Deprivation Statistics for Blackburn South East, Blackburn with Darwen

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Blackburn South East, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire

We have used the 9 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Blackburn South East, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Blackburn with Darwen. 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 9 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 Blackburn South East 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 Blackburn South East. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Blackburn South East

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 Blackburn South East. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Blackburn with Darwen.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 66.894 411/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 65.624 486/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 64.719 544/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 56.157 1335/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 53.451 1667/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 48.091 2472/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 47.205 2618/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 32.636 6820/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 22.776 12198/32,844 4

Income Deprivation in Blackburn South East

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 Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 0.412 305/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 0.38 602/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 0.376 636/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 0.36 862/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 0.336 1292/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 0.267 3318/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 0.247 4198/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 0.213 5951/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 0.138 11712/32,844 4

Employment Deprivation in Blackburn South East

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Blackburn South East 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 0.326 247/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 0.313 342/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 0.305 407/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 0.256 1151/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 0.226 2033/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 0.208 2776/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 0.203 2999/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 0.148 6719/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 0.121 9599/32,844 3

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Blackburn South East

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Blackburn South East population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (6910/32,844) in Blackburn South East is more than the adult average rank (3442/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 79.94 291/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 77.208 402/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 68.814 861/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 55.078 2389/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 50.934 3083/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 49.24 3390/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 45.559 4048/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 20.93 13184/32,844 5
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 17.97 15149/32,844 5

Health Deprivation and Disability in Blackburn South East

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 Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 2.418 94/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 2.032 317/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 1.924 437/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 1.896 472/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 1.715 835/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 1.541 1321/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 1.48 1563/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 1.139 3250/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 0.701 6866/32,844 3

Crime Deprivation in Blackburn South East

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 1.216 2151/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 1.114 2706/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 0.942 4010/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 0.848 4896/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 0.752 5921/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 0.734 6131/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 0.644 7152/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 0.49 9198/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 0.455 9685/32,844 3

There were 320 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Blackburn South East in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Blackburn South East

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 18.651 18295/32,844 6
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 16.236 21377/32,844 7
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 15.338 22568/32,844 7
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 14.595 23540/32,844 8
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 12.288 26235/32,844 8
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 11.516 27113/32,844 9
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 10.727 27926/32,844 9
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 10.182 28430/32,844 9
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 5.224 31935/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Blackburn South East

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 1.331 1737/32,844 1
Blackburn with Darwen 011F 0.841 5241/32,844 2
Blackburn with Darwen 011A -0.063 17459/32,844 6
Blackburn with Darwen 008C -0.22 19917/32,844 7
Blackburn with Darwen 008F -0.319 21445/32,844 7
Blackburn with Darwen 008B -0.347 21812/32,844 7
Blackburn with Darwen 011E -0.64 25643/32,844 8
Blackburn with Darwen 011B -0.71 26418/32,844 9
Blackburn with Darwen 011D -0.869 27951/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in Blackburn South East

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008F 0.529 8088/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 008E 0.517 8230/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 008B 0.513 8272/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 008C 0.418 9278/32,844 3
Blackburn with Darwen 011A 0.334 10314/32,844 4
Blackburn with Darwen 011E 0.209 12014/32,844 4
Blackburn with Darwen 011B 0.077 14045/32,844 5
Blackburn with Darwen 011D 0.025 14891/32,844 5
Blackburn with Darwen 011F -0.058 16249/32,844 5

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.