Deprivation Statistics for Wollaston and Stourbridge Town, Dudley

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town, Dudley, West Midlands

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

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Overall Deprivation in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Wollaston and Stourbridge Town. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Dudley.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Dudley 035C 36.113 5492/32,844 2
Dudley 029D 28.246 8902/32,844 3
Dudley 035A 27.124 9524/32,844 3
Dudley 035D 22.17 12643/32,844 4
Dudley 031A 21.239 13372/32,844 5
Dudley 035B 19.361 14951/32,844 5
Dudley 029C 17.933 16179/32,844 5
Dudley 040C 14.673 19259/32,844 6
Dudley 035E 9.867 24680/32,844 8
Dudley 029B 8.978 25821/32,844 8
Dudley 029A 3.82 31652/32,844 10

Income Deprivation in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town. 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
Dudley 035C 0.237 4672/32,844 2
Dudley 029D 0.21 6107/32,844 2
Dudley 035A 0.165 9218/32,844 3
Dudley 031A 0.151 10410/32,844 4
Dudley 035D 0.131 12423/32,844 4
Dudley 029C 0.121 13619/32,844 5
Dudley 035B 0.118 13914/32,844 5
Dudley 040C 0.072 21102/32,844 7
Dudley 035E 0.066 22266/32,844 7
Dudley 029B 0.066 22326/32,844 7
Dudley 029A 0.029 30991/32,844 10

Employment Deprivation in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town 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
Dudley 035C 0.191 3646/32,844 2
Dudley 029D 0.165 5308/32,844 2
Dudley 035A 0.126 8985/32,844 3
Dudley 031A 0.108 11305/32,844 4
Dudley 035B 0.106 11534/32,844 4
Dudley 035D 0.106 11573/32,844 4
Dudley 029C 0.095 13356/32,844 5
Dudley 040C 0.094 13611/32,844 5
Dudley 035E 0.057 22327/32,844 7
Dudley 029B 0.052 24203/32,844 8
Dudley 029A 0.044 26624/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

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Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Wollaston and Stourbridge Town population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (19380/32,844) in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town is more than the adult average rank (18732/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Dudley 029D 33.375 7320/32,844 3
Dudley 035C 32.159 7755/32,844 3
Dudley 031A 19.484 14096/32,844 5
Dudley 035B 18.33 14889/32,844 5
Dudley 029C 18.008 15132/32,844 5
Dudley 035A 13.124 18927/32,844 6
Dudley 035D 8.931 22939/32,844 7
Dudley 029B 5.994 26165/32,844 8
Dudley 040C 5.29 26976/32,844 9
Dudley 029A 3.853 28705/32,844 9
Dudley 035E 1.44 31530/32,844 10

Health Deprivation and Disability in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
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 Wollaston and Stourbridge Town. 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
Dudley 035C 0.768 6194/32,844 2
Dudley 031A 0.568 8301/32,844 3
Dudley 035A 0.355 10917/32,844 4
Dudley 040C 0.235 12593/32,844 4
Dudley 029D 0.233 12619/32,844 4
Dudley 029C 0.2 13059/32,844 4
Dudley 035B 0.192 13174/32,844 5
Dudley 035D -0.048 16749/32,844 6
Dudley 029B -0.176 18771/32,844 6
Dudley 035E -0.497 23391/32,844 8
Dudley 029A -0.87 27710/32,844 9

Crime Deprivation in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town. 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
Dudley 035A 0.976 3718/32,844 2
Dudley 035D 0.679 6739/32,844 3
Dudley 035C 0.591 7855/32,844 3
Dudley 031A 0.139 14489/32,844 5
Dudley 035B 0.114 14916/32,844 5
Dudley 035E -0.016 16923/32,844 6
Dudley 040C -0.138 18707/32,844 6
Dudley 029C -0.172 19238/32,844 6
Dudley 029B -0.215 19836/32,844 7
Dudley 029D -0.463 23270/32,844 8
Dudley 029A -1.461 31650/32,844 10

There were 184 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Wollaston and Stourbridge Town in March 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

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Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town. 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
Dudley 035A 25.058 11049/32,844 4
Dudley 040C 19.756 16934/32,844 6
Dudley 035C 16.426 21136/32,844 7
Dudley 029D 14.953 23090/32,844 8
Dudley 035D 13.659 24626/32,844 8
Dudley 029C 11.4 27222/32,844 9
Dudley 031A 9.503 29073/32,844 9
Dudley 035E 9.345 29209/32,844 9
Dudley 029A 9.151 29385/32,844 9
Dudley 035B 6.208 31426/32,844 10
Dudley 029B 5.236 31930/32,844 10

Inside Environment Deprivation in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

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Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town. 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
Dudley 035D 1.296 1917/32,844 1
Dudley 035E 0.945 4301/32,844 2
Dudley 035B 0.835 5317/32,844 2
Dudley 029C 0.694 6857/32,844 3
Dudley 035A 0.669 7116/32,844 3
Dudley 035C 0.667 7126/32,844 3
Dudley 029D 0.588 8072/32,844 3
Dudley 029B 0.585 8113/32,844 3
Dudley 040C 0.403 10498/32,844 4
Dudley 029A 0.259 12438/32,844 4
Dudley 031A 0.224 12971/32,844 4

Outside Environment Deprivation in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Wollaston and Stourbridge Town. 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
Dudley 040C -0.042 15979/32,844 5
Dudley 035A -0.126 17440/32,844 6
Dudley 035D -0.185 18395/32,844 6
Dudley 035C -0.329 20840/32,844 7
Dudley 031A -0.339 21016/32,844 7
Dudley 035B -0.346 21113/32,844 7
Dudley 035E -0.433 22528/32,844 7
Dudley 029C -0.515 23713/32,844 8
Dudley 029B -0.562 24359/32,844 8
Dudley 029A -0.811 27527/32,844 9
Dudley 029D -0.83 27764/32,844 9

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.