Deprivation Statistics for Balderstone and Kirkholt, Rochdale

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Balderstone and Kirkholt, Rochdale, Greater Manchester

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Balderstone and Kirkholt, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Rochdale. 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 10 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 Balderstone and Kirkholt 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 Balderstone and Kirkholt. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Balderstone and Kirkholt

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

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

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Rochdale 016C	66.643	424/32,844	1
Rochdale 016D	57.277	1185/32,844	1
Rochdale 015E	56.696	1259/32,844	1
Rochdale 016A	52.046	1865/32,844	1
Rochdale 015C	47.04	2655/32,844	1
Rochdale 015B	37.456	5064/32,844	2
Rochdale 016B	29.03	8480/32,844	3
Rochdale 012A	27.713	9190/32,844	3
Oldham 004B	15.163	18747/32,844	6
Rochdale 016E	12.556	21545/32,844	7

Income Deprivation in Balderstone and Kirkholt

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 Balderstone and Kirkholt. 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
Rochdale 016C	0.414	291/32,844	1
Rochdale 015E	0.364	810/32,844	1
Rochdale 016D	0.33	1440/32,844	1
Rochdale 016A	0.329	1446/32,844	1
Rochdale 015C	0.317	1743/32,844	1
Rochdale 015B	0.23	4991/32,844	2
Rochdale 016B	0.165	9247/32,844	3
Rochdale 012A	0.151	10448/32,844	4
Oldham 004B	0.07	21421/32,844	7
Rochdale 016E	0.045	27277/32,844	9

Employment Deprivation in Balderstone and Kirkholt

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Balderstone and Kirkholt 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
Rochdale 016C	0.303	425/32,844	1
Rochdale 016D	0.255	1162/32,844	1
Rochdale 016A	0.236	1720/32,844	1
Rochdale 015E	0.209	2736/32,844	1
Rochdale 015C	0.206	2841/32,844	1
Rochdale 015B	0.164	5447/32,844	2
Rochdale 016B	0.117	10027/32,844	4
Rochdale 012A	0.114	10516/32,844	4
Oldham 004B	0.074	17814/32,844	6
Rochdale 016E	0.057	22519/32,844	7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Balderstone and Kirkholt

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Balderstone and Kirkholt population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (12758/32,844) in Balderstone and Kirkholt is more than the adult average rank (8157/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Rochdale 016C	61.787	1543/32,844	1
Rochdale 016A	57.804	2002/32,844	1
Rochdale 016D	56.669	2155/32,844	1
Rochdale 015E	48.03	3581/32,844	2
Rochdale 015B	43.837	4440/32,844	2
Rochdale 015C	39.49	5494/32,844	2
Rochdale 012A	21.514	12849/32,844	4
Rochdale 016B	14.49	17768/32,844	6
Oldham 004B	7.388	24603/32,844	8
Rochdale 016E	4.907	27409/32,844	9

Health Deprivation and Disability in Balderstone and Kirkholt

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 Balderstone and Kirkholt. 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
Rochdale 016C	1.929	431/32,844	1
Rochdale 016A	1.534	1340/32,844	1
Rochdale 016D	1.485	1540/32,844	1
Rochdale 015C	1.334	2181/32,844	1
Rochdale 015E	1.058	3816/32,844	2
Rochdale 015B	0.689	6995/32,844	3
Rochdale 016B	0.656	7331/32,844	3
Rochdale 012A	0.604	7882/32,844	3
Oldham 004B	0.147	13766/32,844	5
Rochdale 016E	-0.105	17652/32,844	6

Crime Deprivation in Balderstone and Kirkholt

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 Balderstone and Kirkholt. 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
Rochdale 015E	1.566	887/32,844	1
Rochdale 016B	1.39	1389/32,844	1
Rochdale 016D	1.356	1519/32,844	1
Rochdale 016C	1.238	2039/32,844	1
Rochdale 015C	1.019	3373/32,844	2
Oldham 004B	0.98	3678/32,844	2
Rochdale 016E	0.859	4817/32,844	2
Rochdale 015B	0.853	4861/32,844	2
Rochdale 012A	0.832	5084/32,844	2
Rochdale 016A	0.786	5572/32,844	2

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Balderstone and Kirkholt in February 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Balderstone and Kirkholt

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Balderstone and Kirkholt. 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
Rochdale 016D	27.146	9125/32,844	3
Rochdale 016E	26.77	9489/32,844	3
Rochdale 015C	22.503	13744/32,844	5
Rochdale 015B	22.5	13750/32,844	5
Rochdale 015E	21.148	15326/32,844	5
Rochdale 016C	20.074	16557/32,844	6
Rochdale 016A	19.587	17152/32,844	6
Rochdale 016B	18.921	17952/32,844	6
Oldham 004B	12.552	25948/32,844	8
Rochdale 012A	11.971	26595/32,844	9

Inside Environment Deprivation in Balderstone and Kirkholt

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Balderstone and Kirkholt. 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
Rochdale 015E	1.386	1514/32,844	1
Rochdale 012A	1.228	2282/32,844	1
Rochdale 015B	0.814	5543/32,844	2
Rochdale 016B	0.756	6173/32,844	2
Oldham 004B	0.217	13057/32,844	4
Rochdale 015C	0.078	15239/32,844	5
Rochdale 016D	0.018	16172/32,844	5
Rochdale 016A	-0.33	21593/32,844	7
Rochdale 016E	-0.363	22040/32,844	7
Rochdale 016C	-0.377	22251/32,844	7

Outside Environment Deprivation in Balderstone and Kirkholt

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Balderstone and Kirkholt. 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
Rochdale 015E	0.323	10451/32,844	4
Rochdale 016B	-0.046	16050/32,844	5
Rochdale 012A	-0.06	16276/32,844	5
Rochdale 016D	-0.083	16680/32,844	6
Rochdale 016C	-0.104	17053/32,844	6
Rochdale 016E	-0.175	18224/32,844	6
Rochdale 016A	-0.181	18343/32,844	6
Rochdale 015C	-0.223	19034/32,844	6
Oldham 004B	-0.265	19725/32,844	7
Rochdale 015B	-0.328	20808/32,844	7

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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