0.185	13768/32,844	5
Sandwell 022B	0.162	14144/32,844	5
Sandwell 029D	0.137	14528/32,844	5
Sandwell 025B	0.104	15066/32,844	5

There were 247 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Rowley in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Rowley

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Rowley. I bad rating in an urban area indicates how unaffordable the housing could be. A bad rating in a rural area is an indicator of the absense of local services.

LSOA Name	Barriers Score	Barriers Rank (England)	Barriers Decile
Sandwell 029C	26.979	9299/32,844	3
Sandwell 025A	23.472	12700/32,844	4
Sandwell 022B	22.993	13221/32,844	5
Sandwell 029A	22.075	14236/32,844	5
Sandwell 022C	21.914	14422/32,844	5
Sandwell 027B	21.547	14853/32,844	5
Sandwell 029D	19.371	17428/32,844	6
Sandwell 029B	17.412	19899/32,844	7
Sandwell 025C	15.737	22026/32,844	7
Sandwell 025B	15.659	22140/32,844	7
Sandwell 035F	15.326	22592/32,844	7
Sandwell 025D	10.514	28110/32,844	9

Inside Environment Deprivation in Rowley

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Rowley. A bad rating in an equally income deprived ward, could be because of poorly maintained rented accomodation. A bad rating in a non income deprived area, could be because the small size of housing in relation to costs.

LSOA Name	Inside Score	Inside Rank (England)	Inside Decile
Sandwell 029B	0.648	7367/32,844	3
Sandwell 029A	0.593	8025/32,844	3
Sandwell 029D	0.57	8320/32,844	3
Sandwell 025C	0.553	8504/32,844	3
Sandwell 022C	0.531	8778/32,844	3
Sandwell 029C	0.489	9348/32,844	3
Sandwell 022B	0.438	10018/32,844	4
Sandwell 035F	0.431	10114/32,844	4
Sandwell 025A	0.428	10147/32,844	4
Sandwell 027B	0.096	14950/32,844	5
Sandwell 025D	-0.198	19602/32,844	6
Sandwell 025B	-0.2	19639/32,844	6

Outside Environment Deprivation in Rowley

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Rowley. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.

LSOA Name	Outside Score	Outside (England)	Outside Decile
Sandwell 035F	1.06	3729/32,844	2
Sandwell 029A	0.899	4858/32,844	2
Sandwell 022C	0.839	5329/32,844	2
Sandwell 029B	0.773	5861/32,844	2
Sandwell 025C	0.771	5878/32,844	2
Sandwell 029D	0.71	6398/32,844	2
Sandwell 022B	0.678	6679/32,844	3
Sandwell 025D	0.665	6805/32,844	3
Sandwell 029C	0.636	7080/32,844	3
Sandwell 025A	0.616	7272/32,844	3
Sandwell 027B	0.586	7547/32,844	3
Sandwell 025B	0.561	7773/32,844	3

Source: English indices of deprivation 2019
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Disclaimer: Although every care has been taken to make sure there are no mistakes in the data presented on this page, you should verify these figures with the official data source.

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