Deprivation Statistics for South Elmsall and South Kirkby, Wakefield

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in South Elmsall and South Kirkby, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

We have used the 12 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in South Elmsall and South Kirkby, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Wakefield. 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 12 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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby 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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for South Elmsall and South Kirkby. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Wakefield.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Wakefield 044D 60.579 868/32,844 1
Wakefield 045A 50.699 2078/32,844 1
Wakefield 043B 46.597 2737/32,844 1
Wakefield 045B 45.104 3039/32,844 1
Wakefield 043A 40.397 4147/32,844 2
Wakefield 044C 38.919 4599/32,844 2
Wakefield 045D 38.594 4694/32,844 2
Wakefield 045C 33.392 6509/32,844 2
Wakefield 043D 29.204 8402/32,844 3
Wakefield 043C 22.516 12379/32,844 4
Wakefield 044A 18.476 15716/32,844 5
Wakefield 044B 16.595 17380/32,844 6

Income Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

8
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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044D 0.27 3235/32,844 1
Wakefield 045A 0.259 3649/32,844 2
Wakefield 043B 0.217 5687/32,844 2
Wakefield 045D 0.215 5822/32,844 2
Wakefield 043A 0.214 5883/32,844 2
Wakefield 044C 0.211 6018/32,844 2
Wakefield 045B 0.209 6162/32,844 2
Wakefield 045C 0.182 7889/32,844 3
Wakefield 043D 0.161 9538/32,844 3
Wakefield 044A 0.106 15436/32,844 5
Wakefield 044B 0.105 15680/32,844 5
Wakefield 043C 0.099 16498/32,844 6

Employment Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in South Elmsall and South Kirkby 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
Wakefield 044D 0.279 713/32,844 1
Wakefield 045A 0.237 1670/32,844 1
Wakefield 045B 0.213 2575/32,844 1
Wakefield 045D 0.197 3270/32,844 1
Wakefield 043A 0.197 3302/32,844 2
Wakefield 043B 0.191 3622/32,844 2
Wakefield 044C 0.18 4289/32,844 2
Wakefield 045C 0.166 5286/32,844 2
Wakefield 043D 0.158 5892/32,844 2
Wakefield 043C 0.123 9250/32,844 3
Wakefield 044A 0.114 10485/32,844 4
Wakefield 044B 0.098 12879/32,844 4

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the South Elmsall and South Kirkby population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (5899/32,844) in South Elmsall and South Kirkby is more than the adult average rank (2920/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Wakefield 044D 88.612 88/32,844 1
Wakefield 045A 73.566 573/32,844 1
Wakefield 043B 72.891 608/32,844 1
Wakefield 045B 70.509 750/32,844 1
Wakefield 043A 63.549 1336/32,844 1
Wakefield 045D 56.4 2193/32,844 1
Wakefield 043D 47.267 3711/32,844 2
Wakefield 045C 46.286 3901/32,844 2
Wakefield 044C 42.11 4848/32,844 2
Wakefield 044B 29.971 8575/32,844 3
Wakefield 043C 27.134 9758/32,844 3
Wakefield 044A 26.193 10217/32,844 4

Health Deprivation and Disability in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044D 1.649 978/32,844 1
Wakefield 044C 1.299 2352/32,844 1
Wakefield 043B 1.27 2506/32,844 1
Wakefield 045A 1.206 2827/32,844 1
Wakefield 045B 1.02 4094/32,844 2
Wakefield 045D 0.987 4329/32,844 2
Wakefield 043A 0.957 4561/32,844 2
Wakefield 045C 0.861 5358/32,844 2
Wakefield 043D 0.637 7535/32,844 3
Wakefield 043C 0.537 8665/32,844 3
Wakefield 044A 0.325 11268/32,844 4
Wakefield 044B -0.037 16565/32,844 6

Crime Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044D 1.791 417/32,844 1
Wakefield 043B 1.573 866/32,844 1
Wakefield 045B 1.469 1152/32,844 1
Wakefield 045A 1.406 1332/32,844 1
Wakefield 045C 1.062 3060/32,844 1
Wakefield 044C 1.058 3095/32,844 1
Wakefield 043A 0.954 3879/32,844 2
Wakefield 045D 0.9 4386/32,844 2
Wakefield 043C 0.854 4852/32,844 2
Wakefield 043D 0.402 10422/32,844 4
Wakefield 044B -0.187 19443/32,844 6
Wakefield 044A -0.304 21104/32,844 7

There were 60 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers South Elmsall and South Kirkby in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044C 20.834 15677/32,844 5
Wakefield 045B 16.99 20448/32,844 7
Wakefield 044A 16.625 20891/32,844 7
Wakefield 045A 15.043 22959/32,844 7
Wakefield 043D 14.428 23735/32,844 8
Wakefield 044B 14.343 23831/32,844 8
Wakefield 043C 14.142 24056/32,844 8
Wakefield 044D 13.605 24687/32,844 8
Wakefield 043A 13.188 25181/32,844 8
Wakefield 045C 11.255 27354/32,844 9
Wakefield 043B 10.89 27751/32,844 9
Wakefield 045D 10.187 28425/32,844 9

Inside Environment Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 043B 0.019 16160/32,844 5
Wakefield 044C -0.358 21961/32,844 7
Wakefield 043A -0.73 26630/32,844 9
Wakefield 044A -0.827 27576/32,844 9
Wakefield 044D -0.89 28107/32,844 9
Wakefield 045B -0.943 28577/32,844 9
Wakefield 045A -0.977 28882/32,844 9
Wakefield 045D -1.024 29230/32,844 9
Wakefield 043D -1.041 29340/32,844 9
Wakefield 043C -1.08 29608/32,844 10
Wakefield 044B -1.115 29822/32,844 10
Wakefield 045C -1.223 30407/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 043B 0.094 13780/32,844 5
Wakefield 044D 0.032 14769/32,844 5
Wakefield 043A -0.041 15965/32,844 5
Wakefield 045A -0.067 16403/32,844 5
Wakefield 043D -0.079 16613/32,844 6
Wakefield 043C -0.138 17642/32,844 6
Wakefield 045D -0.445 22700/32,844 7
Wakefield 044C -0.48 23202/32,844 8
Wakefield 044B -0.48 23203/32,844 8
Wakefield 045B -0.539 24024/32,844 8
Wakefield 045C -0.575 24547/32,844 8
Wakefield 044A -0.646 25504/32,844 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.