Deprivation Statistics for Aldridge Central and South, Walsall

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Aldridge Central and South, Walsall, West Midlands

We have used the 11 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Aldridge Central and South, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Walsall. 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 11 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 Aldridge Central and South 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 Aldridge Central and South. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Aldridge Central and South

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

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

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Walsall 015D	37.179	5155/32,844	2
Walsall 015B	34.523	6056/32,844	2
Walsall 016B	27.649	9222/32,844	3
Walsall 022C	14.808	19112/32,844	6
Walsall 022B	12.672	21411/32,844	7
Walsall 015C	11.377	22884/32,844	7
Walsall 015A	8.298	26693/32,844	9
Walsall 022A	7.14	28144/32,844	9
Walsall 022D	6.941	28403/32,844	9
Walsall 028D	5.879	29594/32,844	10
Walsall 022E	3.96	31543/32,844	10

Income Deprivation in Aldridge Central and South

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Aldridge Central and South. 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
Walsall 015D	0.237	4635/32,844	2
Walsall 015B	0.227	5135/32,844	2
Walsall 016B	0.165	9224/32,844	3
Walsall 022C	0.11	14993/32,844	5
Walsall 015C	0.09	17945/32,844	6
Walsall 022A	0.055	25047/32,844	8
Walsall 015A	0.053	25321/32,844	8
Walsall 022B	0.05	26062/32,844	8
Walsall 028D	0.045	27268/32,844	9
Walsall 022D	0.038	28977/32,844	9
Walsall 022E	0.029	31054/32,844	10

Employment Deprivation in Aldridge Central and South

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Aldridge Central and South 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
Walsall 015B	0.184	4089/32,844	2
Walsall 015D	0.178	4444/32,844	2
Walsall 016B	0.11	11029/32,844	4
Walsall 022C	0.097	13089/32,844	4
Walsall 015C	0.076	17309/32,844	6
Walsall 022B	0.065	20180/32,844	7
Walsall 022A	0.053	23669/32,844	8
Walsall 022D	0.048	25218/32,844	8
Walsall 015A	0.046	25863/32,844	8
Walsall 028D	0.037	28892/32,844	9
Walsall 022E	0.029	30802/32,844	10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Aldridge Central and South

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Aldridge Central and South population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (20202/32,844) in Aldridge Central and South is more than the adult average rank (17212/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Walsall 015B	42.176	4829/32,844	2
Walsall 015D	34.706	6867/32,844	3
Walsall 016B	33.027	7432/32,844	3
Walsall 022B	13.917	18237/32,844	6
Walsall 022C	11.285	20634/32,844	7
Walsall 015A	9.857	21986/32,844	7
Walsall 015C	8.904	22965/32,844	7
Walsall 028D	6.163	25997/32,844	8
Walsall 022E	5.907	26266/32,844	8
Walsall 022A	5.541	26679/32,844	9
Walsall 022D	4.343	28110/32,844	9

Health Deprivation and Disability in Aldridge Central and South

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

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 Aldridge Central and South. 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
Walsall 015B	0.997	4248/32,844	2
Walsall 015D	0.919	4877/32,844	2
Walsall 016B	0.805	5858/32,844	2
Walsall 015C	-0.084	17319/32,844	6
Walsall 022B	-0.094	17476/32,844	6
Walsall 022C	-0.14	18233/32,844	6
Walsall 015A	-0.213	19321/32,844	6
Walsall 022D	-0.387	21955/32,844	7
Walsall 022A	-0.449	22756/32,844	7
Walsall 028D	-0.559	24174/32,844	8
Walsall 022E	-0.57	24329/32,844	8

Crime Deprivation in Aldridge Central and South

Good

iLivehere Rating 3/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Aldridge Central and South. 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
Walsall 016B	0.024	16321/32,844	5
Walsall 022E	-0.305	21130/32,844	7
Walsall 015D	-0.312	21210/32,844	7
Walsall 022B	-0.375	22087/32,844	7
Walsall 022A	-0.491	23651/32,844	8
Walsall 015C	-0.618	25297/32,844	8
Walsall 015B	-0.679	25991/32,844	8
Walsall 015A	-0.808	27379/32,844	9
Walsall 022D	-0.844	27733/32,844	9
Walsall 022C	-0.873	28002/32,844	9
Walsall 028D	-1.083	29700/32,844	10

There were 51 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Aldridge Central and South in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Aldridge Central and South

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Aldridge Central and South. 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
Walsall 015D	30.005	6967/32,844	3
Walsall 022B	28.636	7943/32,844	3
Walsall 022D	23.565	12590/32,844	4
Walsall 016B	21.533	14865/32,844	5
Walsall 022C	20.286	16316/32,844	5
Walsall 015B	16.573	20950/32,844	7
Walsall 028D	13.725	24563/32,844	8
Walsall 022A	13.573	24723/32,844	8
Walsall 015A	11.498	27125/32,844	9
Walsall 015C	9.831	28759/32,844	9
Walsall 022E	8.836	29650/32,844	10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Aldridge Central and South

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Aldridge Central and South. 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
Walsall 016B	0.728	6495/32,844	2
Walsall 015D	0.713	6637/32,844	3
Walsall 015A	0.556	8466/32,844	3
Walsall 028D	0.388	10688/32,844	4
Walsall 022B	0.231	12852/32,844	4
Walsall 015B	0.229	12897/32,844	4
Walsall 022C	-0.071	17591/32,844	6
Walsall 022A	-0.188	19437/32,844	6
Walsall 015C	-0.197	19590/32,844	6
Walsall 022D	-0.455	23297/32,844	8
Walsall 022E	-0.654	25808/32,844	8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Aldridge Central and South

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Aldridge Central and South. 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
Walsall 015D	0.237	11604/32,844	4
Walsall 015C	0.228	11736/32,844	4
Walsall 016B	0.2	12142/32,844	4
Walsall 022D	0.172	12530/32,844	4
Walsall 015B	0.106	13549/32,844	5
Walsall 022A	0.053	14424/32,844	5
Walsall 022C	0.005	15228/32,844	5
Walsall 022E	-0.002	15346/32,844	5
Walsall 028D	-0.088	16756/32,844	6
Walsall 022B	-0.102	17012/32,844	6
Walsall 015A	-0.157	17936/32,844	6

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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