Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Newton, St. Helens

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Newton, St. Helens, Merseyside

We have used the 9 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Newton, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of St. Helens. 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 9 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 Newton 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 Newton. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Newton

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

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

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
St. Helens 015F	50.065	2168/32,844	1
St. Helens 015C	39.829	4310/32,844	2
St. Helens 015G	35.459	5727/32,844	2
St. Helens 010C	34.617	6023/32,844	2
St. Helens 015E	29.532	8244/32,844	3
St. Helens 013B	19.349	14962/32,844	5
St. Helens 015A	13.365	20664/32,844	7
St. Helens 015D	8.651	26237/32,844	8
St. Helens 015B	8.54	26375/32,844	9

Income Deprivation in Newton

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 Newton. 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
St. Helens 015F	0.317	1758/32,844	1
St. Helens 010C	0.247	4176/32,844	2
St. Helens 015C	0.242	4401/32,844	2
St. Helens 015G	0.231	4916/32,844	2
St. Helens 015E	0.178	8220/32,844	3
St. Helens 013B	0.106	15536/32,844	5
St. Helens 015A	0.071	21379/32,844	7
St. Helens 015D	0.044	27732/32,844	9
St. Helens 015B	0.039	28882/32,844	9

Employment Deprivation in Newton

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Newton 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
St. Helens 015F	0.241	1562/32,844	1
St. Helens 015C	0.19	3718/32,844	2
St. Helens 010C	0.187	3883/32,844	2
St. Helens 015G	0.166	5273/32,844	2
St. Helens 015E	0.155	6155/32,844	2
St. Helens 013B	0.1	12611/32,844	4
St. Helens 015A	0.07	18781/32,844	6
St. Helens 015B	0.055	22952/32,844	7
St. Helens 015D	0.052	24101/32,844	8

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Newton

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Newton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (11622/32,844) in Newton is less than the adult average rank (15474/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
St. Helens 015F	56.809	2132/32,844	1
St. Helens 015C	47.166	3731/32,844	2
St. Helens 015G	42.504	4755/32,844	2
St. Helens 015E	39.407	5519/32,844	2
St. Helens 010C	34.909	6792/32,844	3
St. Helens 013B	13.335	18735/32,844	6
St. Helens 015A	7.304	24707/32,844	8
St. Helens 015B	5.778	26410/32,844	9
St. Helens 015D	4.819	27521/32,844	9

Health Deprivation and Disability in Newton

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

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 Newton. 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
St. Helens 015F	1.528	1366/32,844	1
St. Helens 015G	1.232	2697/32,844	1
St. Helens 015C	1.091	3588/32,844	2
St. Helens 010C	1.031	4005/32,844	2
St. Helens 015E	0.859	5380/32,844	2
St. Helens 013B	0.786	6039/32,844	2
St. Helens 015A	0.655	7335/32,844	3
St. Helens 015B	0.242	12461/32,844	4
St. Helens 015D	0.033	15500/32,844	5

Crime Deprivation in Newton

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Newton. 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
St. Helens 015C	0.531	8662/32,844	3
St. Helens 015F	0.47	9472/32,844	3
St. Helens 013B	0.409	10306/32,844	4
St. Helens 015E	0.264	12488/32,844	4
St. Helens 010C	0.202	13456/32,844	5
St. Helens 015G	0.043	15995/32,844	5
St. Helens 015D	-0.033	17187/32,844	6
St. Helens 015A	-0.083	17890/32,844	6
St. Helens 015B	-0.363	21929/32,844	7

There were 34 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Newton in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Newton

Good

iLivehere Rating 3/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Newton. 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
St. Helens 015G	22.18	14116/32,844	5
St. Helens 015C	18.45	18549/32,844	6
St. Helens 015B	17.248	20113/32,844	7
St. Helens 015F	16.985	20454/32,844	7
St. Helens 015D	16.879	20581/32,844	7
St. Helens 010C	11.921	26645/32,844	9
St. Helens 015E	9.201	29338/32,844	9
St. Helens 013B	5.731	31683/32,844	10
St. Helens 015A	2.11	32747/32,844	10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Newton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Newton. 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
St. Helens 015C	0.555	8478/32,844	3
St. Helens 015A	0.358	11097/32,844	4
St. Helens 013B	0.188	13503/32,844	5
St. Helens 015E	0.095	14970/32,844	5
St. Helens 015F	-0.164	19068/32,844	6
St. Helens 015D	-0.211	19773/32,844	7
St. Helens 015B	-0.322	21487/32,844	7
St. Helens 015G	-0.401	22568/32,844	7
St. Helens 010C	-0.5	23900/32,844	8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Newton

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Newton. 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
St. Helens 015D	0.08	14000/32,844	5
St. Helens 013B	-0.143	17713/32,844	6
St. Helens 015A	-0.195	18556/32,844	6
St. Helens 015C	-0.223	19032/32,844	6
St. Helens 010C	-0.333	20912/32,844	7
St. Helens 015E	-0.336	20952/32,844	7
St. Helens 015F	-0.366	21478/32,844	7
St. Helens 015B	-0.495	23408/32,844	8
St. Helens 015G	-0.561	24349/32,844	8

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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