Deprivation Statistics Comparison for West Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in West Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

We have used the 8 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in West Fenham, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 8 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 West Fenham 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 West Fenham. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in West Fenham

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for West Fenham. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Newcastle upon Tyne.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 49.012 2327/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F 45.901 2870/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 35.382 5756/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C 30.509 7784/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H 30.255 7910/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D 20.01 14340/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 19.134 15129/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A 17.891 16224/32,844 5

Income Deprivation in West Fenham

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in West Fenham. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F 0.311 1911/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 0.297 2310/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C 0.22 5530/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 0.202 6528/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H 0.199 6706/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D 0.142 11220/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A 0.123 13288/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 0.116 14138/32,844 5

Employment Deprivation in West Fenham

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in West Fenham 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 0.244 1498/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F 0.227 1995/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 0.152 6400/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C 0.151 6450/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H 0.133 8127/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 0.106 11599/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A 0.081 16112/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D 0.076 17285/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in West Fenham

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the West Fenham population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (10736/32,844) in West Fenham is more than the adult average rank (7295/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F 50.16 3221/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 45.699 4011/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 36.426 6320/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D 30.38 8402/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C 28.849 9045/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 21.932 12577/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H 21.546 12837/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A 20.572 13417/32,844 5

Health Deprivation and Disability in West Fenham

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
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 West Fenham. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 1.25 2598/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H 1.21 2805/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 1.176 3017/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F 0.963 4518/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C 0.825 5679/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D 0.515 8931/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 0.41 10182/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A 0.383 10558/32,844 4

Crime Deprivation in West Fenham

8
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 West Fenham. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 1.331 1622/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 1.172 2400/32,844 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F 0.967 3791/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H 0.757 5867/32,844 2
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C 0.587 7903/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A 0.466 9533/32,844 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 0.294 12017/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D 0.151 14283/32,844 5

There were 356 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers West Fenham in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in West Fenham

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in West Fenham. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 21.012 15491/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H 19.477 17299/32,844 6
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F 16.718 20791/32,844 7
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D 15.556 22283/32,844 7
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 13.618 24671/32,844 8
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A 11.608 27006/32,844 9
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 9.502 29074/32,844 9
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C 9.421 29149/32,844 9

Inside Environment Deprivation in West Fenham

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in West Fenham. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C -0.104 18095/32,844 6
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D -0.257 20480/32,844 7
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E -0.53 24275/32,844 8
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A -0.644 25695/32,844 8
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C -0.818 27508/32,844 9
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F -0.937 28535/32,844 9
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H -1.079 29607/32,844 10
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B -1.087 29652/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in West Fenham

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in West Fenham. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 019C 0.356 10045/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019B 0.154 12814/32,844 4
Newcastle upon Tyne 019E 0.102 13621/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 019F -0.024 15697/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 016C -0.035 15871/32,844 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 019A -0.106 17086/32,844 6
Newcastle upon Tyne 019H -0.288 20151/32,844 7
Newcastle upon Tyne 019D -0.347 21137/32,844 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.