Deprivation Statistics Comparison for West Middleton, Rochdale

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in West Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in West Middleton, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Rochdale. 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 10 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 West Middleton 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 West Middleton. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in West Middleton

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for West Middleton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Rochdale.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Rochdale 022D61.492788/32,8441
Rochdale 022A59.0441006/32,8441
Rochdale 022C56.4811287/32,8441
Rochdale 022B50.5792096/32,8441
Rochdale 024B40.2344202/32,8442
Rochdale 022E39.8474307/32,8442
Rochdale 021D35.2365814/32,8442
Rochdale 021C34.4326093/32,8442
Rochdale 022F29.8898071/32,8443
Rochdale 021A28.5858718/32,8443

Income Deprivation in West Middleton

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in West Middleton. 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 NameIncome ScoreIncome Rank (England)Income Decile
Rochdale 022D0.38603/32,8441
Rochdale 022C0.3391229/32,8441
Rochdale 022A0.3381242/32,8441
Rochdale 022B0.2952355/32,8441
Rochdale 022E0.2842764/32,8441
Rochdale 024B0.2155816/32,8442
Rochdale 021C0.26685/32,8443
Rochdale 021D0.1877531/32,8443
Rochdale 021A0.1827871/32,8443
Rochdale 022F0.13811733/32,8444

Employment Deprivation in West Middleton

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in West Middleton 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 NameEmployment ScoreEmployment Rank (England)Employment Decile
Rochdale 022A0.294519/32,8441
Rochdale 022D0.277741/32,8441
Rochdale 022C0.271851/32,8441
Rochdale 022B0.2531208/32,8441
Rochdale 022E0.1963344/32,8442
Rochdale 024B0.1913619/32,8442
Rochdale 021D0.1824154/32,8442
Rochdale 021C0.1814202/32,8442
Rochdale 021A0.1367893/32,8443
Rochdale 022F0.1111015/32,8444

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in West Middleton

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the West Middleton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (9406/32,844) in West Middleton is more than the adult average rank (3877/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Rochdale 022B65.3781155/32,8441
Rochdale 022D62.0681512/32,8441
Rochdale 022E52.0042883/32,8441
Rochdale 022C51.6592935/32,8441
Rochdale 022A45.8153992/32,8442
Rochdale 024B44.2924332/32,8442
Rochdale 021D40.8535155/32,8442
Rochdale 021C30.6498306/32,8443
Rochdale 021A19.95313790/32,8445
Rochdale 022F18.33314887/32,8445

Health Deprivation and Disability in West Middleton

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
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 West Middleton. 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 NameHealth ScoreHealth Rank (England)Health Decile
Rochdale 022A1.907456/32,8441
Rochdale 022C1.742773/32,8441
Rochdale 022D1.695879/32,8441
Rochdale 022B1.3552066/32,8441
Rochdale 024B0.9674484/32,8442
Rochdale 021C0.9194873/32,8442
Rochdale 021A0.776177/32,8442
Rochdale 021D0.7646231/32,8442
Rochdale 022F0.7546338/32,8442
Rochdale 022E0.7256636/32,8443

Crime Deprivation in West Middleton

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in West Middleton. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.
LSOA NameCrime ScoreCrime Rank (England)Crime Decile
Rochdale 022F1.77457/32,8441
Rochdale 024B1.4991068/32,8441
Rochdale 022A1.2691883/32,8441
Rochdale 021A1.0762954/32,8441
Rochdale 022D0.9963551/32,8442
Rochdale 022C0.9953558/32,8442
Rochdale 021D0.9893612/32,8442
Rochdale 021C0.914296/32,8442
Rochdale 022E0.6686874/32,8443
Rochdale 022B0.6127562/32,8443

There were 1 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers West Middleton in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in West Middleton

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in West Middleton. 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 NameBarriers ScoreBarriers Rank (England)Barriers Decile
Rochdale 022F28.4778050/32,8443
Rochdale 022D22.60213637/32,8445
Rochdale 021C20.51916039/32,8445
Rochdale 022C20.03516606/32,8446
Rochdale 022A18.42118582/32,8446
Rochdale 021D16.82520656/32,8447
Rochdale 022B15.63622180/32,8447
Rochdale 022E14.07824142/32,8448
Rochdale 024B12.6825789/32,8448
Rochdale 021A10.77827864/32,8449

Inside Environment Deprivation in West Middleton

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in West Middleton. 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 NameInside ScoreInside Rank (England)Inside Decile
Rochdale 021D0.32511552/32,8444
Rochdale 021A0.11514670/32,8445
Rochdale 024B0.10614806/32,8445
Rochdale 022D-0.00116474/32,8446
Rochdale 022F-0.19519560/32,8446
Rochdale 022B-0.28920967/32,8447
Rochdale 022C-0.2920981/32,8447
Rochdale 022E-0.32121458/32,8447
Rochdale 021C-0.3822280/32,8447
Rochdale 022A-0.42922955/32,8447

Outside Environment Deprivation in West Middleton

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in West Middleton. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Rochdale 024B0.21311950/32,8444
Rochdale 022F0.16312670/32,8444
Rochdale 022A-0.05416182/32,8445
Rochdale 021A-0.08216661/32,8446
Rochdale 021C-0.13317563/32,8446
Rochdale 022B-0.15817956/32,8446
Rochdale 021D-0.26319695/32,8446
Rochdale 022C-0.27119820/32,8447
Rochdale 022E-0.44522694/32,8447
Rochdale 022D-0.46823042/32,8448

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.