Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Dundonald, Merton

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

We have used the 6 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Dundonald, 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 Dundonald 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 Dundonald. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Dundonald

Excellent

iLivehere Rating 1/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Dundonald. 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 009E	8.033	27029/32,844	9
Merton 016B	7.91	27169/32,844	9
Merton 011B	7.547	27635/32,844	9
Merton 009D	6.668	28697/32,844	9
Merton 011A	5.789	29688/32,844	10
Merton 011C	3.811	31665/32,844	10

Income Deprivation in Dundonald

Excellent

iLivehere Rating 1/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Dundonald. 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 011B	0.051	25950/32,844	8
Merton 009E	0.046	27168/32,844	9
Merton 016B	0.038	29190/32,844	9
Merton 011A	0.034	30042/32,844	10
Merton 009D	0.029	30969/32,844	10
Merton 011C	0.024	31719/32,844	10

Employment Deprivation in Dundonald

Excellent

iLivehere Rating 1/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Dundonald 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 009E	0.03	30505/32,844	10
Merton 011A	0.027	31354/32,844	10
Merton 016B	0.025	31627/32,844	10
Merton 011B	0.022	32045/32,844	10
Merton 011C	0.018	32441/32,844	10
Merton 009D	0.016	32568/32,844	10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Dundonald

Excellent

iLivehere Rating 1/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Dundonald population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (30821/32,844) in Dundonald is less than the adult average rank (32426/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Merton 016B	2.262	30575/32,844	10
Merton 011B	1.049	31967/32,844	10
Merton 009D	0.859	32174/32,844	10
Merton 009E	0.529	32496/32,844	10
Merton 011A	0.498	32518/32,844	10
Merton 011C	0.13	32804/32,844	10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Dundonald

Very Good

iLivehere Rating 2/10

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 Dundonald. 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 009E	-0.626	25046/32,844	8
Merton 016B	-0.659	25457/32,844	8
Merton 011B	-1	28814/32,844	9
Merton 011A	-1.002	28832/32,844	9
Merton 009D	-1.11	29675/32,844	10
Merton 011C	-1.619	32040/32,844	10

Crime Deprivation in Dundonald

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 Dundonald. 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 009D	0.203	13449/32,844	5
Merton 009E	0.116	14878/32,844	5
Merton 011A	-0.564	24634/32,844	8
Merton 011B	-0.58	24852/32,844	8
Merton 016B	-0.904	28278/32,844	9
Merton 011C	-1.015	29214/32,844	9

There were 23 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Dundonald in March 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Dundonald

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Dundonald. 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 011B	20.762	15763/32,844	5
Merton 011A	19.724	16976/32,844	6
Merton 016B	19.573	17171/32,844	6
Merton 009D	17.59	19675/32,844	6
Merton 009E	16.2	21424/32,844	7
Merton 011C	13.55	24755/32,844	8

Inside Environment Deprivation in Dundonald

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Dundonald. 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 016B	0.823	5448/32,844	2
Merton 011B	0.664	7160/32,844	3
Merton 011C	0.341	11339/32,844	4
Merton 009D	0.332	11461/32,844	4
Merton 011A	0.254	12517/32,844	4
Merton 009E	0.227	12931/32,844	4

Outside Environment Deprivation in Dundonald

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Dundonald. 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 009E	1.379	2085/32,844	1
Merton 009D	1.078	3611/32,844	2
Merton 016B	0.987	4220/32,844	2
Merton 011A	0.982	4258/32,844	2
Merton 011B	0.847	5264/32,844	2
Merton 011C	0.829	5405/32,844	2

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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