Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Church, Sefton

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Church, Sefton, Merseyside

We have used the 8 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Church, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Sefton. 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 8 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 Church 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 Church. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Church

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Church. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Sefton.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Sefton 032A 66.597 428/32,844 1
Sefton 032C 54.739 1498/32,844 1
Sefton 032B 42.617 3561/32,844 2
Sefton 030C 37.867 4919/32,844 2
Sefton 030B 37.337 5101/32,844 2
Sefton 032D 29.047 8474/32,844 3
Sefton 028C 25.703 10364/32,844 4
Sefton 030A 15.531 18413/32,844 6

Income Deprivation in Church

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 Church. 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
Sefton 032A 0.395 449/32,844 1
Sefton 032C 0.322 1612/32,844 1
Sefton 032B 0.256 3741/32,844 2
Sefton 030B 0.201 6577/32,844 3
Sefton 030C 0.201 6602/32,844 3
Sefton 032D 0.148 10655/32,844 4
Sefton 028C 0.14 11504/32,844 4
Sefton 030A 0.095 17118/32,844 6

Employment Deprivation in Church

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Church 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
Sefton 032A 0.371 80/32,844 1
Sefton 032C 0.329 230/32,844 1
Sefton 032B 0.233 1783/32,844 1
Sefton 030C 0.192 3555/32,844 2
Sefton 030B 0.185 4021/32,844 2
Sefton 032D 0.149 6650/32,844 3
Sefton 028C 0.113 10601/32,844 4
Sefton 030A 0.084 15476/32,844 5

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Church

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Church population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (14379/32,844) in Church is more than the adult average rank (13999/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Sefton 032A 41.246 5066/32,844 2
Sefton 032C 29.094 8934/32,844 3
Sefton 032B 28.3 9268/32,844 3
Sefton 030C 26.857 9887/32,844 4
Sefton 032D 14.08 18096/32,844 6
Sefton 030B 14.032 18136/32,844 6
Sefton 028C 12.635 19366/32,844 6
Sefton 030A 7.313 24698/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Church

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 Church. 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
Sefton 032A 2.104 249/32,844 1
Sefton 032C 1.804 648/32,844 1
Sefton 032B 1.162 3097/32,844 1
Sefton 030B 1.043 3918/32,844 2
Sefton 030C 0.994 4270/32,844 2
Sefton 032D 0.88 5217/32,844 2
Sefton 028C 0.639 7511/32,844 3
Sefton 030A 0.129 14052/32,844 5

Crime Deprivation in Church

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 Church. 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
Sefton 032A 0.977 3703/32,844 2
Sefton 030C 0.72 6285/32,844 2
Sefton 032B 0.666 6896/32,844 3
Sefton 030B 0.618 7473/32,844 3
Sefton 032C 0.469 9484/32,844 3
Sefton 028C 0.287 12149/32,844 4
Sefton 032D 0.069 15605/32,844 5
Sefton 030A -0.253 20390/32,844 7

There were 305 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Church in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Church

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Church. 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
Sefton 032C 16.479 21069/32,844 7
Sefton 028C 16.221 21391/32,844 7
Sefton 032A 16.013 21661/32,844 7
Sefton 032D 13.357 24983/32,844 8
Sefton 032B 12.877 25545/32,844 8
Sefton 030C 5.483 31820/32,844 10
Sefton 030B 4.04 32357/32,844 10
Sefton 030A 2.482 32683/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Church

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Church. 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
Sefton 030B 1.814 434/32,844 1
Sefton 032D 1.458 1230/32,844 1
Sefton 030C 1.457 1237/32,844 1
Sefton 028C 1.423 1380/32,844 1
Sefton 030A 1.086 3203/32,844 1
Sefton 032B 0.885 4861/32,844 2
Sefton 032A 0.859 5090/32,844 2
Sefton 032C 0.507 9100/32,844 3

Outside Environment Deprivation in Church

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Church. 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
Sefton 030B 0.014 15057/32,844 5
Sefton 032B -0.009 15456/32,844 5
Sefton 032A -0.044 16017/32,844 5
Sefton 032D -0.054 16175/32,844 5
Sefton 028C -0.084 16696/32,844 6
Sefton 030A -0.183 18372/32,844 6
Sefton 030C -0.269 19800/32,844 7
Sefton 032C -0.31 20522/32,844 7

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.