Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Farley, Luton

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Farley, Luton, Bedfordshire

We have used the 7 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Farley, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Luton. 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 7 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 Farley 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 Farley. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Farley

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Farley. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Luton.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Luton 020E 46.292 2799/32,844 1
Luton 020A 45.615 2931/32,844 1
Luton 020D 37.416 5074/32,844 2
Luton 021A 36.659 5322/32,844 2
Luton 020B 35.146 5841/32,844 2
Luton 020F 29.173 8417/32,844 3
Luton 020C 22.096 12702/32,844 4

Income Deprivation in Farley

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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 Farley. 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
Luton 020E 0.299 2211/32,844 1
Luton 020A 0.295 2365/32,844 1
Luton 020B 0.237 4632/32,844 2
Luton 020D 0.204 6447/32,844 2
Luton 020F 0.189 7396/32,844 3
Luton 021A 0.133 12181/32,844 4
Luton 020C 0.115 14329/32,844 5

Employment Deprivation in Farley

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Farley 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
Luton 020E 0.201 3093/32,844 1
Luton 020A 0.189 3755/32,844 2
Luton 020B 0.161 5642/32,844 2
Luton 020F 0.13 8496/32,844 3
Luton 020D 0.127 8895/32,844 3
Luton 021A 0.113 10561/32,844 4
Luton 020C 0.078 16769/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Farley

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Farley population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (9126/32,844) in Farley is more than the adult average rank (7385/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Luton 020B 44.132 4378/32,844 2
Luton 020E 39.104 5609/32,844 2
Luton 020A 38.134 5865/32,844 2
Luton 020F 35.779 6516/32,844 2
Luton 020D 33.928 7126/32,844 3
Luton 021A 23.353 11700/32,844 4
Luton 020C 19.216 14250/32,844 5

Health Deprivation and Disability in Farley

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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 Farley. 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
Luton 020E 1.379 1970/32,844 1
Luton 020A 0.892 5114/32,844 2
Luton 021A 0.832 5609/32,844 2
Luton 020D 0.69 6988/32,844 3
Luton 020B 0.638 7518/32,844 3
Luton 020C 0.364 10793/32,844 4
Luton 020F 0.22 12787/32,844 4

Crime Deprivation in Farley

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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 Farley. 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
Luton 021A 1.899 297/32,844 1
Luton 020A 1.001 3512/32,844 2
Luton 020D 0.854 4854/32,844 2
Luton 020C 0.714 6345/32,844 2
Luton 020E 0.563 8223/32,844 3
Luton 020F 0.303 11887/32,844 4
Luton 020B 0.23 13038/32,844 4

There were 548 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Farley in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Farley

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Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Farley. 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
Luton 021A 46.077 878/32,844 1
Luton 020D 44.921 1076/32,844 1
Luton 020A 41.395 1806/32,844 1
Luton 020E 35.627 3793/32,844 2
Luton 020C 33.463 4832/32,844 2
Luton 020F 31.382 6035/32,844 2
Luton 020B 31.02 6263/32,844 2

Inside Environment Deprivation in Farley

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Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Farley. 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
Luton 020D 0.589 8062/32,844 3
Luton 021A 0.451 9853/32,844 3
Luton 020C -0.249 20381/32,844 7
Luton 020F -0.265 20592/32,844 7
Luton 020B -1.445 31351/32,844 10
Luton 020E -1.449 31359/32,844 10
Luton 020A -1.473 31443/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in Farley

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Farley. 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
Luton 020A 0.789 5729/32,844 2
Luton 020F 0.698 6509/32,844 2
Luton 020E 0.565 7731/32,844 3
Luton 020B 0.544 7937/32,844 3
Luton 020D 0.469 8716/32,844 3
Luton 021A 0.367 9911/32,844 4
Luton 020C 0.34 10238/32,844 4

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.