Deprivation Statistics for Canford Heath, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Canford Heath, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole,

We have used the 13 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Canford Heath, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. 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 13 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 Canford Heath 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 Canford Heath. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Canford Heath

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Canford Heath. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Poole 002A 38.269 4798/32,844 2
Poole 004D 32.572 6851/32,844 3
Poole 008E 26.516 9874/32,844 4
Poole 005C 25.96 10213/32,844 4
Poole 005D 17.192 16820/32,844 6
Poole 011A 15.322 18622/32,844 6
Poole 005B 14.513 19438/32,844 6
Poole 004B 14.032 19917/32,844 7
Poole 004C 13.795 20155/32,844 7
Poole 005A 11.355 22914/32,844 7
Poole 004E 10.832 23510/32,844 8
Poole 005E 10.183 24276/32,844 8
Poole 004A 6.952 28390/32,844 9

Income Deprivation in Canford Heath

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Canford Heath. 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
Poole 002A 0.235 4768/32,844 2
Poole 004D 0.215 5823/32,844 2
Poole 008E 0.169 8882/32,844 3
Poole 005C 0.143 11120/32,844 4
Poole 005B 0.098 16618/32,844 6
Poole 004B 0.095 17119/32,844 6
Poole 011A 0.091 17801/32,844 6
Poole 004C 0.085 18640/32,844 6
Poole 005D 0.079 19726/32,844 7
Poole 004E 0.075 20518/32,844 7
Poole 005A 0.057 24352/32,844 8
Poole 005E 0.051 25944/32,844 8
Poole 004A 0.022 32059/32,844 10

Employment Deprivation in Canford Heath

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Canford Heath 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
Poole 002A 0.16 5704/32,844 2
Poole 004D 0.151 6459/32,844 2
Poole 005C 0.123 9326/32,844 3
Poole 008E 0.12 9688/32,844 3
Poole 004C 0.083 15717/32,844 5
Poole 004B 0.076 17228/32,844 6
Poole 005D 0.072 18185/32,844 6
Poole 005A 0.068 19206/32,844 6
Poole 005B 0.067 19454/32,844 6
Poole 011A 0.067 19624/32,844 6
Poole 004E 0.051 24434/32,844 8
Poole 005E 0.043 27084/32,844 9
Poole 004A 0.038 28496/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Canford Heath

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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 Canford Heath population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (13070/32,844) in Canford Heath is more than the adult average rank (12784/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Poole 004D 51.104 3047/32,844 1
Poole 002A 47.823 3609/32,844 2
Poole 008E 42.051 4859/32,844 2
Poole 005C 37.139 6152/32,844 2
Poole 005B 26.906 9870/32,844 4
Poole 005A 24.172 11250/32,844 4
Poole 005E 22.149 12440/32,844 4
Poole 011A 20.578 13413/32,844 5
Poole 004B 15.895 16664/32,844 6
Poole 005D 15.853 16700/32,844 6
Poole 004C 9.758 22087/32,844 7
Poole 004E 9.244 22626/32,844 7
Poole 004A 6.478 25627/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Canford Heath

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
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 Canford Heath. 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
Poole 004D 0.919 4879/32,844 2
Poole 002A 0.653 7353/32,844 3
Poole 008E 0.572 8265/32,844 3
Poole 005C 0.272 12030/32,844 4
Poole 005E -0.003 16061/32,844 5
Poole 004B -0.009 16154/32,844 5
Poole 005B -0.05 16789/32,844 6
Poole 011A -0.177 18777/32,844 6
Poole 004E -0.252 19902/32,844 7
Poole 004C -0.254 19930/32,844 7
Poole 005A -0.368 21696/32,844 7
Poole 005D -0.397 22087/32,844 7
Poole 004A -0.889 27875/32,844 9

Crime Deprivation in Canford Heath

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Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Canford Heath. 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
Poole 011A -0.076 17778/32,844 6
Poole 008E -0.139 18725/32,844 6
Poole 004D -0.254 20408/32,844 7
Poole 002A -0.301 21049/32,844 7
Poole 005C -0.493 23677/32,844 8
Poole 004B -0.499 23783/32,844 8
Poole 005A -0.504 23862/32,844 8
Poole 005E -0.525 24124/32,844 8
Poole 005B -0.682 26020/32,844 8
Poole 004A -0.71 26333/32,844 9
Poole 005D -0.849 27784/32,844 9
Poole 004C -1.015 29215/32,844 9
Poole 004E -1.431 31550/32,844 10

There were 194 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Canford Heath in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Canford Heath

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Canford Heath. 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
Poole 005D 38.361 2711/32,844 1
Poole 005C 36.817 3263/32,844 1
Poole 002A 34.332 4411/32,844 2
Poole 004C 32.886 5148/32,844 2
Poole 004E 32.405 5422/32,844 2
Poole 004A 28.814 7796/32,844 3
Poole 011A 26.299 9889/32,844 4
Poole 004B 24.958 11155/32,844 4
Poole 008E 22.293 13980/32,844 5
Poole 005E 21.944 14392/32,844 5
Poole 004D 21.774 14586/32,844 5
Poole 005B 18.182 18887/32,844 6
Poole 005A 16.064 21581/32,844 7

Inside Environment Deprivation in Canford Heath

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Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Canford Heath. 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
Poole 002A 0.35 11199/32,844 4
Poole 011A 0.032 15942/32,844 5
Poole 005B -0.095 17956/32,844 6
Poole 005A -0.27 20673/32,844 7
Poole 005D -0.346 21787/32,844 7
Poole 008E -0.422 22841/32,844 7
Poole 005C -0.598 25144/32,844 8
Poole 005E -0.888 28092/32,844 9
Poole 004D -1.094 29699/32,844 10
Poole 004B -1.178 30167/32,844 10
Poole 004E -1.892 32411/32,844 10
Poole 004C -1.896 32419/32,844 10
Poole 004A -2.457 32788/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in Canford Heath

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Canford Heath. 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
Poole 005D 1.781 822/32,844 1
Poole 002A 1.494 1649/32,844 1
Poole 004A 1.219 2840/32,844 1
Poole 004E 0.211 11975/32,844 4
Poole 008E 0.177 12466/32,844 4
Poole 005A 0.141 13012/32,844 4
Poole 011A 0.111 13468/32,844 5
Poole 004C 0.087 13876/32,844 5
Poole 005C 0.035 14727/32,844 5
Poole 005E -0.001 15333/32,844 5
Poole 005B -0.088 16762/32,844 6
Poole 004D -0.096 16908/32,844 6
Poole 004B -0.211 18835/32,844 6

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.