Deprivation Statistics Comparison for King’s Hedges, Cambridge

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in King's Hedges, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

We have used the 6 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in King's Hedges, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Cambridge. 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 6 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 King's Hedges 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 King's Hedges. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in King's Hedges

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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 King's Hedges. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Cambridge.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Cambridge 001C 34.619 6022/32,844 2
Cambridge 001D 30.788 7654/32,844 3
Cambridge 001E 30.353 7866/32,844 3
Cambridge 001A 30.142 7961/32,844 3
Cambridge 001F 13.493 20500/32,844 7
Cambridge 001B 13.039 21009/32,844 7

Income Deprivation in King's Hedges

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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 King's Hedges. 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
Cambridge 001D 0.185 7668/32,844 3
Cambridge 001C 0.178 8192/32,844 3
Cambridge 001E 0.174 8453/32,844 3
Cambridge 001A 0.171 8690/32,844 3
Cambridge 001F 0.061 23430/32,844 8
Cambridge 001B 0.057 24499/32,844 8

Employment Deprivation in King's Hedges

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in King's Hedges 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
Cambridge 001C 0.132 8317/32,844 3
Cambridge 001A 0.131 8417/32,844 3
Cambridge 001E 0.128 8772/32,844 3
Cambridge 001D 0.12 9689/32,844 3
Cambridge 001B 0.058 22187/32,844 7
Cambridge 001F 0.034 29541/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in King's Hedges

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the King's Hedges population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (10722/32,844) in King's Hedges is less than the adult average rank (17061/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Cambridge 001A 33.119 7398/32,844 3
Cambridge 001C 30.971 8195/32,844 3
Cambridge 001D 29.871 8637/32,844 3
Cambridge 001E 20.365 13563/32,844 5
Cambridge 001B 11.332 20583/32,844 7
Cambridge 001F 9.586 22278/32,844 7

Health Deprivation and Disability in King's Hedges

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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 King's Hedges. 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
Cambridge 001C 1.208 2815/32,844 1
Cambridge 001E 0.701 6871/32,844 3
Cambridge 001D 0.515 8935/32,844 3
Cambridge 001A -0.059 16924/32,844 6
Cambridge 001F -0.318 20942/32,844 7
Cambridge 001B -0.39 21994/32,844 7

Crime Deprivation in King's Hedges

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Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in King's Hedges. 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
Cambridge 001D 1.28 1842/32,844 1
Cambridge 001A 1.209 2188/32,844 1
Cambridge 001E 1.175 2379/32,844 1
Cambridge 001F 0.983 3658/32,844 2
Cambridge 001C 0.874 4650/32,844 2
Cambridge 001B 0.725 6226/32,844 2

There were 148 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers King's Hedges in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in King's Hedges

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in King's Hedges. 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
Cambridge 001C 32.52 5370/32,844 2
Cambridge 001E 30.678 6487/32,844 2
Cambridge 001A 26.461 9745/32,844 3
Cambridge 001D 24.757 11364/32,844 4
Cambridge 001F 22.393 13862/32,844 5
Cambridge 001B 16.302 21282/32,844 7

Inside Environment Deprivation in King's Hedges

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in King's Hedges. 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
Cambridge 001B 0.516 8968/32,844 3
Cambridge 001F 0.496 9251/32,844 3
Cambridge 001A 0.403 10489/32,844 4
Cambridge 001C 0.147 14169/32,844 5
Cambridge 001D -0.092 17906/32,844 6
Cambridge 001E -0.702 26344/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in King's Hedges

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in King's Hedges. 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
Cambridge 001B 0.373 9851/32,844 3
Cambridge 001D 0.324 10433/32,844 4
Cambridge 001E 0.3 10741/32,844 4
Cambridge 001F 0.269 11145/32,844 4
Cambridge 001A 0.203 12095/32,844 4
Cambridge 001C 0.112 13460/32,844 5

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.