Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Wishing Tree, Hastings

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Wishing Tree, Hastings, East Sussex

We have used the 5 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Wishing Tree, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Hastings. 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 5 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 Wishing Tree 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 Wishing Tree. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Wishing Tree

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Wishing Tree. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Hastings.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Hastings 003A 62.176 730/32,844 1
Hastings 003E 59.338 972/32,844 1
Hastings 006D 44.048 3243/32,844 1
Hastings 003D 29.168 8422/32,844 3
Hastings 006E 17.729 16373/32,844 5

Income Deprivation in Wishing Tree

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 Wishing Tree. 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
Hastings 003A 0.366 770/32,844 1
Hastings 003E 0.347 1066/32,844 1
Hastings 006D 0.261 3568/32,844 2
Hastings 003D 0.186 7603/32,844 3
Hastings 006E 0.111 14848/32,844 5

Employment Deprivation in Wishing Tree

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Wishing Tree 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
Hastings 003E 0.343 162/32,844 1
Hastings 003A 0.269 895/32,844 1
Hastings 006D 0.209 2721/32,844 1
Hastings 003D 0.152 6371/32,844 2
Hastings 006E 0.074 17796/32,844 6

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Wishing Tree

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Wishing Tree population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (4337/32,844) in Wishing Tree is less than the adult average rank (5781/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Hastings 003A 67.898 931/32,844 1
Hastings 006D 50.71 3123/32,844 1
Hastings 003E 49.937 3261/32,844 1
Hastings 003D 38.548 5754/32,844 2
Hastings 006E 25.811 10410/32,844 4

Health Deprivation and Disability in Wishing Tree

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 Wishing Tree. 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
Hastings 003A 1.849 553/32,844 1
Hastings 003E 1.816 628/32,844 1
Hastings 006D 0.933 4762/32,844 2
Hastings 003D 0.656 7328/32,844 3
Hastings 006E -0.23 19577/32,844 6

Crime Deprivation in Wishing Tree

7
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 Wishing Tree. 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
Hastings 003A 0.905 4340/32,844 2
Hastings 006D 0.641 7193/32,844 3
Hastings 003E 0.368 10909/32,844 4
Hastings 006E 0.045 15974/32,844 5
Hastings 003D -0.16 19031/32,844 6

There were 222 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Wishing Tree in February 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Wishing Tree

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Wishing Tree. 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
Hastings 006D 35.346 3916/32,844 2
Hastings 006E 31.535 5950/32,844 2
Hastings 003D 26.533 9689/32,844 3
Hastings 003A 24.571 11563/32,844 4
Hastings 003E 23.643 12502/32,844 4

Inside Environment Deprivation in Wishing Tree

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Wishing Tree. 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
Hastings 003A -0.272 20704/32,844 7
Hastings 006D -0.378 22257/32,844 7
Hastings 003E -0.552 24550/32,844 8
Hastings 006E -0.87 27959/32,844 9
Hastings 003D -1.495 31510/32,844 10

Outside Environment Deprivation in Wishing Tree

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Wishing Tree. 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
Hastings 003A 0.225 11775/32,844 4
Hastings 006E -0.024 15693/32,844 5
Hastings 003E -0.152 17849/32,844 6
Hastings 006D -0.211 18831/32,844 6
Hastings 003D -0.376 21653/32,844 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.