Is Lydney, Gloucestershire a nice place to live?

Is Lydney a nice place to live or is Lydney a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Lydney meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Lydney?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Lydney. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 8 wards nearest to the centre of Lydney. To pass this section, 6 out of 8 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Lydney North	30578
2	St. Briavels	30126
3	Tidenham	29630
4	Newland & Sling	29218
5	Bream	27778
6	Lydney West & Aylburton	26080
7	Coleford	24099
8	Lydney East	21602

Is Lydney a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Lydney, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Lydney residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Cotswold	3.8
Herefordshire, County of	5.25
Forest of Dean (Lydney)	5.46
Monmouthshire	5.65

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Lydney. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 8 wards nearest to the centre of Lydney. To pass this section, 6 out of 8 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Tidenham (Best)	28624
2	St. Briavels	27948
3	Newland & Sling	27164
4	Lydney North	26954
5	Bream	23404
6	Lydney West & Aylburton	20247
7	Coleford	16698
8	Lydney East	16237

Is Lydney rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 8 wards in and around Lydney. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 6 out of 8 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Lydney North	26029
2	Tidenham	20442
3	Newland & Sling	19267
4	Bream	18254
5	St. Briavels	18039
6	Lydney West & Aylburton	17993
7	Lydney East	15430
8	Coleford	13734

How affordable are the rents in Lydney?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Lydney rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Gloucestershire.

Beds	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire
1	£450	£585
2	£600	£725
3	£750	£895
4	£973	£1300

How much can I earn in Lydney per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Lydney, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Lydney's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Forest of Dean (Lydney)	£724.40
2	Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy	£695.30
3	Cotswold	£692.50
4	Herefordshire UA	£616.20

So, is Lydney a nice place to live?

Lydney has passed our core town assesment with flying colours with a score of 5/5. It doesn't get any better than that!

* Probably.