Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Merton Park, Merton

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Merton Park, Merton, Greater London

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

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Overall Deprivation in Merton Park

Very Good

iLivehere Rating 2/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Merton Park. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Merton.

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Merton 023A	14.092	19865/32,844	7
Merton 015D	10.223	24238/32,844	8
Merton 015E	9.369	25298/32,844	8
Merton 011E	5.847	29630/32,844	10
Merton 015C	4.046	31463/32,844	10
Merton 015B	3.788	31683/32,844	10

Income Deprivation in Merton Park

Very Good

iLivehere Rating 2/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Merton 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
Merton 023A	0.106	15463/32,844	5
Merton 015E	0.063	23010/32,844	8
Merton 015D	0.062	23257/32,844	8
Merton 011E	0.041	28343/32,844	9
Merton 015C	0.029	31059/32,844	10
Merton 015B	0.025	31606/32,844	10

Employment Deprivation in Merton Park

Excellent

iLivehere Rating 1/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Merton 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
Merton 023A	0.054	23436/32,844	8
Merton 015E	0.044	26696/32,844	9
Merton 011E	0.04	27845/32,844	9
Merton 015D	0.037	28656/32,844	9
Merton 015C	0.021	32127/32,844	10
Merton 015B	0.021	32131/32,844	10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Merton Park

Excellent

iLivehere Rating 1/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Merton Park population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (31401/32,844) in Merton Park is more than the adult average rank (29817/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Merton 023A	5.667	26536/32,844	9
Merton 015D	2.058	30824/32,844	10
Merton 011E	0.942	32088/32,844	10
Merton 015E	0.933	32102/32,844	10
Merton 015C	0.435	32577/32,844	10
Merton 015B	0.186	32773/32,844	10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Merton Park

Excellent

iLivehere Rating 1/10

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 Merton 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
Merton 015E	-0.709	26012/32,844	8
Merton 023A	-0.786	26854/32,844	9
Merton 015D	-1.274	30727/32,844	10
Merton 015C	-1.347	31098/32,844	10
Merton 015B	-1.554	31854/32,844	10
Merton 011E	-1.79	32363/32,844	10

Crime Deprivation in Merton Park

Good

iLivehere Rating 3/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Merton 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
Merton 015D	0.735	6112/32,844	2
Merton 023A	-0.163	19078/32,844	6
Merton 015C	-0.478	23475/32,844	8
Merton 015B	-0.617	25269/32,844	8
Merton 015E	-0.757	26859/32,844	9
Merton 011E	-1.078	29670/32,844	10

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Merton Park in February 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Merton Park

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Merton 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
Merton 023A	25.251	10874/32,844	4
Merton 015E	22.415	13834/32,844	5
Merton 011E	15.705	22068/32,844	7
Merton 015D	15.357	22536/32,844	7
Merton 015C	14.92	23137/32,844	8
Merton 015B	11.953	26613/32,844	9

Inside Environment Deprivation in Merton Park

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Merton 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
Merton 023A	0.529	8799/32,844	3
Merton 011E	0.352	11173/32,844	4
Merton 015E	0.351	11184/32,844	4
Merton 015B	0.16	13984/32,844	5
Merton 015D	0.1	14894/32,844	5
Merton 015C	-0.014	16685/32,844	6

Outside Environment Deprivation in Merton Park

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Merton 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
Merton 015D	1.446	1795/32,844	1
Merton 015E	1.325	2317/32,844	1
Merton 023A	1.228	2779/32,844	1
Merton 011E	1.1	3493/32,844	2
Merton 015B	0.912	4758/32,844	2
Merton 015C	0.852	5224/32,844	2

Source: English indices of deprivation 2019
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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.

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