Deprivation Statistics for Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe, Dover

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover, Kent

We have used the 5 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Dover. 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 5 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 Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe 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 Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Dover.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Dover 005A 20.674 13792/32,844 5
Dover 012B 18.523 15666/32,844 5
Dover 009B 13.823 20127/32,844 7
Dover 009A 11.855 22334/32,844 7
Dover 009C 9.18 25571/32,844 8

Income Deprivation in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. 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
Dover 012B 0.098 16590/32,844 6
Dover 005A 0.085 18648/32,844 6
Dover 009B 0.076 20198/32,844 7
Dover 009A 0.071 21253/32,844 7
Dover 009C 0.056 24809/32,844 8

Employment Deprivation in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe 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
Dover 009A 0.089 14533/32,844 5
Dover 005A 0.081 15982/32,844 5
Dover 009B 0.072 18145/32,844 6
Dover 009C 0.072 18196/32,844 6
Dover 012B 0.068 19223/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (21096/32,844) in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe is less than the adult average rank (22106/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Dover 012B 14.662 17622/32,844 6
Dover 005A 14.265 17932/32,844 6
Dover 009B 9 22853/32,844 7
Dover 009C 7.492 24493/32,844 8
Dover 009A 4.417 28015/32,844 9

Health Deprivation and Disability in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
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 Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. 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
Dover 009C -0.239 19711/32,844 7
Dover 012B -0.41 22248/32,844 7
Dover 009B -0.449 22749/32,844 7
Dover 005A -0.454 22813/32,844 7
Dover 009A -0.627 25057/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. 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
Dover 009A -0.328 21441/32,844 7
Dover 005A -0.33 21468/32,844 7
Dover 009B -0.365 21955/32,844 7
Dover 012B -0.4 22436/32,844 7
Dover 009C -0.407 22517/32,844 7

There were 54 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. 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
Dover 005A 40.142 2145/32,844 1
Dover 012B 40.001 2189/32,844 1
Dover 009B 31.456 5987/32,844 2
Dover 009A 21.423 14983/32,844 5
Dover 009C 15.549 22292/32,844 7

Inside Environment Deprivation in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. 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
Dover 005A 1.387 1507/32,844 1
Dover 012B 0.811 5576/32,844 2
Dover 009A 0.523 8875/32,844 3
Dover 009B 0.5 9178/32,844 3
Dover 009C -0.122 18382/32,844 6

Outside Environment Deprivation in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe. 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
Dover 012B -0.009 15446/32,844 5
Dover 009B -0.579 24595/32,844 8
Dover 009C -0.756 26882/32,844 9
Dover 009A -1.001 29448/32,844 9
Dover 005A -1.082 30113/32,844 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.