Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Ashton St Michael’s, Tameside

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Ashton St Michael's, Tameside, Greater Manchester

We have used the 7 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Ashton St Michael's, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Tameside. 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 7 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 Ashton St Michael's 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 Ashton St Michael's. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Ashton St Michael's

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Ashton St Michael's. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Tameside.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Tameside 004E 60.107 912/32,844 1
Tameside 007A 52.035 1869/32,844 1
Tameside 004C 51.726 1913/32,844 1
Tameside 004D 38.583 4698/32,844 2
Tameside 007C 25.328 10559/32,844 4
Tameside 007D 22.22 12599/32,844 4
Tameside 007B 20.489 13942/32,844 5

Income Deprivation in Ashton St Michael's

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 Ashton St Michael's. 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
Tameside 004C 0.313 1866/32,844 1
Tameside 004E 0.311 1916/32,844 1
Tameside 007A 0.288 2578/32,844 1
Tameside 004D 0.18 8022/32,844 3
Tameside 007C 0.123 13352/32,844 5
Tameside 007D 0.107 15343/32,844 5
Tameside 007B 0.103 15888/32,844 5

Employment Deprivation in Ashton St Michael's

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Ashton St Michael's 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
Tameside 004E 0.248 1354/32,844 1
Tameside 004C 0.225 2080/32,844 1
Tameside 007A 0.224 2131/32,844 1
Tameside 004D 0.136 7919/32,844 3
Tameside 007D 0.118 9870/32,844 4
Tameside 007C 0.109 11163/32,844 4
Tameside 007B 0.083 15723/32,844 5

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Ashton St Michael's

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Ashton St Michael's population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (13469/32,844) in Ashton St Michael's is more than the adult average rank (8013/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Tameside 004C 59.093 1838/32,844 1
Tameside 004E 47.528 3654/32,844 2
Tameside 007A 47.116 3742/32,844 2
Tameside 004D 31.448 8010/32,844 3
Tameside 007C 17.047 15777/32,844 5
Tameside 007D 13.198 18880/32,844 6
Tameside 007B 10.432 21423/32,844 7

Health Deprivation and Disability in Ashton St Michael's

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
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 Ashton St Michael's. 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
Tameside 004E 1.993 360/32,844 1
Tameside 007A 1.391 1919/32,844 1
Tameside 004D 1.388 1932/32,844 1
Tameside 004C 1.23 2710/32,844 1
Tameside 007D 0.693 6961/32,844 3
Tameside 007C 0.662 7265/32,844 3
Tameside 007B 0.407 10238/32,844 4

Crime Deprivation in Ashton St Michael's

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Ashton St Michael's. 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
Tameside 004D 1.815 397/32,844 1
Tameside 004C 1.672 622/32,844 1
Tameside 004E 1.605 776/32,844 1
Tameside 007B 1.277 1855/32,844 1
Tameside 007A 1.068 3006/32,844 1
Tameside 007D 0.776 5676/32,844 2
Tameside 007C 0.728 6212/32,844 2

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Ashton St Michael's in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Ashton St Michael's

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Ashton St Michael's. 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
Tameside 007A 16.304 21278/32,844 7
Tameside 004C 15.752 22008/32,844 7
Tameside 007C 14.024 24199/32,844 8
Tameside 004E 13.007 25395/32,844 8
Tameside 007D 11.198 27416/32,844 9
Tameside 004D 9.209 29329/32,844 9
Tameside 007B 4.94 32055/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Ashton St Michael's

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Ashton St Michael's. 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
Tameside 007A 1.261 2085/32,844 1
Tameside 004E 1.244 2170/32,844 1
Tameside 007C 1.129 2912/32,844 1
Tameside 004D 0.93 4422/32,844 2
Tameside 007B 0.552 8508/32,844 3
Tameside 007D 0.497 9234/32,844 3
Tameside 004C -0.377 22235/32,844 7

Outside Environment Deprivation in Ashton St Michael's

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Ashton St Michael's. 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
Tameside 007A 0.66 6858/32,844 3
Tameside 004E 0.423 9219/32,844 3
Tameside 007B 0.197 12173/32,844 4
Tameside 004D 0.193 12245/32,844 4
Tameside 007C 0.084 13937/32,844 5
Tameside 007D -0.238 19288/32,844 6
Tameside 004C -0.301 20365/32,844 7

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.