Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Colliers Wood, Merton

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Colliers Wood, Merton, Greater London

We have used the 6 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Colliers Wood, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Merton. 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 6 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 Colliers Wood 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 Colliers Wood. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Colliers Wood

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Colliers Wood. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Merton.

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Merton 008B	26.568	9855/32,844	4
Merton 008A	16.576	17401/32,844	6
Merton 005A	14.43	19521/32,844	6
Merton 005C	13.142	20897/32,844	7
Merton 005D	12.515	21593/32,844	7
Merton 005B	12.297	21838/32,844	7

Income Deprivation in Colliers Wood

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 Colliers Wood. 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
Merton 008B	0.173	8574/32,844	3
Merton 008A	0.105	15687/32,844	5
Merton 005C	0.082	19278/32,844	6
Merton 005D	0.079	19695/32,844	6
Merton 005B	0.069	21635/32,844	7
Merton 005A	0.068	21982/32,844	7

Employment Deprivation in Colliers Wood

Good

iLivehere Rating 3/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Colliers Wood 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
Merton 008B	0.119	9816/32,844	3
Merton 008A	0.063	20540/32,844	7
Merton 005D	0.055	22948/32,844	7
Merton 005C	0.044	26674/32,844	9
Merton 005B	0.044	26708/32,844	9
Merton 005A	0.031	30418/32,844	10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Colliers Wood

Very Good

iLivehere Rating 2/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Colliers Wood population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (24925/32,844) in Colliers Wood is less than the adult average rank (25884/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Merton 008B	16.915	15876/32,844	5
Merton 008A	8.799	23080/32,844	8
Merton 005D	4.194	28292/32,844	9
Merton 005B	3.322	29359/32,844	9
Merton 005C	3.307	29370/32,844	9
Merton 005A	1.872	31031/32,844	10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Colliers Wood

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 Colliers Wood. 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
Merton 008B	0.172	13437/32,844	5
Merton 005C	-0.19	18990/32,844	6
Merton 005B	-0.21	19277/32,844	6
Merton 005D	-0.333	21168/32,844	7
Merton 008A	-0.404	22166/32,844	7
Merton 005A	-0.661	25482/32,844	8

Crime Deprivation in Colliers Wood

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 Colliers Wood. 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
Merton 008B	0.625	7398/32,844	3
Merton 005A	0.359	11031/32,844	4
Merton 008A	0.222	13155/32,844	5
Merton 005D	0.176	13905/32,844	5
Merton 005C	0.086	15340/32,844	5
Merton 005B	-0.443	23023/32,844	8

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Colliers Wood in February 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Colliers Wood

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Colliers Wood. 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
Merton 008A	29.12	7563/32,844	3
Merton 008B	29.059	7600/32,844	3
Merton 005A	24.436	11693/32,844	4
Merton 005C	20.415	16159/32,844	5
Merton 005B	18.67	18272/32,844	6
Merton 005D	18.481	18513/32,844	6

Inside Environment Deprivation in Colliers Wood

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Colliers Wood. 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
Merton 005A	1.164	2677/32,844	1
Merton 005B	0.79	5787/32,844	2
Merton 005C	0.428	10139/32,844	4
Merton 008A	0.342	11315/32,844	4
Merton 005D	0.151	14122/32,844	5
Merton 008B	0.003	16408/32,844	5

Outside Environment Deprivation in Colliers Wood

Extremely Bad

iLivehere Rating 10/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Colliers Wood. 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
Merton 005C	1.624	1239/32,844	1
Merton 005D	1.489	1666/32,844	1
Merton 005B	1.454	1777/32,844	1
Merton 005A	1.352	2205/32,844	1
Merton 008B	1.298	2446/32,844	1
Merton 008A	1.179	3053/32,844	1

Source: English indices of deprivation 2019
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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.

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