Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Birchills Leamore, Walsall

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Birchills Leamore, Walsall, West Midlands

We have used the 12 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Birchills Leamore, 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 12 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 Birchills Leamore 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 Birchills Leamore. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Birchills Leamore

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Birchills Leamore. 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 030A 61.194 820/32,844 1
Walsall 017D 56.657 1263/32,844 1
Walsall 021C 55.667 1392/32,844 1
Walsall 017B 54.301 1546/32,844 1
Walsall 017C 54.172 1565/32,844 1
Walsall 017A 51.211 2002/32,844 1
Walsall 021D 49.457 2263/32,844 1
Walsall 018D 48.608 2390/32,844 1
Walsall 018E 46.96 2663/32,844 1
Walsall 021B 41.95 3740/32,844 2
Walsall 026B 39.13 4534/32,844 2
Walsall 021A 19.187 15089/32,844 5

Income Deprivation in Birchills Leamore

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Birchills Leamore. 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 017C 0.372 679/32,844 1
Walsall 021C 0.371 697/32,844 1
Walsall 030A 0.351 1008/32,844 1
Walsall 017A 0.316 1787/32,844 1
Walsall 017D 0.31 1946/32,844 1
Walsall 021D 0.308 2002/32,844 1
Walsall 017B 0.302 2144/32,844 1
Walsall 018D 0.298 2265/32,844 1
Walsall 026B 0.271 3174/32,844 1
Walsall 018E 0.263 3495/32,844 2
Walsall 021B 0.239 4536/32,844 2
Walsall 021A 0.139 11600/32,844 4

Employment Deprivation in Birchills Leamore

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Birchills Leamore 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 030A 0.249 1313/32,844 1
Walsall 017D 0.248 1358/32,844 1
Walsall 017B 0.236 1725/32,844 1
Walsall 021C 0.223 2136/32,844 1
Walsall 017C 0.214 2514/32,844 1
Walsall 017A 0.213 2562/32,844 1
Walsall 021D 0.202 3027/32,844 1
Walsall 018E 0.19 3693/32,844 2
Walsall 018D 0.186 3958/32,844 2
Walsall 026B 0.183 4094/32,844 2
Walsall 021B 0.171 4910/32,844 2
Walsall 021A 0.07 18687/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Birchills Leamore

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Birchills Leamore population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (3526/32,844) in Birchills Leamore is more than the adult average rank (1487/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Walsall 021C 93.633 26/32,844 1
Walsall 017B 93.026 30/32,844 1
Walsall 017A 85.488 135/32,844 1
Walsall 017C 79.079 324/32,844 1
Walsall 021D 78.549 346/32,844 1
Walsall 017D 73.469 577/32,844 1
Walsall 018D 70.669 739/32,844 1
Walsall 030A 66.069 1086/32,844 1
Walsall 018E 59.179 1826/32,844 1
Walsall 021B 57.334 2062/32,844 1
Walsall 026B 36.87 6229/32,844 2
Walsall 021A 25.931 10355/32,844 4

Health Deprivation and Disability in Birchills Leamore

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 Birchills Leamore. 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 030A 1.625 1052/32,844 1
Walsall 018E 1.43 1743/32,844 1
Walsall 017D 1.386 1936/32,844 1
Walsall 018D 1.238 2658/32,844 1
Walsall 017C 1.048 3887/32,844 2
Walsall 026B 0.987 4322/32,844 2
Walsall 021D 0.974 4423/32,844 2
Walsall 021C 0.947 4636/32,844 2
Walsall 017A 0.923 4842/32,844 2
Walsall 017B 0.915 4907/32,844 2
Walsall 021B 0.846 5486/32,844 2
Walsall 021A 0.212 12892/32,844 4

Crime Deprivation in Birchills Leamore

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Birchills Leamore. 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 030A 1.158 2475/32,844 1
Walsall 017D 0.945 3987/32,844 2
Walsall 018E 0.814 5274/32,844 2
Walsall 021B 0.76 5841/32,844 2
Walsall 021D 0.574 8066/32,844 3
Walsall 026B 0.482 9319/32,844 3
Walsall 017B 0.446 9832/32,844 3
Walsall 017A 0.335 11426/32,844 4
Walsall 018D 0.231 13005/32,844 4
Walsall 021C 0.137 14520/32,844 5
Walsall 017C 0.129 14664/32,844 5
Walsall 021A -0.43 22829/32,844 7

There were 348 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Birchills Leamore in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Birchills Leamore

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Birchills Leamore. 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 021A 27.036 9236/32,844 3
Walsall 030A 23.987 12154/32,844 4
Walsall 017A 21.662 14709/32,844 5
Walsall 017C 21.563 14826/32,844 5
Walsall 017D 21.557 14831/32,844 5
Walsall 018E 20.59 15949/32,844 5
Walsall 018D 19.146 17681/32,844 6
Walsall 017B 18.392 18615/32,844 6
Walsall 021B 17.671 19562/32,844 6
Walsall 026B 16.589 20938/32,844 7
Walsall 021D 16.494 21048/32,844 7
Walsall 021C 16.421 21143/32,844 7

Inside Environment Deprivation in Birchills Leamore

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Birchills Leamore. 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 021B 1.016 3757/32,844 2
Walsall 017B 0.962 4153/32,844 2
Walsall 018D 0.936 4372/32,844 2
Walsall 021C 0.658 7213/32,844 3
Walsall 017C 0.537 8705/32,844 3
Walsall 030A 0.518 8927/32,844 3
Walsall 018E 0.517 8947/32,844 3
Walsall 021D 0.511 9035/32,844 3
Walsall 026B 0.488 9374/32,844 3
Walsall 017A 0.466 9661/32,844 3
Walsall 017D 0.419 10261/32,844 4
Walsall 021A -0.389 22393/32,844 7

Outside Environment Deprivation in Birchills Leamore

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Birchills Leamore. 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 030A 0.827 5416/32,844 2
Walsall 017D 0.804 5620/32,844 2
Walsall 018E 0.727 6248/32,844 2
Walsall 021A 0.606 7373/32,844 3
Walsall 026B 0.577 7636/32,844 3
Walsall 021B 0.571 7681/32,844 3
Walsall 021D 0.521 8176/32,844 3
Walsall 021C 0.474 8669/32,844 3
Walsall 017B 0.442 9000/32,844 3
Walsall 018D 0.441 9010/32,844 3
Walsall 017A 0.414 9320/32,844 3
Walsall 017C 0.339 10257/32,844 4

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.