Deprivation Statistics Comparison for St George’s, Castle Point

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in St George's, Castle Point, Essex

We have used the 4 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in St George's, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Castle Point. 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 4 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 St George's 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 St George's. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in St George's

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for St George's. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Castle Point.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Castle Point 001C 10.167 24293/32,844 8
Castle Point 003D 10.048 24455/32,844 8
Castle Point 001A 9.456 25188/32,844 8
Castle Point 001B 9.433 25221/32,844 8

Income Deprivation in St George's

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in St George's. 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
Castle Point 001B 0.076 20213/32,844 7
Castle Point 001A 0.066 22268/32,844 7
Castle Point 001C 0.059 23964/32,844 8
Castle Point 003D 0.049 26504/32,844 9

Employment Deprivation in St George's

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in St George's 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
Castle Point 003D 0.066 19891/32,844 7
Castle Point 001A 0.061 21146/32,844 7
Castle Point 001C 0.053 23764/32,844 8
Castle Point 001B 0.05 24713/32,844 8

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in St George's

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the St George's population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (18680/32,844) in St George's is more than the adult average rank (7637/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Castle Point 001A 25.639 10494/32,844 4
Castle Point 001C 22.562 12207/32,844 4
Castle Point 003D 22.066 12500/32,844 4
Castle Point 001B 20.732 13311/32,844 5

Health Deprivation and Disability in St George's

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
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 St George's. 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
Castle Point 001C -0.568 24302/32,844 8
Castle Point 003D -0.578 24428/32,844 8
Castle Point 001B -0.695 25869/32,844 8
Castle Point 001A -0.715 26078/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in St George's

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in St George's. 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
Castle Point 003D 0.16 14166/32,844 5
Castle Point 001A -0.779 27088/32,844 9
Castle Point 001B -0.785 27149/32,844 9
Castle Point 001C -0.845 27746/32,844 9

There were 67 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers St George's in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in St George's

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in St George's. 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
Castle Point 001C 24.349 11774/32,844 4
Castle Point 001B 19.664 17043/32,844 6
Castle Point 003D 11.452 27171/32,844 9
Castle Point 001A 11.096 27536/32,844 9

Inside Environment Deprivation in St George's

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in St George's. 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
Castle Point 001C -0.568 24762/32,844 8
Castle Point 001B -0.889 28103/32,844 9
Castle Point 001A -1.092 29687/32,844 10
Castle Point 003D -1.155 30037/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in St George's

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in St George's. 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
Castle Point 003D -0.001 15332/32,844 5
Castle Point 001A -0.212 18842/32,844 6
Castle Point 001C -0.277 19928/32,844 7
Castle Point 001B -0.432 22513/32,844 7

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.