English Indices of Deprivation

The Indices of Deprivation are a unique measure of relative deprivation at a small local area level across England and have been produced in similar way every four to five years since 2000. The Indices of Deprivation 2019 (IoD2019) is the most recent release.

The Indices provide a set of relative measures of deprivation for small areas across England, based on seven different domains of deprivation:

  • Income Deprivation
  • Employment Deprivation
  • Education, Skills and Training Deprivation
  • Health Deprivation and Disability
  • Crime
  • Barriers to Housing and Services
  • Living Environment Deprivation

Combining information from the seven domains produces an overall relative measure of deprivation, the Index of Multiple Deprivation.

The Index of Multiple Deprivation, commonly known as the IMD, is the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in England. It is the most widely used of the Indices of Deprivation (IoD)

The IMD ranks every small area in England from 1 (most deprived area) to 32,844 (least deprived area). These small areas are a statistical geography called Lower-layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs).

The IMD combines information from the seven domains to produce an overall relative measure of deprivation. The domains are combined using the following weights:

  • 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%)

We have analysed the data and produced the following data report on Power BI which looks at the ranking of deprivation across the Isle of Wight.

Link to the Index of Multiple Deprivation data report

You can access postcode level deprivation data from GOV.UK (based on the LSOA that the postcode is in).

The original Government data releases are available at English indices of deprivation GOV.UK  

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