Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Old Whittington, Chesterfield

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Old Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

We have used the 3 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Old Whittington, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Chesterfield. 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 3 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 Old Whittington 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 Old Whittington. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Old Whittington

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Old Whittington. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Chesterfield.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Chesterfield 001C 41.175 3926/32,844 2
Chesterfield 001E 22.728 12235/32,844 4
Chesterfield 001D 19.388 14925/32,844 5

Income Deprivation in Old Whittington

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Old Whittington. 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
Chesterfield 001C 0.252 3923/32,844 2
Chesterfield 001D 0.139 11570/32,844 4
Chesterfield 001E 0.129 12598/32,844 4

Employment Deprivation in Old Whittington

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Old Whittington 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
Chesterfield 001C 0.209 2739/32,844 1
Chesterfield 001E 0.115 10267/32,844 4
Chesterfield 001D 0.109 11218/32,844 4

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Old Whittington

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Old Whittington population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (7366/32,844) in Old Whittington is less than the adult average rank (9068/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Chesterfield 001C 51.067 3054/32,844 1
Chesterfield 001E 32.739 7545/32,844 3
Chesterfield 001D 21.702 12737/32,844 4

Health Deprivation and Disability in Old Whittington

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
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 Old Whittington. 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
Chesterfield 001C 1.589 1160/32,844 1
Chesterfield 001E 0.977 4396/32,844 2
Chesterfield 001D 0.589 8066/32,844 3

Crime Deprivation in Old Whittington

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 Old Whittington. 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
Chesterfield 001E -0.125 18516/32,844 6
Chesterfield 001C -0.39 22318/32,844 7
Chesterfield 001D -0.796 27261/32,844 9

There were 172 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Old Whittington in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Old Whittington

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Old Whittington. 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
Chesterfield 001C 17.068 20357/32,844 7
Chesterfield 001D 10.216 28390/32,844 9
Chesterfield 001E 9.199 29343/32,844 9

Inside Environment Deprivation in Old Whittington

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Old Whittington. 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
Chesterfield 001D 0.037 15866/32,844 5
Chesterfield 001C -0.658 25854/32,844 8
Chesterfield 001E -0.914 28315/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in Old Whittington

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Old Whittington. 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
Chesterfield 001D -0.852 28009/32,844 9
Chesterfield 001E -0.894 28445/32,844 9
Chesterfield 001C -0.939 28910/32,844 9

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.