Deprivation Statistics Comparison for West Middleton, Rochdale

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

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

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Overall Deprivation in West Middleton

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for West Middleton. 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 022D	61.492	788/32,844	1
Rochdale 022A	59.044	1006/32,844	1
Rochdale 022C	56.481	1287/32,844	1
Rochdale 022B	50.579	2096/32,844	1
Rochdale 024B	40.234	4202/32,844	2
Rochdale 022E	39.847	4307/32,844	2
Rochdale 021D	35.236	5814/32,844	2
Rochdale 021C	34.432	6093/32,844	2
Rochdale 022F	29.889	8071/32,844	3
Rochdale 021A	28.585	8718/32,844	3

Income Deprivation in West Middleton

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in West Middleton. 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 022D	0.38	603/32,844	1
Rochdale 022C	0.339	1229/32,844	1
Rochdale 022A	0.338	1242/32,844	1
Rochdale 022B	0.295	2355/32,844	1
Rochdale 022E	0.284	2764/32,844	1
Rochdale 024B	0.215	5816/32,844	2
Rochdale 021C	0.2	6685/32,844	3
Rochdale 021D	0.187	7531/32,844	3
Rochdale 021A	0.182	7871/32,844	3
Rochdale 022F	0.138	11733/32,844	4

Employment Deprivation in West Middleton

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in West Middleton 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 022A	0.294	519/32,844	1
Rochdale 022D	0.277	741/32,844	1
Rochdale 022C	0.271	851/32,844	1
Rochdale 022B	0.253	1208/32,844	1
Rochdale 022E	0.196	3344/32,844	2
Rochdale 024B	0.191	3619/32,844	2
Rochdale 021D	0.182	4154/32,844	2
Rochdale 021C	0.181	4202/32,844	2
Rochdale 021A	0.136	7893/32,844	3
Rochdale 022F	0.11	11015/32,844	4

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in West Middleton

Bad

iLivehere Rating 8/10

This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the West Middleton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (9406/32,844) in West Middleton is more than the adult average rank (3877/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.

LSOA Name	Education Score	Education Rank (England)	Education Decile
Rochdale 022B	65.378	1155/32,844	1
Rochdale 022D	62.068	1512/32,844	1
Rochdale 022E	52.004	2883/32,844	1
Rochdale 022C	51.659	2935/32,844	1
Rochdale 022A	45.815	3992/32,844	2
Rochdale 024B	44.292	4332/32,844	2
Rochdale 021D	40.853	5155/32,844	2
Rochdale 021C	30.649	8306/32,844	3
Rochdale 021A	19.953	13790/32,844	5
Rochdale 022F	18.333	14887/32,844	5

Health Deprivation and Disability in West Middleton

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

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 Middleton. 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 022A	1.907	456/32,844	1
Rochdale 022C	1.742	773/32,844	1
Rochdale 022D	1.695	879/32,844	1
Rochdale 022B	1.355	2066/32,844	1
Rochdale 024B	0.967	4484/32,844	2
Rochdale 021C	0.919	4873/32,844	2
Rochdale 021A	0.77	6177/32,844	2
Rochdale 021D	0.764	6231/32,844	2
Rochdale 022F	0.754	6338/32,844	2
Rochdale 022E	0.725	6636/32,844	3

Crime Deprivation in West Middleton

Very Bad

iLivehere Rating 9/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in West Middleton. 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 022F	1.77	457/32,844	1
Rochdale 024B	1.499	1068/32,844	1
Rochdale 022A	1.269	1883/32,844	1
Rochdale 021A	1.076	2954/32,844	1
Rochdale 022D	0.996	3551/32,844	2
Rochdale 022C	0.995	3558/32,844	2
Rochdale 021D	0.989	3612/32,844	2
Rochdale 021C	0.91	4296/32,844	2
Rochdale 022E	0.668	6874/32,844	3
Rochdale 022B	0.612	7562/32,844	3

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

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Barriers to Housing and Services in West Middleton

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in West Middleton. 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 022F	28.477	8050/32,844	3
Rochdale 022D	22.602	13637/32,844	5
Rochdale 021C	20.519	16039/32,844	5
Rochdale 022C	20.035	16606/32,844	6
Rochdale 022A	18.421	18582/32,844	6
Rochdale 021D	16.825	20656/32,844	7
Rochdale 022B	15.636	22180/32,844	7
Rochdale 022E	14.078	24142/32,844	8
Rochdale 024B	12.68	25789/32,844	8
Rochdale 021A	10.778	27864/32,844	9

Inside Environment Deprivation in West Middleton

Above Average

iLivehere Rating 4/10

This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in West Middleton. 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 021D	0.325	11552/32,844	4
Rochdale 021A	0.115	14670/32,844	5
Rochdale 024B	0.106	14806/32,844	5
Rochdale 022D	-0.001	16474/32,844	6
Rochdale 022F	-0.195	19560/32,844	6
Rochdale 022B	-0.289	20967/32,844	7
Rochdale 022C	-0.29	20981/32,844	7
Rochdale 022E	-0.321	21458/32,844	7
Rochdale 021C	-0.38	22280/32,844	7
Rochdale 022A	-0.429	22955/32,844	7

Outside Environment Deprivation in West Middleton

Average

iLivehere Rating 5/10

This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in West Middleton. 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 024B	0.213	11950/32,844	4
Rochdale 022F	0.163	12670/32,844	4
Rochdale 022A	-0.054	16182/32,844	5
Rochdale 021A	-0.082	16661/32,844	6
Rochdale 021C	-0.133	17563/32,844	6
Rochdale 022B	-0.158	17956/32,844	6
Rochdale 021D	-0.263	19695/32,844	6
Rochdale 022C	-0.271	19820/32,844	7
Rochdale 022E	-0.445	22694/32,844	7
Rochdale 022D	-0.468	23042/32,844	8

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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