Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Abbey Wood, Greenwich

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Abbey Wood, Greenwich, Greater London

We have used the 9 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Abbey Wood, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Greenwich. 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 9 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 Abbey Wood 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 Abbey Wood. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Abbey Wood

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Abbey Wood. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Greenwich.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Greenwich 003A 47.53 2565/32,844 1
Greenwich 003B 39.498 4419/32,844 2
Greenwich 008D 39.32 4479/32,844 2
Greenwich 003E 37.671 4983/32,844 2
Greenwich 003C 33.562 6440/32,844 2
Greenwich 003D 26.804 9697/32,844 3
Greenwich 008A 17.934 16175/32,844 5
Greenwich 008C 15.713 18225/32,844 6
Greenwich 008B 15.488 18456/32,844 6

Income Deprivation in Abbey Wood

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Abbey Wood. 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
Greenwich 003A 0.328 1485/32,844 1
Greenwich 003B 0.281 2836/32,844 1
Greenwich 003E 0.258 3663/32,844 2
Greenwich 008D 0.244 4322/32,844 2
Greenwich 003C 0.204 6410/32,844 2
Greenwich 003D 0.19 7328/32,844 3
Greenwich 008A 0.104 15758/32,844 5
Greenwich 008B 0.103 15869/32,844 5
Greenwich 008C 0.096 17006/32,844 6

Employment Deprivation in Abbey Wood

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Abbey Wood 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
Greenwich 003A 0.215 2469/32,844 1
Greenwich 008D 0.185 4019/32,844 2
Greenwich 003B 0.173 4790/32,844 2
Greenwich 003E 0.161 5625/32,844 2
Greenwich 003C 0.147 6844/32,844 3
Greenwich 003D 0.115 10349/32,844 4
Greenwich 008A 0.07 18825/32,844 6
Greenwich 008B 0.066 19929/32,844 7
Greenwich 008C 0.055 23249/32,844 8

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Abbey Wood

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Abbey Wood population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (16681/32,844) in Abbey Wood is more than the adult average rank (11290/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Greenwich 008D 30.837 8244/32,844 3
Greenwich 003B 28.006 9394/32,844 3
Greenwich 003E 25.599 10519/32,844 4
Greenwich 003A 22.888 11976/32,844 4
Greenwich 003D 20.289 13609/32,844 5
Greenwich 003C 19.563 14043/32,844 5
Greenwich 008C 14.641 17643/32,844 6
Greenwich 008A 13.399 18684/32,844 6
Greenwich 008B 11.117 20790/32,844 7

Health Deprivation and Disability in Abbey Wood

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
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 Abbey Wood. 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
Greenwich 003A 1.202 2850/32,844 1
Greenwich 008D 0.717 6709/32,844 3
Greenwich 003B 0.656 7329/32,844 3
Greenwich 003E 0.604 7885/32,844 3
Greenwich 003C 0.423 10025/32,844 4
Greenwich 008A -0.022 16336/32,844 5
Greenwich 003D -0.157 18493/32,844 6
Greenwich 008C -0.437 22595/32,844 7
Greenwich 008B -0.594 24644/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in Abbey Wood

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Abbey Wood. 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
Greenwich 003C 1.047 3163/32,844 1
Greenwich 003A 0.847 4907/32,844 2
Greenwich 003B 0.795 5475/32,844 2
Greenwich 003D 0.737 6101/32,844 2
Greenwich 003E 0.728 6199/32,844 2
Greenwich 008D 0.678 6756/32,844 3
Greenwich 008A 0.581 7971/32,844 3
Greenwich 008C 0.483 9298/32,844 3
Greenwich 008B 0.2 13503/32,844 5

There were 393 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Abbey Wood in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Abbey Wood

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Abbey Wood. 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
Greenwich 008D 38.98 2487/32,844 1
Greenwich 003E 38.595 2624/32,844 1
Greenwich 003B 36.402 3458/32,844 2
Greenwich 003A 35.542 3832/32,844 2
Greenwich 003C 35.238 3973/32,844 2
Greenwich 003D 31.231 6134/32,844 2
Greenwich 008B 23.423 12740/32,844 4
Greenwich 008C 22.917 13302/32,844 5
Greenwich 008A 22.31 13953/32,844 5

Inside Environment Deprivation in Abbey Wood

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Abbey Wood. 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
Greenwich 008B 0.654 7260/32,844 3
Greenwich 008C 0.514 8994/32,844 3
Greenwich 008A 0.501 9159/32,844 3
Greenwich 003C 0.192 13433/32,844 5
Greenwich 003D 0.175 13726/32,844 5
Greenwich 003E -0.128 18491/32,844 6
Greenwich 003A -0.23 20086/32,844 7
Greenwich 003B -0.444 23151/32,844 8
Greenwich 008D -0.773 27077/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in Abbey Wood

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Abbey Wood. 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
Greenwich 008D 0.978 4292/32,844 2
Greenwich 008C 0.787 5747/32,844 2
Greenwich 003C 0.738 6153/32,844 2
Greenwich 003E 0.715 6368/32,844 2
Greenwich 003A 0.706 6436/32,844 2
Greenwich 003B 0.652 6919/32,844 3
Greenwich 008A 0.619 7247/32,844 3
Greenwich 003D 0.592 7496/32,844 3
Greenwich 008B 0.525 8140/32,844 3

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.