Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Offington, Worthing

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Offington, Worthing, West Sussex

We have used the 5 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Offington, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Worthing. 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 Offington 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 Offington. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Offington

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Offington. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Worthing.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Worthing 001C 8.983 25817/32,844 8
Worthing 004D 6.157 29273/32,844 9
Worthing 004E 4.893 30609/32,844 10
Worthing 001B 4.279 31240/32,844 10
Worthing 002A 3.718 31735/32,844 10

Income Deprivation in Offington

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Offington. 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
Worthing 001C 0.066 22310/32,844 7
Worthing 001B 0.03 30734/32,844 10
Worthing 004E 0.029 30921/32,844 10
Worthing 004D 0.026 31530/32,844 10
Worthing 002A 0.023 31927/32,844 10

Employment Deprivation in Offington

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Offington 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
Worthing 001C 0.062 20847/32,844 7
Worthing 001B 0.047 25675/32,844 8
Worthing 004E 0.03 30585/32,844 10
Worthing 004D 0.028 31080/32,844 10
Worthing 002A 0.023 31836/32,844 10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Offington

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 Offington population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (26134/32,844) in Offington is more than the adult average rank (24416/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Worthing 001B 9.626 22239/32,844 7
Worthing 001C 8.128 23814/32,844 8
Worthing 004D 5.492 26727/32,844 9
Worthing 002A 4.998 27298/32,844 9
Worthing 004E 2.426 30393/32,844 10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Offington

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
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 Offington. 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
Worthing 001C -0.244 19781/32,844 7
Worthing 004E -0.862 27617/32,844 9
Worthing 001B -0.988 28723/32,844 9
Worthing 004D -1.155 29984/32,844 10
Worthing 002A -1.224 30450/32,844 10

Crime Deprivation in Offington

3
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 Offington. 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
Worthing 004D 0.208 13364/32,844 5
Worthing 004E -0.056 17511/32,844 6
Worthing 001C -0.758 26872/32,844 9
Worthing 002A -1.085 29720/32,844 10
Worthing 001B -1.439 31583/32,844 10

There were 12 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Offington in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Offington

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Offington. 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
Worthing 004D 21.691 14672/32,844 5
Worthing 002A 17.358 19976/32,844 7
Worthing 004E 12.052 26509/32,844 9
Worthing 001C 8.968 29536/32,844 9
Worthing 001B 6.778 31102/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Offington

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Offington. 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
Worthing 001C -0.147 18807/32,844 6
Worthing 004E -0.373 22178/32,844 7
Worthing 004D -0.427 22930/32,844 7
Worthing 002A -0.665 25935/32,844 8
Worthing 001B -0.694 26264/32,844 8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Offington

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Offington. 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
Worthing 004E 0.963 4407/32,844 2
Worthing 002A 0.884 4968/32,844 2
Worthing 001C 0.563 7756/32,844 3
Worthing 004D 0.506 8355/32,844 3
Worthing 001B 0.376 9797/32,844 3

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.