Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Pollards Hill, Merton

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

We have used the 7 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Pollards Hill, 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 7 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 Pollards Hill 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 Pollards Hill. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Pollards Hill

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Pollards Hill. 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 019D 40.359 4161/32,844 2
Merton 019B 30.873 7614/32,844 3
Merton 019C 29.36 8324/32,844 3
Merton 019E 17.62 16455/32,844 6
Merton 014E 17.599 16472/32,844 6
Merton 019A 14.234 19712/32,844 7
Merton 017E 13.002 21055/32,844 7

Income Deprivation in Pollards Hill

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 Pollards Hill. 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 019D 0.299 2231/32,844 1
Merton 019B 0.228 5109/32,844 2
Merton 019C 0.201 6576/32,844 3
Merton 014E 0.134 12083/32,844 4
Merton 019E 0.129 12619/32,844 4
Merton 019A 0.117 14046/32,844 5
Merton 017E 0.092 17609/32,844 6

Employment Deprivation in Pollards Hill

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Pollards Hill 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 019D 0.178 4440/32,844 2
Merton 019B 0.142 7277/32,844 3
Merton 019C 0.133 8170/32,844 3
Merton 019E 0.078 16745/32,844 6
Merton 019A 0.076 17311/32,844 6
Merton 014E 0.071 18619/32,844 6
Merton 017E 0.067 19471/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Pollards Hill

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Pollards Hill population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (22358/32,844) in Pollards Hill is more than the adult average rank (12305/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Merton 019D 25.329 10657/32,844 4
Merton 019C 18.759 14586/32,844 5
Merton 019B 16.508 16194/32,844 5
Merton 014E 14.344 17870/32,844 6
Merton 019A 12.71 19304/32,844 6
Merton 017E 12.037 19900/32,844 7
Merton 019E 11.564 20364/32,844 7

Health Deprivation and Disability in Pollards Hill

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
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 Pollards Hill. 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 019D 0.464 9542/32,844 3
Merton 019C -0.007 16126/32,844 5
Merton 019B -0.189 18970/32,844 6
Merton 019E -0.497 23385/32,844 8
Merton 014E -0.974 28616/32,844 9
Merton 017E -0.987 28711/32,844 9
Merton 019A -1.09 29528/32,844 9

Crime Deprivation in Pollards Hill

6
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 Pollards Hill. 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 019D 0.784 5599/32,844 2
Merton 019E 0.562 8228/32,844 3
Merton 014E 0.517 8832/32,844 3
Merton 019C 0.398 10475/32,844 4
Merton 019B 0.35 11158/32,844 4
Merton 017E -0.038 17265/32,844 6
Merton 019A -0.338 21563/32,844 7

There were 1 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Pollards Hill in February 2024
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Barriers to Housing and Services in Pollards Hill

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Pollards Hill. 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 019B 44.004 1239/32,844 1
Merton 019C 36.544 3395/32,844 2
Merton 019D 33.239 4968/32,844 2
Merton 019E 21.302 15136/32,844 5
Merton 019A 20.338 16244/32,844 5
Merton 014E 18.327 18702/32,844 6
Merton 017E 18.301 18726/32,844 6

Inside Environment Deprivation in Pollards Hill

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Pollards Hill. 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 019D 0.353 11160/32,844 4
Merton 019C 0.32 11622/32,844 4
Merton 017E 0.308 11771/32,844 4
Merton 014E 0.302 11843/32,844 4
Merton 019A 0.121 14581/32,844 5
Merton 019E 0.081 15183/32,844 5
Merton 019B -0.539 24387/32,844 8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Pollards Hill

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Pollards Hill. 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 014E 1.38 2082/32,844 1
Merton 019E 1 4134/32,844 2
Merton 019B 0.967 4383/32,844 2
Merton 019A 0.955 4462/32,844 2
Merton 017E 0.917 4714/32,844 2
Merton 019C 0.861 5148/32,844 2
Merton 019D 0.804 5618/32,844 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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