Deprivation Statistics for Penhill and Upper Stratton, Swindon

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Penhill and Upper Stratton, Swindon, Wiltshire

We have used the 11 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Penhill and Upper Stratton, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Swindon. 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 11 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 Penhill and Upper Stratton 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 Penhill and Upper Stratton. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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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 Penhill and Upper Stratton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Swindon.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Swindon 003D 62.506 701/32,844 1
Swindon 003C 59.242 982/32,844 1
Swindon 003B 55.738 1382/32,844 1
Swindon 005D 46.382 2783/32,844 1
Swindon 003A 34.764 5975/32,844 2
Swindon 005A 20.697 13780/32,844 5
Swindon 005E 15.982 17968/32,844 6
Swindon 005F 12.351 21772/32,844 7
Swindon 005B 10.382 24045/32,844 8
Swindon 008A 10.276 24169/32,844 8
Swindon 005C 9.476 25154/32,844 8

Income Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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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 Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003D 0.401 391/32,844 1
Swindon 003C 0.367 754/32,844 1
Swindon 003B 0.334 1342/32,844 1
Swindon 005D 0.254 3867/32,844 2
Swindon 003A 0.199 6724/32,844 3
Swindon 005A 0.119 13780/32,844 5
Swindon 005E 0.078 19898/32,844 7
Swindon 005B 0.069 21659/32,844 7
Swindon 008A 0.067 22109/32,844 7
Swindon 005F 0.053 25433/32,844 8
Swindon 005C 0.044 27558/32,844 9

Employment Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Penhill and Upper Stratton 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
Swindon 003B 0.248 1342/32,844 1
Swindon 003C 0.244 1495/32,844 1
Swindon 003D 0.24 1599/32,844 1
Swindon 005D 0.211 2667/32,844 1
Swindon 003A 0.143 7210/32,844 3
Swindon 005A 0.104 11939/32,844 4
Swindon 005E 0.086 15010/32,844 5
Swindon 005B 0.055 23067/32,844 8
Swindon 005F 0.055 23259/32,844 8
Swindon 008A 0.053 23647/32,844 8
Swindon 005C 0.042 27364/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Penhill and Upper Stratton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (8251/32,844) in Penhill and Upper Stratton is more than the adult average rank (7732/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Swindon 003D 90.294 59/32,844 1
Swindon 003C 79.896 292/32,844 1
Swindon 003B 77.07 411/32,844 1
Swindon 005D 69.134 841/32,844 1
Swindon 003A 41.708 4951/32,844 2
Swindon 005A 31.884 7859/32,844 3
Swindon 005E 28.896 9017/32,844 3
Swindon 005F 22.836 12011/32,844 4
Swindon 005B 20.666 13351/32,844 5
Swindon 005C 18.733 14605/32,844 5
Swindon 008A 7.819 24124/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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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 Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003D 1.363 2025/32,844 1
Swindon 003B 1.283 2438/32,844 1
Swindon 003C 1.221 2764/32,844 1
Swindon 005D 1.202 2851/32,844 1
Swindon 003A 0.837 5568/32,844 2
Swindon 005E 0.193 13162/32,844 5
Swindon 005A 0.104 14451/32,844 5
Swindon 005F -0.105 17646/32,844 6
Swindon 005C -0.342 21329/32,844 7
Swindon 005B -0.535 23858/32,844 8
Swindon 008A -0.615 24886/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003A 1.304 1734/32,844 1
Swindon 003C 1.102 2787/32,844 1
Swindon 003D 1.093 2849/32,844 1
Swindon 003B 0.925 4176/32,844 2
Swindon 005D 0.608 7625/32,844 3
Swindon 005A 0.59 7874/32,844 3
Swindon 005F 0.573 8090/32,844 3
Swindon 005E 0.232 12996/32,844 4
Swindon 005C 0.148 14342/32,844 5
Swindon 005B -0.214 19827/32,844 7
Swindon 008A -0.494 23696/32,844 8

There were 161 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Penhill and Upper Stratton in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 008A 33.633 4757/32,844 2
Swindon 005D 26.214 9975/32,844 4
Swindon 005C 21.593 14788/32,844 5
Swindon 003D 18.899 17986/32,844 6
Swindon 003A 18.724 18204/32,844 6
Swindon 003C 17.096 20320/32,844 7
Swindon 003B 16.985 20455/32,844 7
Swindon 005B 16.466 21088/32,844 7
Swindon 005A 13.11 25262/32,844 8
Swindon 005F 10.904 27733/32,844 9
Swindon 005E 7.597 30609/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003C 0.571 8302/32,844 3
Swindon 003D 0.327 11515/32,844 4
Swindon 003A -0.026 16878/32,844 6
Swindon 003B -0.056 17357/32,844 6
Swindon 005F -0.084 17788/32,844 6
Swindon 005B -0.419 22807/32,844 7
Swindon 005D -0.48 23655/32,844 8
Swindon 005A -0.574 24843/32,844 8
Swindon 005E -0.655 25821/32,844 8
Swindon 005C -0.86 27861/32,844 9
Swindon 008A -1.125 29877/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 005A 0.223 11805/32,844 4
Swindon 005E 0.102 13622/32,844 5
Swindon 005B -0.029 15761/32,844 5
Swindon 003B -0.054 16180/32,844 5
Swindon 005C -0.069 16436/32,844 6
Swindon 005F -0.075 16544/32,844 6
Swindon 003A -0.097 16924/32,844 6
Swindon 005D -0.103 17036/32,844 6
Swindon 003C -0.308 20486/32,844 7
Swindon 003D -0.466 23019/32,844 8
Swindon 008A -0.645 25490/32,844 8

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.