Deprivation Statistics Comparison for East Middleton, Rochdale

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in East Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester

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

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Overall Deprivation in East Middleton

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

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

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Rochdale 025C	52.653	1775/32,844	1
Rochdale 023G	39.609	4382/32,844	2
Rochdale 023B	30.391	7848/32,844	3
Rochdale 025B	26.668	9782/32,844	3
Rochdale 024A	25.951	10220/32,844	4
Rochdale 023E	25.902	10257/32,844	4
Rochdale 023A	25.313	10570/32,844	4
Rochdale 025A	11.466	22781/32,844	7

Income Deprivation in East Middleton

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in East Middleton. 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
Rochdale 025C	0.294	2406/32,844	1
Rochdale 023G	0.23	5003/32,844	2
Rochdale 023B	0.169	8910/32,844	3
Rochdale 023A	0.161	9525/32,844	3
Rochdale 024A	0.156	10000/32,844	4
Rochdale 025B	0.127	12908/32,844	4
Rochdale 023E	0.114	14468/32,844	5
Rochdale 025A	0.054	25123/32,844	8

Employment Deprivation in East Middleton

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in East Middleton 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
Rochdale 025C	0.248	1352/32,844	1
Rochdale 023G	0.187	3869/32,844	2
Rochdale 023B	0.141	7358/32,844	3
Rochdale 024A	0.13	8486/32,844	3
Rochdale 023A	0.124	9222/32,844	3
Rochdale 023E	0.109	11150/32,844	4
Rochdale 025B	0.102	12259/32,844	4
Rochdale 025A	0.062	20860/32,844	7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in East Middleton

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the East Middleton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (14381/32,844) in East Middleton is more than the adult average rank (8566/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Rochdale 025C	43.041	4631/32,844	2
Rochdale 023G	38.775	5691/32,844	2
Rochdale 025B	28.857	9042/32,844	3
Rochdale 023B	27.894	9440/32,844	3
Rochdale 023E	25.325	10660/32,844	4
Rochdale 024A	21.404	12915/32,844	4
Rochdale 023A	20.29	13607/32,844	5
Rochdale 025A	8.556	23349/32,844	8

Health Deprivation and Disability in East Middleton

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 East Middleton. 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
Rochdale 025C	1.476	1572/32,844	1
Rochdale 023G	1.406	1855/32,844	1
Rochdale 025B	0.793	5967/32,844	2
Rochdale 023A	0.716	6718/32,844	3
Rochdale 023E	0.685	7023/32,844	3
Rochdale 023B	0.629	7611/32,844	3
Rochdale 024A	0.608	7841/32,844	3
Rochdale 025A	0.187	13248/32,844	5

Crime Deprivation in East Middleton

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in East Middleton. 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
Rochdale 025C	1.601	780/32,844	1
Rochdale 023E	1.22	2128/32,844	1
Rochdale 025B	0.886	4518/32,844	2
Rochdale 025A	0.644	7159/32,844	3
Rochdale 023G	0.637	7232/32,844	3
Rochdale 024A	0.607	7655/32,844	3
Rochdale 023B	0.583	7948/32,844	3
Rochdale 023A	0.55	8402/32,844	3

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers East Middleton in February 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in East Middleton

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in East Middleton. 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
Rochdale 025C	27.123	9150/32,844	3
Rochdale 025B	25.88	10289/32,844	4
Rochdale 023B	21.885	14455/32,844	5
Rochdale 023G	21.784	14578/32,844	5
Rochdale 023A	18.238	18810/32,844	6
Rochdale 024A	12.696	25767/32,844	8
Rochdale 023E	10.957	27683/32,844	9
Rochdale 025A	9.46	29111/32,844	9

Inside Environment Deprivation in East Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in East Middleton. 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
Rochdale 023B	0.879	4912/32,844	2
Rochdale 024A	0.681	6982/32,844	3
Rochdale 023E	0.656	7244/32,844	3
Rochdale 025B	0.243	12694/32,844	4
Rochdale 023A	0.048	15696/32,844	5
Rochdale 023G	-0.003	16520/32,844	6
Rochdale 025A	-0.585	24982/32,844	8
Rochdale 025C	-0.889	28106/32,844	9

Outside Environment Deprivation in East Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in East Middleton. 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
Rochdale 023B	0.148	12896/32,844	4
Rochdale 023G	-0.005	15383/32,844	5
Rochdale 025C	-0.084	16694/32,844	6
Rochdale 025A	-0.11	17178/32,844	6
Rochdale 023A	-0.134	17574/32,844	6
Rochdale 023E	-0.162	18021/32,844	6
Rochdale 024A	-0.164	18044/32,844	6
Rochdale 025B	-0.25	19474/32,844	6

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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