Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Rotherham West, Rotherham

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Rotherham West, Rotherham, South Yorkshire

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Rotherham West, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Rotherham. 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 10 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 Rotherham West 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 Rotherham West. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Rotherham West

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Rotherham West. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Rotherham.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Rotherham 016B 63.303 642/32,844 1
Rotherham 016A 62.774 682/32,844 1
Rotherham 017B 60.282 893/32,844 1
Rotherham 016D 46.466 2759/32,844 1
Rotherham 016C 43.191 3429/32,844 2
Rotherham 011A 38.432 4754/32,844 2
Rotherham 015E 35.251 5807/32,844 2
Rotherham 015D 28.537 8749/32,844 3
Rotherham 015F 26.242 10017/32,844 4
Rotherham 015A 12.787 21280/32,844 7

Income Deprivation in Rotherham West

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Rotherham West. 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
Rotherham 016B 0.361 853/32,844 1
Rotherham 017B 0.338 1243/32,844 1
Rotherham 016A 0.333 1355/32,844 1
Rotherham 016D 0.286 2669/32,844 1
Rotherham 016C 0.242 4377/32,844 2
Rotherham 015E 0.236 4694/32,844 2
Rotherham 011A 0.209 6139/32,844 2
Rotherham 015D 0.152 10357/32,844 4
Rotherham 015F 0.14 11462/32,844 4
Rotherham 015A 0.043 27973/32,844 9

Employment Deprivation in Rotherham West

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Rotherham West 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
Rotherham 016B 0.276 768/32,844 1
Rotherham 016A 0.253 1217/32,844 1
Rotherham 017B 0.247 1386/32,844 1
Rotherham 016D 0.225 2083/32,844 1
Rotherham 016C 0.204 2967/32,844 1
Rotherham 011A 0.188 3802/32,844 2
Rotherham 015E 0.169 5034/32,844 2
Rotherham 015D 0.137 7726/32,844 3
Rotherham 015F 0.119 9856/32,844 4
Rotherham 015A 0.056 22876/32,844 7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Rotherham West

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Rotherham West population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (7342/32,844) in Rotherham West is more than the adult average rank (4745/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Rotherham 016A 90.12 63/32,844 1
Rotherham 016B 63.381 1352/32,844 1
Rotherham 017B 56.882 2122/32,844 1
Rotherham 016D 55.453 2330/32,844 1
Rotherham 011A 51.246 3010/32,844 1
Rotherham 015F 40.042 5354/32,844 2
Rotherham 016C 38.791 5689/32,844 2
Rotherham 015E 36.47 6311/32,844 2
Rotherham 015D 22.245 12387/32,844 4
Rotherham 015A 13.424 18660/32,844 6

Health Deprivation and Disability in Rotherham West

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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 Rotherham West. 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
Rotherham 016B 1.919 443/32,844 1
Rotherham 017B 1.889 484/32,844 1
Rotherham 016A 1.422 1777/32,844 1
Rotherham 011A 1.195 2904/32,844 1
Rotherham 016C 1.067 3748/32,844 2
Rotherham 016D 1.056 3830/32,844 2
Rotherham 015D 0.985 4339/32,844 2
Rotherham 015E 0.761 6269/32,844 2
Rotherham 015F 0.711 6770/32,844 3
Rotherham 015A 0.335 11147/32,844 4

Crime Deprivation in Rotherham West

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Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Rotherham West. 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
Rotherham 016C 1.503 1057/32,844 1
Rotherham 017B 1.413 1309/32,844 1
Rotherham 016A 1.224 2114/32,844 1
Rotherham 016B 1.181 2352/32,844 1
Rotherham 016D 1.011 3442/32,844 2
Rotherham 015E 0.976 3710/32,844 2
Rotherham 015D 0.972 3748/32,844 2
Rotherham 015A 0.784 5591/32,844 2
Rotherham 011A 0.736 6106/32,844 2
Rotherham 015F 0.37 10873/32,844 4

There were 168 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Rotherham West in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Rotherham West

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Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Rotherham West. 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
Rotherham 016B 18.154 18933/32,844 6
Rotherham 017B 17.407 19911/32,844 7
Rotherham 015F 15.877 21832/32,844 7
Rotherham 015E 15.877 21833/32,844 7
Rotherham 016A 13.887 24369/32,844 8
Rotherham 011A 13.612 24680/32,844 8
Rotherham 016C 13.113 25257/32,844 8
Rotherham 016D 9.969 28634/32,844 9
Rotherham 015D 8.52 29924/32,844 10
Rotherham 015A 8.395 30025/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Rotherham West

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Rotherham West. 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
Rotherham 016A 0.716 6614/32,844 3
Rotherham 017B 0.672 7068/32,844 3
Rotherham 016B 0.329 11494/32,844 4
Rotherham 016C 0.284 12077/32,844 4
Rotherham 015D 0.2 13296/32,844 5
Rotherham 016D 0.076 15270/32,844 5
Rotherham 015A -0.238 20212/32,844 7
Rotherham 015F -0.387 22372/32,844 7
Rotherham 015E -0.539 24391/32,844 8
Rotherham 011A -0.595 25095/32,844 8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Rotherham West

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Rotherham West. 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
Rotherham 016A 1.225 2799/32,844 1
Rotherham 015F 0.798 5663/32,844 2
Rotherham 016C 0.775 5848/32,844 2
Rotherham 016B 0.63 7138/32,844 3
Rotherham 017B 0.575 7651/32,844 3
Rotherham 011A 0.539 7998/32,844 3
Rotherham 016D 0.531 8077/32,844 3
Rotherham 015A 0.399 9497/32,844 3
Rotherham 015E 0.352 10085/32,844 4
Rotherham 015D 0.295 10810/32,844 4

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.