Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Catford South, Lewisham

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Catford South, Lewisham, Greater London

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

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Overall Deprivation in Catford South

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Catford South. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Lewisham.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Lewisham 025C 31.619 7242/32,844 3
Lewisham 022C 25.046 10734/32,844 4
Lewisham 025A 22.725 12238/32,844 4
Lewisham 022D 22.103 12694/32,844 4
Lewisham 022E 22.095 12703/32,844 4
Lewisham 022A 20.989 13562/32,844 5
Lewisham 025B 18.336 15835/32,844 5
Lewisham 025D 16.79 17192/32,844 6
Lewisham 022B 15.773 18170/32,844 6

Income Deprivation in Catford South

6
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 Catford South. 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
Lewisham 025C 0.173 8548/32,844 3
Lewisham 022C 0.153 10223/32,844 4
Lewisham 022E 0.148 10641/32,844 4
Lewisham 022A 0.131 12366/32,844 4
Lewisham 025A 0.13 12535/32,844 4
Lewisham 022D 0.128 12804/32,844 4
Lewisham 025B 0.122 13396/32,844 5
Lewisham 022B 0.111 14779/32,844 5
Lewisham 025D 0.091 17697/32,844 6

Employment Deprivation in Catford South

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Catford South 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
Lewisham 025C 0.135 8003/32,844 3
Lewisham 022C 0.106 11541/32,844 4
Lewisham 025A 0.106 11643/32,844 4
Lewisham 022E 0.103 12047/32,844 4
Lewisham 022D 0.097 13126/32,844 4
Lewisham 025B 0.083 15641/32,844 5
Lewisham 022A 0.079 16618/32,844 6
Lewisham 022B 0.067 19665/32,844 6
Lewisham 025D 0.064 20337/32,844 7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Catford South

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Catford South population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (21693/32,844) in Catford South is more than the adult average rank (19372/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Lewisham 022E 13.172 18896/32,844 6
Lewisham 022D 12.77 19238/32,844 6
Lewisham 025B 12.592 19408/32,844 6
Lewisham 022A 12.363 19602/32,844 6
Lewisham 025C 11.826 20116/32,844 7
Lewisham 025A 10.354 21496/32,844 7
Lewisham 022C 10.197 21639/32,844 7
Lewisham 025D 8.298 23638/32,844 8
Lewisham 022B 6.254 25893/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Catford South

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
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 Catford South. 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
Lewisham 022C 0.339 11104/32,844 4
Lewisham 025C 0.171 13457/32,844 5
Lewisham 025A 0.102 14475/32,844 5
Lewisham 022D -0.055 16872/32,844 6
Lewisham 022B -0.074 17167/32,844 6
Lewisham 022A -0.16 18532/32,844 6
Lewisham 022E -0.394 22046/32,844 7
Lewisham 025D -0.526 23755/32,844 8
Lewisham 025B -0.526 23756/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in Catford South

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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 Catford South. 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
Lewisham 025C 0.532 8645/32,844 3
Lewisham 025D 0.514 8893/32,844 3
Lewisham 025A 0.231 13020/32,844 4
Lewisham 022C 0.184 13779/32,844 5
Lewisham 022A 0.117 14862/32,844 5
Lewisham 022D 0.045 15973/32,844 5
Lewisham 022B -0.217 19872/32,844 7
Lewisham 022E -0.368 21999/32,844 7
Lewisham 025B -0.369 22006/32,844 7

There were 761 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Catford South in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Catford South

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Catford South. 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
Lewisham 025C 44.426 1158/32,844 1
Lewisham 025A 34.512 4317/32,844 2
Lewisham 025D 32.602 5325/32,844 2
Lewisham 022D 30.176 6840/32,844 3
Lewisham 025B 29.38 7388/32,844 3
Lewisham 022C 28.808 7805/32,844 3
Lewisham 022E 26.347 9858/32,844 4
Lewisham 022A 25.837 10325/32,844 4
Lewisham 022B 22.699 13531/32,844 5

Inside Environment Deprivation in Catford South

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Catford South. 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
Lewisham 022E 0.855 5123/32,844 2
Lewisham 022A 0.853 5136/32,844 2
Lewisham 022D 0.764 6057/32,844 2
Lewisham 022C 0.744 6317/32,844 2
Lewisham 025C 0.685 6941/32,844 3
Lewisham 025B 0.59 8057/32,844 3
Lewisham 022B 0.579 8197/32,844 3
Lewisham 025D 0.243 12697/32,844 4
Lewisham 025A 0.086 15108/32,844 5

Outside Environment Deprivation in Catford South

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Catford South. 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
Lewisham 022A 1.332 2287/32,844 1
Lewisham 022E 1.278 2559/32,844 1
Lewisham 025A 1.244 2715/32,844 1
Lewisham 022C 1.204 2928/32,844 1
Lewisham 025C 1.172 3092/32,844 1
Lewisham 025D 1.041 3865/32,844 2
Lewisham 022D 1.011 4053/32,844 2
Lewisham 022B 0.951 4497/32,844 2
Lewisham 025B 0.922 4682/32,844 2

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.