Deprivation Statistics Comparison for West Thornton, Croydon

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in West Thornton, Croydon, Greater London

We have used the 11 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in West Thornton, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Croydon. 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 Thornton 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 Thornton. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in West Thornton

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 Thornton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Croydon.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Croydon 015D 58.173 1096/32,844 1
Croydon 015E 42.449 3607/32,844 2
Croydon 016C 31.6 7251/32,844 3
Croydon 011B 30.599 7742/32,844 3
Croydon 016E 27.841 9127/32,844 3
Croydon 011E 24.133 11301/32,844 4
Croydon 011C 22.748 12219/32,844 4
Croydon 011A 22.452 12417/32,844 4
Croydon 011D 21.65 13038/32,844 4
Croydon 016D 20.706 13775/32,844 5
Croydon 011F 16.909 17067/32,844 6

Income Deprivation in West Thornton

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 West Thornton. 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
Croydon 015D 0.419 252/32,844 1
Croydon 015E 0.25 4012/32,844 2
Croydon 016C 0.192 7178/32,844 3
Croydon 011B 0.171 8674/32,844 3
Croydon 016E 0.169 8878/32,844 3
Croydon 011A 0.153 10203/32,844 4
Croydon 011E 0.148 10633/32,844 4
Croydon 016D 0.129 12613/32,844 4
Croydon 011C 0.129 12660/32,844 4
Croydon 011D 0.128 12810/32,844 4
Croydon 011F 0.103 15891/32,844 5

Employment Deprivation in West Thornton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in West Thornton 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
Croydon 015D 0.219 2336/32,844 1
Croydon 015E 0.155 6113/32,844 2
Croydon 016C 0.141 7412/32,844 3
Croydon 011B 0.134 8026/32,844 3
Croydon 011E 0.099 12745/32,844 4
Croydon 016E 0.088 14734/32,844 5
Croydon 011A 0.087 14910/32,844 5
Croydon 011C 0.079 16493/32,844 6
Croydon 011D 0.078 16762/32,844 6
Croydon 016D 0.067 19461/32,844 6
Croydon 011F 0.067 19569/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in West Thornton

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the West Thornton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (18815/32,844) in West Thornton is more than the adult average rank (14477/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Croydon 015D 32.458 7634/32,844 3
Croydon 015E 20.034 13745/32,844 5
Croydon 011A 18.196 15001/32,844 5
Croydon 011E 16.692 16051/32,844 5
Croydon 016C 16.347 16305/32,844 5
Croydon 016E 14.589 17687/32,844 6
Croydon 011D 14.168 18012/32,844 6
Croydon 016D 13.224 18854/32,844 6
Croydon 011C 12.329 19632/32,844 6
Croydon 011B 11.75 20194/32,844 7
Croydon 011F 10.378 21478/32,844 7

Health Deprivation and Disability in West Thornton

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
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 Thornton. 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
Croydon 015D 1.296 2370/32,844 1
Croydon 015E 0.595 7998/32,844 3
Croydon 016C 0.341 11079/32,844 4
Croydon 011B 0.334 11149/32,844 4
Croydon 011D -0.244 19789/32,844 7
Croydon 016E -0.251 19888/32,844 7
Croydon 011F -0.327 21069/32,844 7
Croydon 011E -0.389 21982/32,844 7
Croydon 011C -0.476 23091/32,844 8
Croydon 011A -0.493 23335/32,844 8
Croydon 016D -0.515 23623/32,844 8

Crime Deprivation in West Thornton

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 Thornton. 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
Croydon 015E 1 3522/32,844 2
Croydon 011B 0.898 4401/32,844 2
Croydon 011C 0.86 4792/32,844 2
Croydon 011A 0.819 5226/32,844 2
Croydon 016E 0.788 5548/32,844 2
Croydon 011D 0.705 6455/32,844 2
Croydon 011E 0.599 7764/32,844 3
Croydon 016C 0.555 8329/32,844 3
Croydon 011F 0.531 8660/32,844 3
Croydon 016D 0.517 8834/32,844 3
Croydon 015D 0.503 9037/32,844 3

There were 0 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers West Thornton in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in West Thornton

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in West Thornton. 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
Croydon 015D 47.333 652/32,844 1
Croydon 015E 46.141 870/32,844 1
Croydon 016C 39.33 2392/32,844 1
Croydon 011C 37.202 3132/32,844 1
Croydon 011E 36.72 3318/32,844 2
Croydon 011B 35.174 4006/32,844 2
Croydon 016E 34.982 4094/32,844 2
Croydon 011D 31.055 6239/32,844 2
Croydon 011A 30.008 6965/32,844 3
Croydon 016D 28.984 7671/32,844 3
Croydon 011F 27.477 8852/32,844 3

Inside Environment Deprivation in West Thornton

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in West Thornton. 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
Croydon 016E 1.119 2978/32,844 1
Croydon 015E 0.81 5585/32,844 2
Croydon 016D 0.803 5653/32,844 2
Croydon 016C 0.432 10089/32,844 4
Croydon 011B 0.304 11825/32,844 4
Croydon 011D 0.241 12718/32,844 4
Croydon 015D 0.238 12757/32,844 4
Croydon 011C 0.219 13027/32,844 4
Croydon 011F 0.18 13631/32,844 5
Croydon 011A 0 16457/32,844 6
Croydon 011E -0.122 18386/32,844 6

Outside Environment Deprivation in West Thornton

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in West Thornton. 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
Croydon 011B 1.457 1770/32,844 1
Croydon 015E 1.434 1842/32,844 1
Croydon 011E 1.383 2069/32,844 1
Croydon 011D 1.368 2147/32,844 1
Croydon 015D 1.262 2640/32,844 1
Croydon 011C 1.261 2643/32,844 1
Croydon 016D 1.217 2855/32,844 1
Croydon 016E 1.063 3713/32,844 2
Croydon 011F 0.913 4746/32,844 2
Croydon 011A 0.908 4794/32,844 2
Croydon 016C 0.864 5134/32,844 2

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.