Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Darlaston South, Walsall

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Darlaston South, Walsall, West Midlands

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Darlaston South, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Walsall. 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 10 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 Darlaston 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 Darlaston South. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Darlaston South

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

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

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Walsall 036D	56.359	1304/32,844	1
Walsall 036C	48.498	2410/32,844	1
Walsall 033C	42.508	3594/32,844	2
Walsall 038A	41.209	3916/32,844	2
Walsall 038D	40.423	4136/32,844	2
Walsall 036B	38.723	4652/32,844	2
Walsall 038B	38.656	4680/32,844	2
Walsall 038C	35.71	5634/32,844	2
Walsall 038E	34.916	5920/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	31.386	7355/32,844	3

Income Deprivation in Darlaston South

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Darlaston 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
Walsall 036D	0.388	515/32,844	1
Walsall 036C	0.353	979/32,844	1
Walsall 038A	0.281	2830/32,844	1
Walsall 038D	0.277	2971/32,844	1
Walsall 033C	0.276	3013/32,844	1
Walsall 038B	0.251	3983/32,844	2
Walsall 036B	0.249	4045/32,844	2
Walsall 038E	0.247	4175/32,844	2
Walsall 038C	0.236	4733/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	0.223	5333/32,844	2

Employment Deprivation in Darlaston South

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Darlaston 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
Walsall 036D	0.243	1525/32,844	1
Walsall 036C	0.213	2597/32,844	1
Walsall 038A	0.194	3445/32,844	2
Walsall 033C	0.189	3763/32,844	2
Walsall 038D	0.179	4354/32,844	2
Walsall 036B	0.173	4762/32,844	2
Walsall 038E	0.172	4840/32,844	2
Walsall 038C	0.162	5593/32,844	2
Walsall 038B	0.157	5894/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	0.141	7424/32,844	3

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Darlaston South

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Darlaston South population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (6412/32,844) in Darlaston South is more than the adult average rank (2305/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Walsall 036D	78.228	358/32,844	1
Walsall 038C	58.415	1919/32,844	1
Walsall 038A	53.63	2619/32,844	1
Walsall 036B	53.044	2721/32,844	1
Walsall 033C	47.78	3616/32,844	2
Walsall 038B	47.327	3700/32,844	2
Walsall 038D	47.02	3757/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	41.622	4967/32,844	2
Walsall 038E	40.414	5265/32,844	2
Walsall 036C	35.293	6677/32,844	3

Health Deprivation and Disability in Darlaston South

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 Darlaston 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
Walsall 036D	1.295	2375/32,844	1
Walsall 036C	1.157	3118/32,844	1
Walsall 033C	0.995	4265/32,844	2
Walsall 038B	0.924	4836/32,844	2
Walsall 038D	0.828	5647/32,844	2
Walsall 036B	0.64	7500/32,844	3
Walsall 038A	0.586	8110/32,844	3
Walsall 038C	0.475	9398/32,844	3
Walsall 038E	0.422	10046/32,844	4
Walsall 036A	0.295	11701/32,844	4

Crime Deprivation in Darlaston South

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 Darlaston 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
Walsall 033C	0.931	4112/32,844	2
Walsall 036C	0.66	6971/32,844	3
Walsall 038D	0.543	8500/32,844	3
Walsall 038E	0.482	9313/32,844	3
Walsall 038B	0.449	9775/32,844	3
Walsall 036A	0.331	11484/32,844	4
Walsall 038A	0.244	12813/32,844	4
Walsall 036B	0.235	12946/32,844	4
Walsall 036D	-0.09	17985/32,844	6
Walsall 038C	-0.378	22146/32,844	7

There were 390 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Darlaston South in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Darlaston South

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Darlaston 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
Walsall 038A	23.45	12720/32,844	4
Walsall 036C	19.433	17348/32,844	6
Walsall 038C	19.239	17575/32,844	6
Walsall 038D	18.142	18947/32,844	6
Walsall 038B	16.839	20635/32,844	7
Walsall 033C	16.155	21474/32,844	7
Walsall 038E	15.504	22353/32,844	7
Walsall 036D	15.38	22503/32,844	7
Walsall 036B	14.132	24073/32,844	8
Walsall 036A	10.719	27936/32,844	9

Inside Environment Deprivation in Darlaston South

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Darlaston 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
Walsall 036B	0.993	3916/32,844	2
Walsall 038B	0.902	4688/32,844	2
Walsall 036A	0.853	5137/32,844	2
Walsall 036C	0.786	5827/32,844	2
Walsall 038C	0.627	7618/32,844	3
Walsall 038D	0.558	8448/32,844	3
Walsall 038E	0.512	9017/32,844	3
Walsall 038A	0.393	10634/32,844	4
Walsall 033C	0.174	13741/32,844	5
Walsall 036D	0.1	14903/32,844	5

Outside Environment Deprivation in Darlaston South

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Darlaston 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
Walsall 033C	0.801	5639/32,844	2
Walsall 038D	0.582	7587/32,844	3
Walsall 038A	0.573	7667/32,844	3
Walsall 036D	0.573	7668/32,844	3
Walsall 038C	0.547	7908/32,844	3
Walsall 038E	0.469	8717/32,844	3
Walsall 036B	0.462	8795/32,844	3
Walsall 038B	0.412	9355/32,844	3
Walsall 036C	0.403	9461/32,844	3
Walsall 036A	0.275	11076/32,844	4

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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