Deprivation Statistics Comparison for West Heywood, Rochdale

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

We have used the 11 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in West Heywood, 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 11 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 Heywood 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 Heywood. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in West Heywood

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for West Heywood. 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 018F 63.824 605/32,844 1
Rochdale 019D 59.204 990/32,844 1
Rochdale 018A 57.393 1173/32,844 1
Rochdale 019F 51.606 1932/32,844 1
Rochdale 018D 37.221 5138/32,844 2
Rochdale 019E 33.895 6312/32,844 2
Rochdale 019C 33.731 6361/32,844 2
Rochdale 018E 32.858 6728/32,844 3
Rochdale 019B 24.401 11123/32,844 4
Bury 017A 14.328 19609/32,844 6
Rochdale 019A 11.978 22202/32,844 7

Income Deprivation in West Heywood

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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 Heywood. 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 018A 0.392 478/32,844 1
Rochdale 019F 0.33 1434/32,844 1
Rochdale 019D 0.325 1535/32,844 1
Rochdale 018F 0.306 2029/32,844 1
Rochdale 019E 0.209 6157/32,844 2
Rochdale 018D 0.195 6946/32,844 3
Rochdale 019C 0.187 7516/32,844 3
Rochdale 018E 0.165 9213/32,844 3
Rochdale 019B 0.129 12629/32,844 4
Bury 017A 0.084 18888/32,844 6
Rochdale 019A 0.06 23777/32,844 8

Employment Deprivation in West Heywood

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in West Heywood 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 019D 0.302 430/32,844 1
Rochdale 018F 0.275 790/32,844 1
Rochdale 018A 0.24 1590/32,844 1
Rochdale 019F 0.238 1653/32,844 1
Rochdale 019E 0.163 5504/32,844 2
Rochdale 019C 0.16 5720/32,844 2
Rochdale 018D 0.146 6950/32,844 3
Rochdale 018E 0.132 8273/32,844 3
Rochdale 019B 0.116 10128/32,844 4
Bury 017A 0.1 12476/32,844 4
Rochdale 019A 0.066 19985/32,844 7

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in West Heywood

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iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the West Heywood population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (8404/32,844) in West Heywood is more than the adult average rank (6643/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Rochdale 019F 72.78 617/32,844 1
Rochdale 018F 66.444 1044/32,844 1
Rochdale 019D 59.038 1842/32,844 1
Rochdale 019E 49.547 3332/32,844 2
Rochdale 018A 49.14 3406/32,844 2
Rochdale 018D 46.989 3761/32,844 2
Rochdale 018E 40.659 5207/32,844 2
Rochdale 019C 31.691 7921/32,844 3
Rochdale 019B 22.709 12094/32,844 4
Rochdale 019A 16.21 16398/32,844 5
Bury 017A 7.319 24692/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in West Heywood

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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 Heywood. 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 018F 1.926 435/32,844 1
Rochdale 019D 1.542 1316/32,844 1
Rochdale 018A 1.422 1776/32,844 1
Rochdale 019F 1.22 2765/32,844 1
Rochdale 019C 1.066 3757/32,844 2
Rochdale 019B 0.924 4839/32,844 2
Rochdale 018E 0.906 5005/32,844 2
Rochdale 019E 0.649 7404/32,844 3
Rochdale 018D 0.621 7702/32,844 3
Bury 017A 0.409 10210/32,844 4
Rochdale 019A 0.234 12610/32,844 4

Crime Deprivation in West Heywood

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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 Heywood. 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 018F 2.125 117/32,844 1
Rochdale 018D 2.005 202/32,844 1
Rochdale 018A 1.481 1121/32,844 1
Rochdale 019D 1.385 1409/32,844 1
Rochdale 018E 1.115 2702/32,844 1
Rochdale 019C 1.042 3212/32,844 1
Rochdale 019B 0.598 7778/32,844 3
Rochdale 019F 0.435 9968/32,844 4
Rochdale 019E 0.313 11746/32,844 4
Rochdale 019A 0.156 14216/32,844 5
Bury 017A 0.125 14730/32,844 5

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

Barriers to Housing and Services in West Heywood

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Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in West Heywood. 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 018A 20.75 15776/32,844 5
Rochdale 019D 19.783 16906/32,844 6
Rochdale 019F 19.681 17017/32,844 6
Rochdale 018F 19.197 17624/32,844 6
Rochdale 019E 17.853 19333/32,844 6
Rochdale 019C 17.468 19834/32,844 7
Rochdale 019B 15.092 22880/32,844 7
Rochdale 019A 14.228 23958/32,844 8
Rochdale 018E 13.945 24300/32,844 8
Rochdale 018D 13.52 24790/32,844 8
Bury 017A 7.072 30927/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in West Heywood

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in West Heywood. 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 018E 0.787 5820/32,844 2
Rochdale 019E 0.521 8902/32,844 3
Rochdale 018D 0.376 10869/32,844 4
Rochdale 018F 0.304 11824/32,844 4
Rochdale 018A 0.081 15180/32,844 5
Rochdale 019B -0.037 17027/32,844 6
Rochdale 019C -0.125 18433/32,844 6
Rochdale 019D -0.436 23051/32,844 8
Rochdale 019F -0.499 23894/32,844 8
Rochdale 019A -0.555 24592/32,844 8
Bury 017A -0.758 26924/32,844 9

Outside Environment Deprivation in West Heywood

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Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in West Heywood. 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 018F 0.42 9255/32,844 3
Rochdale 019C -0.016 15572/32,844 5
Rochdale 019B -0.107 17117/32,844 6
Rochdale 018D -0.115 17276/32,844 6
Rochdale 019E -0.125 17406/32,844 6
Bury 017A -0.242 19348/32,844 6
Rochdale 018E -0.259 19621/32,844 6
Rochdale 019D -0.302 20374/32,844 7
Rochdale 019F -0.4 22035/32,844 7
Rochdale 018A -0.557 24292/32,844 8
Rochdale 019A -0.576 24554/32,844 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.