Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Brierley Hill, Dudley

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Brierley Hill, Dudley, West Midlands

We have used the 11 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Brierley Hill, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Dudley. 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 11 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 Brierley Hill 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 Brierley Hill. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Brierley Hill

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Brierley Hill. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Dudley.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Dudley 023D 45.763 2894/32,844 1
Dudley 022C 44.927 3070/32,844 1
Dudley 022A 43.356 3386/32,844 2
Dudley 022B 41.423 3875/32,844 2
Dudley 022D 40.392 4150/32,844 2
Dudley 023C 37.206 5145/32,844 2
Dudley 023B 36.625 5336/32,844 2
Dudley 024B 30.582 7751/32,844 3
Dudley 023E 19.342 14968/32,844 5
Dudley 023A 18.475 15718/32,844 5
Dudley 024D 10.493 23889/32,844 8

Income Deprivation in Brierley Hill

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 Brierley Hill. 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
Dudley 022C 0.29 2520/32,844 1
Dudley 023D 0.286 2674/32,844 1
Dudley 022A 0.271 3175/32,844 1
Dudley 022D 0.254 3868/32,844 2
Dudley 022B 0.244 4323/32,844 2
Dudley 023C 0.241 4441/32,844 2
Dudley 023B 0.22 5525/32,844 2
Dudley 024B 0.218 5636/32,844 2
Dudley 023E 0.103 15884/32,844 5
Dudley 023A 0.096 16994/32,844 6
Dudley 024D 0.057 24494/32,844 8

Employment Deprivation in Brierley Hill

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Brierley Hill 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
Dudley 022A 0.221 2231/32,844 1
Dudley 023D 0.204 2940/32,844 1
Dudley 022C 0.203 2978/32,844 1
Dudley 022B 0.199 3176/32,844 1
Dudley 022D 0.172 4855/32,844 2
Dudley 023C 0.166 5271/32,844 2
Dudley 024B 0.154 6176/32,844 2
Dudley 023B 0.136 7909/32,844 3
Dudley 023E 0.084 15477/32,844 5
Dudley 023A 0.079 16613/32,844 6
Dudley 024D 0.051 24439/32,844 8

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Brierley Hill

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 Brierley Hill population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (9339/32,844) in Brierley Hill is more than the adult average rank (7529/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Dudley 023D 71.698 670/32,844 1
Dudley 023B 48.691 3479/32,844 2
Dudley 022D 47.551 3651/32,844 2
Dudley 023C 46.379 3878/32,844 2
Dudley 022C 44.299 4331/32,844 2
Dudley 024B 43.864 4435/32,844 2
Dudley 022A 43.409 4546/32,844 2
Dudley 022B 30.515 8358/32,844 3
Dudley 024D 13.552 18546/32,844 6
Dudley 023E 13.32 18756/32,844 6
Dudley 023A 10.395 21460/32,844 7

Health Deprivation and Disability in Brierley Hill

8
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 Brierley Hill. 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
Dudley 022A 1.229 2721/32,844 1
Dudley 022B 1.227 2731/32,844 1
Dudley 022C 0.898 5061/32,844 2
Dudley 023C 0.821 5715/32,844 2
Dudley 022D 0.778 6105/32,844 2
Dudley 023D 0.719 6686/32,844 3
Dudley 023B 0.457 9630/32,844 3
Dudley 023A 0.394 10419/32,844 4
Dudley 023E 0.376 10641/32,844 4
Dudley 024B 0.164 13557/32,844 5
Dudley 024D -0.016 16242/32,844 5

Crime Deprivation in Brierley Hill

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Brierley Hill. 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
Dudley 022B 0.999 3530/32,844 2
Dudley 022A 0.487 9241/32,844 3
Dudley 022D 0.45 9767/32,844 3
Dudley 023B 0.394 10539/32,844 4
Dudley 023D 0.381 10720/32,844 4
Dudley 023C 0.102 15100/32,844 5
Dudley 023E 0.052 15863/32,844 5
Dudley 024D -0.019 16979/32,844 6
Dudley 023A -0.055 17497/32,844 6
Dudley 022C -0.171 19226/32,844 6
Dudley 024B -0.184 19402/32,844 6

There were 338 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Brierley Hill in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Brierley Hill

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Brierley Hill. 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
Dudley 023C 20.362 16220/32,844 5
Dudley 023A 20.302 16289/32,844 5
Dudley 023B 19.598 17141/32,844 6
Dudley 024B 19.466 17306/32,844 6
Dudley 023D 18.194 18874/32,844 6
Dudley 024D 16.134 21501/32,844 7
Dudley 022D 14.886 23185/32,844 8
Dudley 023E 14.683 23420/32,844 8
Dudley 022C 13.985 24256/32,844 8
Dudley 022A 13.846 24416/32,844 8
Dudley 022B 12.972 25440/32,844 8

Inside Environment Deprivation in Brierley Hill

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Brierley Hill. 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
Dudley 022C 1.825 418/32,844 1
Dudley 023B 1.576 880/32,844 1
Dudley 022D 1.412 1417/32,844 1
Dudley 023E 1.188 2530/32,844 1
Dudley 023A 1.117 2999/32,844 1
Dudley 023C 1.008 3821/32,844 2
Dudley 022B 0.933 4395/32,844 2
Dudley 024B 0.753 6213/32,844 2
Dudley 023D 0.736 6423/32,844 2
Dudley 022A 0.565 8381/32,844 3
Dudley 024D 0.205 13236/32,844 5

Outside Environment Deprivation in Brierley Hill

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Brierley Hill. 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
Dudley 022A 0.027 14856/32,844 5
Dudley 023D 0.014 15075/32,844 5
Dudley 023B -0.06 16283/32,844 5
Dudley 023E -0.125 17419/32,844 6
Dudley 022B -0.166 18080/32,844 6
Dudley 023A -0.169 18123/32,844 6
Dudley 022D -0.225 19066/32,844 6
Dudley 024D -0.324 20753/32,844 7
Dudley 023C -0.337 20971/32,844 7
Dudley 022C -0.347 21128/32,844 7
Dudley 024B -0.722 26475/32,844 9

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.