Index of Multiple Deprivation

This page provides information for Allerdale on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2007.

The 2007 IMD data shows that Allerdale as a whole has become relatively less deprived than in 2004. In 2004 Allerdale was the 105th most deprived district in the country, in 2007 the area was 119th, an improvement of 14 places.

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007

This is the latest version of The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), based on the premise that deprivation is made up of separate dimensions, or 'domains' of deprivation. Within the IMD, these domains are made up of a number of indicators which cover aspects of deprivation as comprehensively as possible. The IMD 2007 contains seven domains of deprivation, each of which is now outlined.

Income Deprivation Domain

The Income domain measures people who are on a low income. Income deprivation is one of the most important aspects of deprivation. The indicators in this domain are made up of the counts of people in families in receipt of means tested benefits.

Employment Deprivation Domain

This domain measures employment deprivation conceptualised as involuntary exclusion of the working age population from the world of work.

Health Deprivation and Disability Domain

This domain identifies areas with relatively high rates of people who die prematurely or whose quality of life is impaired by poor healthy or who are disabled, across the whole population.

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation Domain

This domain captures the extent of deprivation in terms of education, skills and training in a local area. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: one relating to education deprivation for children / young people in the area and one relating to lack of skills and qualifications among the working age adult population.

Barriers to Housing and Services Domain

The purpose of this domain is to measure barriers to housing and key local services. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: 'geographical barriers' and 'wider barriers' which also includes issues relating to access to housing, such as affordability

Crime Domain

This domain measures the incidence of recorded crime for four major crime themes, representing the occurrence of personal and material victimisation at a small area level.

The Living Environment Deprivation Domain

This domain focuses on deprivation with respect to the characteristics of the living environment. It comprises two sub-domains: the 'indoors' living environment which measures the quality of housing, and the 'outdoors' living environment which contains two measures about air quality and road traffic accidents.

Outputs

Outputs for the IMD 2007 are given at the level of Super Output Area (SOA). SOAs are geographically defined areas that have been designed for the collection and publication of small area statistics.

To enable comparisons to be made between the level of deprivation in different SOAs, each one has been ascribed an overall national rank for 2007, determined by the aggregation of the 7 domains of deprivation outlined above. There are 32,482 SOAs in England, with the most deprived given a rank of 1 and the least deprived ward given a rank of 32,482. The overall rank of an SOA can as such be used to show how it compares to all the other SOAs in the country as regards to level of deprivation.

To enable comparisons to be made between levels of deprivation within Wards in Allerdale, a weighted index has been created by Cumbria County Council using the same methodology used to create district-level IMD statistics available from the Department of Communities and Local Government. This table can be viewed and downloaded below.

For more information on the methodology used to derive this ward-level IMD ranking contact: Daniel.Bloomer@Cumbriacc.gov.uk

For more information on IMD 2007 methodology please refer to the downloadable document below.