Deprivation Statistics for Wardle and West Littleborough, Rochdale

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Wardle and West Littleborough, Rochdale, Greater Manchester

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Wardle and West Littleborough, 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 10 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 Wardle and West Littleborough 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 Wardle and West Littleborough. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Wardle and West Littleborough

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Wardle and West Littleborough. 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 004E	60.718	855/32,844	1
Rochdale 004D	35.443	5737/32,844	2
Rochdale 001C	32.253	6986/32,844	3
Rochdale 002B	25.818	10303/32,844	4
Rochdale 003C	20.734	13747/32,844	5
Rochdale 003D	17.795	16315/32,844	5
Rochdale 001D	16.35	17603/32,844	6
Rochdale 002A	14.693	19238/32,844	6
Rochdale 002C	14.105	19846/32,844	7
Rochdale 002D	9.335	25337/32,844	8

Income Deprivation in Wardle and West Littleborough

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 Wardle and West Littleborough. 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 004E	0.333	1365/32,844	1
Rochdale 004D	0.214	5897/32,844	2
Rochdale 001C	0.159	9731/32,844	3
Rochdale 002B	0.145	10943/32,844	4
Rochdale 003D	0.094	17220/32,844	6
Rochdale 001D	0.087	18440/32,844	6
Rochdale 003C	0.082	19171/32,844	6
Rochdale 002A	0.074	20613/32,844	7
Rochdale 002C	0.066	22395/32,844	7
Rochdale 002D	0.048	26675/32,844	9

Employment Deprivation in Wardle and West Littleborough

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Wardle and West Littleborough 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 004E	0.33	221/32,844	1
Rochdale 004D	0.179	4370/32,844	2
Rochdale 001C	0.132	8261/32,844	3
Rochdale 002B	0.11	10993/32,844	4
Rochdale 002A	0.093	13804/32,844	5
Rochdale 001D	0.087	14821/32,844	5
Rochdale 003C	0.083	15731/32,844	5
Rochdale 003D	0.083	15737/32,844	5
Rochdale 002C	0.071	18469/32,844	6
Rochdale 002D	0.061	21194/32,844	7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Wardle and West Littleborough

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Wardle and West Littleborough population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (16185/32,844) in Wardle and West Littleborough is more than the adult average rank (16086/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Rochdale 004D	40.41	5266/32,844	2
Rochdale 004E	38.911	5660/32,844	2
Rochdale 001C	26.174	10227/32,844	4
Rochdale 002B	21.593	12802/32,844	4
Rochdale 002A	18.31	14911/32,844	5
Rochdale 001D	10.756	21125/32,844	7
Rochdale 002D	9.766	22083/32,844	7
Rochdale 002C	9.28	22597/32,844	7
Rochdale 003D	8.952	22910/32,844	7
Rochdale 003C	5.674	26530/32,844	9

Health Deprivation and Disability in Wardle and West Littleborough

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 Wardle and West Littleborough. 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 004E	2.007	339/32,844	1
Rochdale 001C	1.252	2582/32,844	1
Rochdale 004D	0.76	6288/32,844	2
Rochdale 002B	0.687	7005/32,844	3
Rochdale 003C	0.651	7377/32,844	3
Rochdale 001D	0.359	10871/32,844	4
Rochdale 002A	0.319	11374/32,844	4
Rochdale 002C	0.286	11811/32,844	4
Rochdale 003D	0.201	13052/32,844	4
Rochdale 002D	0.127	14087/32,844	5

Crime Deprivation in Wardle and West Littleborough

Below Average

iLivehere Rating 7/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Wardle and West Littleborough. 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 004E	1.16	2458/32,844	1
Rochdale 002B	0.994	3567/32,844	2
Rochdale 003D	0.952	3912/32,844	2
Rochdale 004D	0.863	4762/32,844	2
Rochdale 002C	0.718	6308/32,844	2
Rochdale 003C	0.631	7316/32,844	3
Rochdale 001C	0.522	8758/32,844	3
Rochdale 001D	0.481	9338/32,844	3
Rochdale 002D	-0.208	19747/32,844	7
Rochdale 002A	-0.252	20380/32,844	7

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Wardle and West Littleborough in January 2024

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Barriers to Housing and Services in Wardle and West Littleborough

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Wardle and West Littleborough. 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 004E	26.133	10058/32,844	4
Rochdale 004D	24.416	11703/32,844	4
Rochdale 003C	23.971	12174/32,844	4
Rochdale 002B	18.381	18636/32,844	6
Rochdale 002D	14.642	23482/32,844	8
Rochdale 002A	13.926	24327/32,844	8
Rochdale 003D	13.074	25305/32,844	8
Rochdale 001D	11.993	26570/32,844	9
Rochdale 002C	10.118	28488/32,844	9
Rochdale 001C	7.936	30375/32,844	10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Wardle and West Littleborough

Average

iLivehere Rating 6/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Wardle and West Littleborough. 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 001C	1.391	1488/32,844	1
Rochdale 003C	1.175	2604/32,844	1
Rochdale 003D	0.587	8085/32,844	3
Rochdale 002B	0.453	9829/32,844	3
Rochdale 001D	0.448	9901/32,844	4
Rochdale 002C	0.341	11331/32,844	4
Rochdale 002A	-0.054	17332/32,844	6
Rochdale 002D	-0.343	21746/32,844	7
Rochdale 004E	-0.367	22107/32,844	7
Rochdale 004D	-0.552	24560/32,844	8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Wardle and West Littleborough

Very Good

iLivehere Rating 2/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Wardle and West Littleborough. 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 001C	-0.338	20979/32,844	7
Rochdale 004E	-0.389	21871/32,844	7
Rochdale 003D	-0.506	23574/32,844	8
Rochdale 001D	-0.598	24897/32,844	8
Rochdale 002D	-0.687	26000/32,844	8
Rochdale 003C	-0.769	27057/32,844	9
Rochdale 002B	-1.017	29582/32,844	10
Rochdale 004D	-1.034	29731/32,844	10
Rochdale 002A	-1.164	30695/32,844	10
Rochdale 002C	-1.166	30700/32,844	10

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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