Deprivation Statistics for Foley Park & Hoobrook, Wyre Forest

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Foley Park & Hoobrook, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire

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

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Overall Deprivation in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Foley Park & Hoobrook. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Wyre Forest.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Wyre Forest 009C 73.255 148/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 009A 45.388 2989/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 004D 37.58 5016/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 009B 34.026 6258/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 008E 29.133 8446/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 010A 20.467 13963/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 008B 19.059 15183/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 010C 11.994 22181/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 008D 8.148 26892/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 010D 6.34 29050/32,844 9

Income Deprivation in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Foley Park & Hoobrook. 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
Wyre Forest 009C 0.45 138/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 009A 0.262 3527/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 009B 0.194 7065/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 004D 0.193 7126/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 008E 0.171 8721/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 010A 0.101 16185/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 008B 0.086 18584/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 010C 0.082 19124/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 010D 0.049 26287/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 008D 0.046 27175/32,844 9

Employment Deprivation in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Foley Park & Hoobrook 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
Wyre Forest 009C 0.322 281/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 009A 0.186 3907/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 004D 0.147 6813/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 008E 0.147 6825/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 009B 0.143 7226/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 010A 0.092 13894/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 008B 0.072 18263/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 010C 0.06 21624/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 008D 0.047 25618/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 010D 0.043 26899/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Foley Park & Hoobrook population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (12103/32,844) in Foley Park & Hoobrook is more than the adult average rank (10510/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Wyre Forest 009C 96.945 11/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 009A 92.424 35/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 009B 50.837 3102/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 008E 39.655 5450/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 004D 27.849 9459/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 008B 23.194 11796/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 010A 14.11 18065/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 010C 12.2 19769/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 008D 11.407 20514/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 010D 5.93 26240/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
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 Foley Park & Hoobrook. 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
Wyre Forest 009C 1.359 2044/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 004D 0.927 4810/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 009A 0.789 6000/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 008E 0.294 11710/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 009B 0.014 15792/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 010A -0.15 18392/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 008D -0.295 20578/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 010C -0.37 21724/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 008B -0.505 23496/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 010D -0.644 25263/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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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 Foley Park & Hoobrook. 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
Wyre Forest 009C 1.719 537/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 004D 1.25 1978/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 009B 0.954 3878/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 008B 0.86 4804/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 008E 0.526 8724/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 009A 0.23 13030/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 010A 0.2 13502/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 008D -0.024 17052/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 010C -0.206 19697/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 010D -0.895 28189/32,844 9

There were 163 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Foley Park & Hoobrook in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Foley Park & Hoobrook. 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
Wyre Forest 010A 37.322 3090/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 010C 29.779 7121/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 004D 27.859 8555/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 009C 26.381 9828/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 010D 25.421 10723/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 009A 25.27 10859/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 009B 20.282 16322/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 008D 20.067 16568/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 008E 18.716 18211/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 008B 10.403 28221/32,844 9

Inside Environment Deprivation in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Foley Park & Hoobrook. 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
Wyre Forest 008B 1.334 1729/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 009B 1.142 2817/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 004D 1.119 2986/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 010A 0.677 7020/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 008E 0.641 7434/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 009A 0.315 11684/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 009C -0.083 17761/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 008D -0.555 24594/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 010C -1.161 30070/32,844 10
Wyre Forest 010D -1.614 31870/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in Foley Park & Hoobrook

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Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Foley Park & Hoobrook. 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
Wyre Forest 004D -0.175 18236/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 010A -0.404 22089/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 008E -0.601 24931/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 008B -0.61 25047/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 009C -0.873 28232/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 010D -0.904 28548/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 009B -0.973 29201/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 010C -1.09 30180/32,844 10
Wyre Forest 008D -1.123 30433/32,844 10
Wyre Forest 009A -1.234 31096/32,844 10

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.