Deprivation Statistics for Upper Gornal and Woodsetton, Dudley

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton, Dudley, West Midlands

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

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Overall Deprivation in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Upper Gornal and Woodsetton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Dudley.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Dudley 005A 46.385 2782/32,844 1
Dudley 005E 40.82 4024/32,844 2
Dudley 007D 37.384 5082/32,844 2
Dudley 005B 31.398 7347/32,844 3
Dudley 005C 30.939 7585/32,844 3
Dudley 002A 30.112 7978/32,844 3
Dudley 004E 29.834 8099/32,844 3
Dudley 007A 26.613 9825/32,844 3
Dudley 005D 18.558 15623/32,844 5
Dudley 004F 16.837 17146/32,844 6
Dudley 007C 13.354 20678/32,844 7
Dudley 004D 12.239 21898/32,844 7
Dudley 003C 10.033 24478/32,844 8

Income Deprivation in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton. 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
Dudley 005A 0.323 1575/32,844 1
Dudley 005E 0.256 3751/32,844 2
Dudley 005C 0.22 5561/32,844 2
Dudley 007D 0.211 6036/32,844 2
Dudley 007A 0.209 6173/32,844 2
Dudley 002A 0.195 6976/32,844 3
Dudley 004E 0.189 7352/32,844 3
Dudley 005B 0.178 8222/32,844 3
Dudley 005D 0.101 16226/32,844 5
Dudley 004F 0.098 16657/32,844 6
Dudley 007C 0.084 18873/32,844 6
Dudley 003C 0.079 19704/32,844 6
Dudley 004D 0.071 21244/32,844 7

Employment Deprivation in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton 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
Dudley 005A 0.21 2692/32,844 1
Dudley 005E 0.191 3653/32,844 2
Dudley 007D 0.179 4367/32,844 2
Dudley 005C 0.169 5053/32,844 2
Dudley 004E 0.168 5127/32,844 2
Dudley 002A 0.154 6219/32,844 2
Dudley 007A 0.149 6659/32,844 3
Dudley 005B 0.143 7163/32,844 3
Dudley 005D 0.103 11981/32,844 4
Dudley 007C 0.082 15781/32,844 5
Dudley 004F 0.076 17220/32,844 6
Dudley 004D 0.071 18483/32,844 6
Dudley 003C 0.069 19034/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Upper Gornal and Woodsetton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (10117/32,844) in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton is more than the adult average rank (8265/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Dudley 005A 56.995 2105/32,844 1
Dudley 007D 53.632 2618/32,844 1
Dudley 005E 52.856 2756/32,844 1
Dudley 005C 43.914 4428/32,844 2
Dudley 004E 42.281 4805/32,844 2
Dudley 005B 40.438 5259/32,844 2
Dudley 002A 38.087 5883/32,844 2
Dudley 005D 25.438 10599/32,844 4
Dudley 004D 21.366 12935/32,844 4
Dudley 007A 20.895 13208/32,844 5
Dudley 004F 19.923 13818/32,844 5
Dudley 007C 15.012 17350/32,844 6
Dudley 003C 9.383 22492/32,844 7

Health Deprivation and Disability in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

7
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 Upper Gornal and Woodsetton. 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
Dudley 005E 1.092 3583/32,844 2
Dudley 005A 0.943 4666/32,844 2
Dudley 007D 0.82 5731/32,844 2
Dudley 005B 0.641 7493/32,844 3
Dudley 005C 0.516 8921/32,844 3
Dudley 007A 0.43 9938/32,844 4
Dudley 004E 0.394 10421/32,844 4
Dudley 002A 0.348 11006/32,844 4
Dudley 005D 0.149 13741/32,844 5
Dudley 007C 0.108 14382/32,844 5
Dudley 004D 0.092 14638/32,844 5
Dudley 004F 0.046 15302/32,844 5
Dudley 003C -0.163 18587/32,844 6

Crime Deprivation in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton. 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
Dudley 005A 0.674 6808/32,844 3
Dudley 005E 0.547 8445/32,844 3
Dudley 004F 0.361 10998/32,844 4
Dudley 007A 0.3 11932/32,844 4
Dudley 007D 0.269 12408/32,844 4
Dudley 002A 0.22 13190/32,844 5
Dudley 005D 0.149 14331/32,844 5
Dudley 005C 0.134 14584/32,844 5
Dudley 005B 0.133 14602/32,844 5
Dudley 007C -0.121 18469/32,844 6
Dudley 004E -0.161 19055/32,844 6
Dudley 003C -0.318 21290/32,844 7
Dudley 004D -0.66 25762/32,844 8

There were 201 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Upper Gornal and Woodsetton in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton. 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
Dudley 005B 15.575 22259/32,844 7
Dudley 007C 14.84 23255/32,844 8
Dudley 005D 14.825 23268/32,844 8
Dudley 005C 13.286 25069/32,844 8
Dudley 005E 12.342 26180/32,844 8
Dudley 007D 12.339 26185/32,844 8
Dudley 004E 12.108 26453/32,844 9
Dudley 007A 9.61 28968/32,844 9
Dudley 002A 8.483 29952/32,844 10
Dudley 005A 7.032 30952/32,844 10
Dudley 003C 6.527 31246/32,844 10
Dudley 004F 6.498 31262/32,844 10
Dudley 004D 3.108 32585/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton. 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
Dudley 005B 1.196 2478/32,844 1
Dudley 007D 1.067 3356/32,844 2
Dudley 002A 0.903 4680/32,844 2
Dudley 004F 0.768 6018/32,844 2
Dudley 005A 0.728 6492/32,844 2
Dudley 005E 0.587 8089/32,844 3
Dudley 004E 0.513 9007/32,844 3
Dudley 007A 0.319 11634/32,844 4
Dudley 005D 0.19 13453/32,844 5
Dudley 004D 0.09 15033/32,844 5
Dudley 003C -0.28 20827/32,844 7
Dudley 007C -0.428 22953/32,844 7
Dudley 005C -0.504 23949/32,844 8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Upper Gornal and Woodsetton. 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
Dudley 004E 0.085 13906/32,844 5
Dudley 002A 0.048 14506/32,844 5
Dudley 004F -0.104 17051/32,844 6
Dudley 004D -0.114 17247/32,844 6
Dudley 003C -0.227 19109/32,844 6
Dudley 005C -0.24 19317/32,844 6
Dudley 005D -0.273 19865/32,844 7
Dudley 005B -0.317 20635/32,844 7
Dudley 007D -0.318 20657/32,844 7
Dudley 005E -0.332 20902/32,844 7
Dudley 007A -0.387 21830/32,844 7
Dudley 005A -0.393 21921/32,844 7
Dudley 007C -0.649 25544/32,844 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.