Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Stour Valley South, Braintree

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Stour Valley South, Braintree, Essex

We have used the 3 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Stour Valley South, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Braintree. 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 3 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 Stour Valley South 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 Stour Valley South. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Stour Valley South

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Stour Valley South. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Braintree.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Braintree 002A 16.373 17581/32,844 6
Braintree 002B 15.749 18196/32,844 6
Braintree 002C 11.297 22992/32,844 8

Income Deprivation in Stour Valley South

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Stour Valley South. 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
Braintree 002B 0.058 24143/32,844 8
Braintree 002A 0.055 24900/32,844 8
Braintree 002C 0.043 27986/32,844 9

Employment Deprivation in Stour Valley South

1
Excellent
iLivehere Rating 1/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Stour Valley South 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
Braintree 002B 0.044 26571/32,844 9
Braintree 002A 0.035 29305/32,844 9
Braintree 002C 0.029 30854/32,844 10

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Stour Valley South

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Stour Valley South population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (24972/32,844) in Stour Valley South is more than the adult average rank (20979/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Braintree 002B 11.166 20740/32,844 7
Braintree 002C 7.501 24484/32,844 8
Braintree 002A 6.233 25913/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Stour Valley South

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
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 Stour Valley South. 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
Braintree 002A -0.955 28458/32,844 9
Braintree 002B -1.016 28955/32,844 9
Braintree 002C -1.046 29188/32,844 9

Crime Deprivation in Stour Valley South

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Stour Valley South. 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
Braintree 002C -0.648 25622/32,844 8
Braintree 002B -0.766 26959/32,844 9
Braintree 002A -1.578 32005/32,844 10

There were 21 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Stour Valley South in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Stour Valley South

10
Extremely Bad
iLivehere Rating 10/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Stour Valley South. 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
Braintree 002B 46.712 769/32,844 1
Braintree 002A 43.992 1241/32,844 1
Braintree 002C 39.278 2408/32,844 1

Inside Environment Deprivation in Stour Valley South

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Stour Valley South. 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
Braintree 002A 1.661 691/32,844 1
Braintree 002B 1.182 2567/32,844 1
Braintree 002C 0.925 4464/32,844 2

Outside Environment Deprivation in Stour Valley South

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Stour Valley South. 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
Braintree 002A -0.119 17336/32,844 6
Braintree 002C -0.346 21123/32,844 7
Braintree 002B -1.232 31088/32,844 10

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.