The Department of Communities and Local Government commissioned the Social Disadvantage Research Centre (SDRC) at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Oxford to update the Indices of Deprivation 2004 (ID 2004) for England.
The English Indices of Deprivation is an important tool for identifying the most disadvantaged areas in across the Country so that the communities in need of services the most can be helped through targeted interventions.
The new Indices of Deprivation 2007 (ID 2007) is a Lower layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level measure of multiple deprivation, and is made up of seven LSOA level domain indices. There are also two supplementary indices (Income Deprivation Affecting Children and Income Deprivation Affecting Older People).
| Domains |
| Income |
| Employment |
| Health |
| Education |
| Barriers to Housing |
| Crime |
| Living Environment |
| Sub Domains |
| Income Deprivation Affecting Children |
| Income Deprivation Affecting Older People |
In the Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2007, there are three lower super output areas (LSOAs) which fall into the 10% most deprived nationally these are Thickley North East, Dean Bank East and West of West Ward. North of West Ward has dropped into the worst 10-20% of LSOAs but remains borderline. There are 18 LSOAs that fall into the 10-20% most deprived LSOAs nationally, the same as the IMD 2004 and 8 LSOAs are ranked in the 20-30%, compared to ten in the IMD 2004. The LSOAs that fall into the 0-20% most deprived nationally are labelled in figure 1.
The Income domain contains 5 (5 - 2004) LSOAs falling into the most 10%, 13 (10 - 2004) in the 10-20% and 6 (11 - 2004) in the 20-30% most deprived LSOAs nationally.
The Employment domain contains 21 (23 - 2004) LSOAs falling into the most 10%, 12 (18 - 2004) in the 10-20% and 8 (5 - 2004) in the 20-30% most deprived LSOAs nationally.
The Health domain contains 27 (24 - 2004) LSOAs falling into the most 10%, 12 (17 - 2004) in the 10-20% and 9 (6 - 2004) in the 20-30% most deprived LSOAs nationally.
The Education domain contains 11 (9 - 2004) LSOAs falling into the most 10%, 15 (12 - 2004) in the 10-20% and 10 (8 - 2004) in the 20-30% most deprived LSOAs nationally.
The Barriers domain contains 1 LSOA (1 - 2004) in the 10-20% most deprived LSOAs nationally.
The Crime domain contains, 3 (2 - 2004) LSOAs in the 10-20% and 2 (6 - 2004) in the 20-30% most deprived LSOAs nationally.
The Living Environment domain contains no LSOAs which fall into the 10%, 10-20% or 20-30% most deprived LSOAs nationally, there was 1 LSOA in the 20-30% most deprived in ID 2004.
Local authorities can be benchmarked against each other using a number of measures, which include;
When ranked against local authorities nationally, Sedgefield Borough is ranked 54 most deprived, and has worsened by one position since the ID 2004.
Sedgefield Borough is ranked 44 out of 354 local authorities when the average of all the LSOA ranks are considered. When the proportion of the Borough’s population living in the 30% most deprived LSOA nationally is considered, Sedgefield is ranked 52.
Most neighbouring local authorities have improved upon IMD 2004 rankings with the exception of Sedgefield Borough and Easington, which have both worsened by one place. Sedgefield Borough is the third most deprived area in County Durham when considering rank of average score.
Sedgefield Borough is ranked 11 in the North East in terms of deprivation, behind Easington which is the most deprived in the North East and 7th in the country. Durham is ranked 50 most deprived upper tier local authorities out of 149 nationally.
The maps included in the documents below demonstrate which percentage bands the Borough’s lower super output areas fall into when ranked nationally. They uses a traffic light system to identify areas of high deprivation highlighted in three shades of red, through to those that are amongst the least deprived indicated by orange, yellow and green.
A summary note of the Indices of Deprivation 2007 is available top download below. This document contains maps illustrating the deprivation in Sedgefield Borough.