Deprivation Statistics for Handbridge Park, Cheshire West and Chester

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Handbridge Park, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire

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

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Overall Deprivation in Handbridge Park

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Handbridge Park. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Cheshire West and Chester.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Cheshire West and Chester 043D 15.146 18769/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 14.574 19369/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 046A 13.46 20543/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 044C 11.959 22218/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043F 11.203 23099/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 043E 9.503 25120/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 043B 7.63 27508/32,844 9
Cheshire West and Chester 043C 3.781 31688/32,844 10

Income Deprivation in Handbridge Park

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Handbridge Park. 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
Cheshire West and Chester 043D 0.11 14986/32,844 5
Cheshire West and Chester 044C 0.086 18535/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043F 0.079 19734/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 0.076 20352/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043E 0.067 22072/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 046A 0.052 25696/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 043C 0.038 29172/32,844 9
Cheshire West and Chester 043B 0.035 29836/32,844 10

Employment Deprivation in Handbridge Park

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Handbridge Park 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
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 0.089 14454/32,844 5
Cheshire West and Chester 044C 0.073 18033/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043D 0.07 18744/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043E 0.055 22963/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043B 0.049 24983/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 043F 0.048 25282/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 046A 0.045 26346/32,844 9
Cheshire West and Chester 043C 0.043 26912/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Handbridge Park

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Handbridge Park population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (24758/32,844) in Handbridge Park is less than the adult average rank (28544/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Cheshire West and Chester 044C 11.285 20632/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043D 9.997 21828/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 046A 6.404 25716/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 043F 6.283 25863/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 043E 3.45 29192/32,844 9
Cheshire West and Chester 043B 2.078 30805/32,844 10
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 0.936 32096/32,844 10
Cheshire West and Chester 043C 0.849 32184/32,844 10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Handbridge Park

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
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 Handbridge Park. 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
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 0.249 12352/32,844 4
Cheshire West and Chester 043D 0.055 15166/32,844 5
Cheshire West and Chester 043E -0.041 16646/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 044C -0.173 18712/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043F -0.197 19087/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043C -0.275 20293/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043B -0.346 21385/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 046A -0.744 26404/32,844 9

Crime Deprivation in Handbridge Park

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 Handbridge Park. 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
Cheshire West and Chester 043B 0.456 9672/32,844 3
Cheshire West and Chester 043E -0.017 16954/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043A -0.04 17294/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 044C -0.229 20040/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043D -0.297 21005/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043F -0.496 23729/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 046A -0.706 26278/32,844 9
Cheshire West and Chester 043C -0.859 27878/32,844 9

There were 419 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Handbridge Park in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Handbridge Park

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Handbridge Park. 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
Cheshire West and Chester 046A 43.973 1245/32,844 1
Cheshire West and Chester 043D 22.873 13344/32,844 5
Cheshire West and Chester 043E 18.524 18456/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043B 16.188 21435/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 13.604 24689/32,844 8
Cheshire West and Chester 043F 9.518 29058/32,844 9
Cheshire West and Chester 044C 8.224 30147/32,844 10
Cheshire West and Chester 043C 3.147 32576/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Handbridge Park

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Handbridge Park. 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
Cheshire West and Chester 043F 1.001 3859/32,844 2
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 0.721 6548/32,844 2
Cheshire West and Chester 046A 0.704 6737/32,844 3
Cheshire West and Chester 043D 0.513 9004/32,844 3
Cheshire West and Chester 044C 0.349 11219/32,844 4
Cheshire West and Chester 043E -0.253 20449/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043B -0.758 26919/32,844 9
Cheshire West and Chester 043C -0.964 28778/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in Handbridge Park

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Handbridge Park. 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
Cheshire West and Chester 043B 0.302 10713/32,844 4
Cheshire West and Chester 043A 0.245 11494/32,844 4
Cheshire West and Chester 043F 0.147 12909/32,844 4
Cheshire West and Chester 046A 0.136 13078/32,844 4
Cheshire West and Chester 044C -0.197 18604/32,844 6
Cheshire West and Chester 043C -0.347 21138/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043D -0.347 21140/32,844 7
Cheshire West and Chester 043E -0.512 23664/32,844 8

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.