Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Rumworth, Bolton

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Rumworth, Bolton, Greater Manchester

We have used the 13 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Rumworth, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Bolton. 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 13 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 Rumworth 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 Rumworth. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Rumworth

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Rumworth. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Bolton.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Bolton 021C 57.855 1127/32,844 1
Bolton 021D 51.383 1972/32,844 1
Bolton 026A 47.672 2539/32,844 1
Bolton 021A 47.136 2635/32,844 1
Bolton 023B 46.595 2738/32,844 1
Bolton 021E 45.554 2949/32,844 1
Bolton 023A 45.163 3027/32,844 1
Bolton 025C 43.13 3444/32,844 2
Bolton 021B 42.457 3604/32,844 2
Bolton 018B 40.755 4041/32,844 2
Bolton 023D 32.073 7060/32,844 3
Bolton 018A 30.676 7700/32,844 3
Bolton 023C 27.567 9257/32,844 3

Income Deprivation in Rumworth

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Rumworth. 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
Bolton 021C 0.369 725/32,844 1
Bolton 021D 0.364 812/32,844 1
Bolton 023B 0.338 1241/32,844 1
Bolton 021E 0.336 1288/32,844 1
Bolton 025C 0.335 1324/32,844 1
Bolton 021B 0.328 1475/32,844 1
Bolton 023A 0.294 2385/32,844 1
Bolton 021A 0.289 2556/32,844 1
Bolton 026A 0.28 2889/32,844 1
Bolton 018B 0.262 3531/32,844 2
Bolton 023D 0.236 4695/32,844 2
Bolton 018A 0.181 7965/32,844 3
Bolton 023C 0.176 8324/32,844 3

Employment Deprivation in Rumworth

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Rumworth 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
Bolton 021C 0.274 792/32,844 1
Bolton 021D 0.24 1606/32,844 1
Bolton 021E 0.208 2788/32,844 1
Bolton 026A 0.201 3063/32,844 1
Bolton 021A 0.189 3776/32,844 2
Bolton 023A 0.181 4235/32,844 2
Bolton 023B 0.179 4363/32,844 2
Bolton 021B 0.178 4448/32,844 2
Bolton 018B 0.162 5597/32,844 2
Bolton 025C 0.147 6879/32,844 3
Bolton 023C 0.129 8598/32,844 3
Bolton 023D 0.118 9907/32,844 4
Bolton 018A 0.117 10085/32,844 4

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Rumworth

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Rumworth population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (16558/32,844) in Rumworth is more than the adult average rank (3129/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Bolton 021A 50.995 3072/32,844 1
Bolton 021B 46.873 3789/32,844 2
Bolton 021E 45.586 4041/32,844 2
Bolton 021C 44.338 4323/32,844 2
Bolton 026A 44.174 4367/32,844 2
Bolton 023D 43.029 4636/32,844 2
Bolton 023A 39.732 5424/32,844 2
Bolton 023B 37.323 6100/32,844 2
Bolton 025C 37.243 6130/32,844 2
Bolton 021D 36.57 6288/32,844 2
Bolton 018B 31.479 7999/32,844 3
Bolton 018A 29.759 8679/32,844 3
Bolton 023C 17.892 15210/32,844 5

Health Deprivation and Disability in Rumworth

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
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 Rumworth. 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
Bolton 025C 1.247 2612/32,844 1
Bolton 021C 1.09 3593/32,844 2
Bolton 026A 1.066 3760/32,844 2
Bolton 021D 1.034 3973/32,844 2
Bolton 021E 0.875 5258/32,844 2
Bolton 023B 0.869 5302/32,844 2
Bolton 021A 0.808 5821/32,844 2
Bolton 023C 0.773 6148/32,844 2
Bolton 018B 0.717 6707/32,844 3
Bolton 023A 0.53 8736/32,844 3
Bolton 021B 0.36 10864/32,844 4
Bolton 023D 0.315 11421/32,844 4
Bolton 018A 0.183 13298/32,844 5

Crime Deprivation in Rumworth

9
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 Rumworth. 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
Bolton 018B 2.212 81/32,844 1
Bolton 021A 2.014 196/32,844 1
Bolton 023A 1.573 863/32,844 1
Bolton 018A 1.528 977/32,844 1
Bolton 026A 1.482 1120/32,844 1
Bolton 021D 1.219 2135/32,844 1
Bolton 021C 1.137 2584/32,844 1
Bolton 025C 0.925 4178/32,844 2
Bolton 023B 0.905 4342/32,844 2
Bolton 023C 0.723 6249/32,844 2
Bolton 021E 0.685 6673/32,844 3
Bolton 021B 0.607 7650/32,844 3
Bolton 023D 0.054 15834/32,844 5

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Rumworth in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Rumworth

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Rumworth. 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
Bolton 021D 19.018 17845/32,844 6
Bolton 021C 18.82 18096/32,844 6
Bolton 021E 18.444 18557/32,844 6
Bolton 021B 16.135 21496/32,844 7
Bolton 021A 16.132 21504/32,844 7
Bolton 023B 15.756 21997/32,844 7
Bolton 023D 14.889 23179/32,844 8
Bolton 023A 14.744 23353/32,844 8
Bolton 025C 14.187 24004/32,844 8
Bolton 018B 12.986 25423/32,844 8
Bolton 026A 8.756 29721/32,844 10
Bolton 018A 7.887 30415/32,844 10
Bolton 023C 5.613 31757/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Rumworth

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Rumworth. 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
Bolton 023B 1.323 1779/32,844 1
Bolton 023A 1.252 2133/32,844 1
Bolton 023D 1.189 2520/32,844 1
Bolton 026A 1.144 2803/32,844 1
Bolton 018A 1.07 3335/32,844 2
Bolton 021C 1.042 3548/32,844 2
Bolton 021B 0.795 5738/32,844 2
Bolton 023C 0.618 7729/32,844 3
Bolton 018B 0.542 8636/32,844 3
Bolton 021A 0.443 9967/32,844 4
Bolton 025C 0.388 10689/32,844 4
Bolton 021E 0.254 12529/32,844 4
Bolton 021D -0.278 20795/32,844 7

Outside Environment Deprivation in Rumworth

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Rumworth. 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
Bolton 021D 1.052 3783/32,844 2
Bolton 021B 0.807 5592/32,844 2
Bolton 025C 0.781 5786/32,844 2
Bolton 023C 0.538 8006/32,844 3
Bolton 021A 0.395 9573/32,844 3
Bolton 026A 0.349 10125/32,844 4
Bolton 021C 0.325 10427/32,844 4
Bolton 023D 0.319 10496/32,844 4
Bolton 021E 0.302 10715/32,844 4
Bolton 023B 0.218 11865/32,844 4
Bolton 023A 0.16 12725/32,844 4
Bolton 018B 0.16 12727/32,844 4
Bolton 018A -0.151 17848/32,844 6

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.