Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Bexhill St Stephens, Rother

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Bexhill St Stephens, Rother, East Sussex

We have used the 5 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Bexhill St Stephens, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Rother. 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 5 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 Bexhill St Stephens 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 Bexhill St Stephens. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Bexhill St Stephens

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Bexhill St Stephens. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Rother.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Rother 007D 43.972 3263/32,844 1
Rother 007C 27.763 9168/32,844 3
Rother 009G 23.312 11843/32,844 4
Rother 010E 15.043 18880/32,844 6
Rother 009F 8.557 26348/32,844 9

Income Deprivation in Bexhill St Stephens

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Bexhill St Stephens. 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
Rother 007D 0.27 3206/32,844 1
Rother 007C 0.193 7074/32,844 3
Rother 009G 0.118 13906/32,844 5
Rother 010E 0.09 17850/32,844 6
Rother 009F 0.064 22862/32,844 7

Employment Deprivation in Bexhill St Stephens

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Bexhill St Stephens 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
Rother 007D 0.209 2732/32,844 1
Rother 007C 0.151 6501/32,844 2
Rother 009G 0.14 7444/32,844 3
Rother 010E 0.09 14259/32,844 5
Rother 009F 0.067 19492/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Bexhill St Stephens

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Bexhill St Stephens population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (10421/32,844) in Bexhill St Stephens is less than the adult average rank (12460/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Rother 007D 65.945 1097/32,844 1
Rother 007C 34.15 7050/32,844 3
Rother 010E 19.384 14156/32,844 5
Rother 009G 15.144 17253/32,844 6
Rother 009F 14.433 17807/32,844 6

Health Deprivation and Disability in Bexhill St Stephens

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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 Bexhill St Stephens. 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
Rother 009G 0.752 6357/32,844 2
Rother 007D 0.676 7114/32,844 3
Rother 007C 0.195 13141/32,844 5
Rother 010E 0.051 15203/32,844 5
Rother 009F -0.784 26836/32,844 9

Crime Deprivation in Bexhill St Stephens

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Bexhill St Stephens. 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
Rother 007D 0.768 5755/32,844 2
Rother 009G -0.11 18289/32,844 6
Rother 010E -0.141 18746/32,844 6
Rother 007C -0.438 22948/32,844 7
Rother 009F -0.645 25593/32,844 8

There were 206 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Bexhill St Stephens in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Bexhill St Stephens

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Bexhill St Stephens. 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
Rother 009G 28.802 7810/32,844 3
Rother 007C 22.419 13832/32,844 5
Rother 007D 18.106 18982/32,844 6
Rother 010E 16.597 20928/32,844 7
Rother 009F 15.445 22422/32,844 7

Inside Environment Deprivation in Bexhill St Stephens

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Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Bexhill St Stephens. 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
Rother 007C 0.344 11288/32,844 4
Rother 007D 0.194 13386/32,844 5
Rother 010E -0.546 24472/32,844 8
Rother 009G -0.61 25286/32,844 8
Rother 009F -0.996 29030/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in Bexhill St Stephens

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Bexhill St Stephens. 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
Rother 007C 0.176 12479/32,844 4
Rother 010E 0.007 15187/32,844 5
Rother 007D -0.167 18093/32,844 6
Rother 009F -0.374 21613/32,844 7
Rother 009G -0.424 22395/32,844 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.