Deprivation Statistics Comparison for South Middleton, Rochdale

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in South Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester

We have used the 7 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in South Middleton, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Rochdale. 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 South Middleton 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 Middleton. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in South Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for South Middleton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Rochdale.

LSOA Name	IMD Score	IMD Rank (England)	IMD Decile
Rochdale 024E	38.55	4712/32,844	2
Rochdale 024C	31.937	7103/32,844	3
Rochdale 024D	28.905	8542/32,844	3
Rochdale 025G	14.98	18932/32,844	6
Rochdale 025F	8.589	26312/32,844	9
Rochdale 025E	8.466	26465/32,844	9
Rochdale 025D	8.098	26950/32,844	9

Income Deprivation in South Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in South Middleton. 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
Rochdale 024E	0.192	7207/32,844	3
Rochdale 024C	0.169	8862/32,844	3
Rochdale 024D	0.164	9273/32,844	3
Rochdale 025G	0.065	22653/32,844	7
Rochdale 025E	0.051	25882/32,844	8
Rochdale 025D	0.048	26727/32,844	9
Rochdale 025F	0.036	29454/32,844	9

Employment Deprivation in South Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in South Middleton 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
Rochdale 024E	0.18	4303/32,844	2
Rochdale 024C	0.155	6082/32,844	2
Rochdale 024D	0.126	8981/32,844	3
Rochdale 025G	0.086	15068/32,844	5
Rochdale 025D	0.052	24185/32,844	8
Rochdale 025E	0.049	24905/32,844	8
Rochdale 025F	0.048	25339/32,844	8

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in South Middleton

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the South Middleton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (22084/32,844) in South Middleton is more than the adult average rank (15610/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Rochdale 024E	33.644	7229/32,844	3
Rochdale 024D	30.871	8229/32,844	3
Rochdale 024C	21.355	12942/32,844	4
Rochdale 025G	9.728	22121/32,844	7
Rochdale 025F	5.193	27092/32,844	9
Rochdale 025D	4.502	27903/32,844	9
Rochdale 025E	4.487	27929/32,844	9

Health Deprivation and Disability in South Middleton

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

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 Middleton. 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
Rochdale 024E	1.355	2067/32,844	1
Rochdale 024C	0.791	5984/32,844	2
Rochdale 024D	0.724	6638/32,844	3
Rochdale 025G	0.321	11335/32,844	4
Rochdale 025E	0.145	13795/32,844	5
Rochdale 025D	0.033	15501/32,844	5
Rochdale 025F	-0.147	18348/32,844	6

Crime Deprivation in South Middleton

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 Middleton. 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
Rochdale 024C	1.372	1452/32,844	1
Rochdale 024E	1.292	1795/32,844	1
Rochdale 024D	0.921	4215/32,844	2
Rochdale 025G	0.757	5869/32,844	2
Rochdale 025F	0.451	9751/32,844	3
Rochdale 025E	0.397	10488/32,844	4
Rochdale 025D	0.137	14519/32,844	5

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

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Barriers to Housing and Services in South Middleton

Very Good

iLivehere Rating 2/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in South Middleton. 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
Rochdale 024C	21.542	14860/32,844	5
Rochdale 024E	15.567	22273/32,844	7
Rochdale 024D	14.578	23565/32,844	8
Rochdale 025D	8.686	29787/32,844	10
Rochdale 025G	7.729	30511/32,844	10
Rochdale 025F	6.155	31457/32,844	10
Rochdale 025E	2.76	32640/32,844	10

Inside Environment Deprivation in South Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in South Middleton. 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
Rochdale 024D	0.569	8330/32,844	3
Rochdale 024E	0.354	11148/32,844	4
Rochdale 025F	0.206	13208/32,844	5
Rochdale 024C	0.085	15126/32,844	5
Rochdale 025G	-0.065	17487/32,844	6
Rochdale 025D	-0.573	24838/32,844	8
Rochdale 025E	-0.929	28461/32,844	9

Outside Environment Deprivation in South Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in South Middleton. 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
Rochdale 025F	0.199	12161/32,844	4
Rochdale 025D	0.158	12743/32,844	4
Rochdale 024E	-0.228	19114/32,844	6
Rochdale 024D	-0.236	19257/32,844	6
Rochdale 025G	-0.242	19345/32,844	6
Rochdale 025E	-0.277	19941/32,844	7
Rochdale 024C	-0.321	20698/32,844	7

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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