Deprivation Statistics for Airedale and Ferry Fryston, Wakefield

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

We have used the 13 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Airedale and Ferry Fryston, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Wakefield. 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 13 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 Airedale and Ferry Fryston 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 Airedale and Ferry Fryston. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Airedale and Ferry Fryston. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Wakefield.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Wakefield 003D68.664319/32,8441
Wakefield 001E60.423879/32,8441
Wakefield 001D58.9921014/32,8441
Wakefield 003C56.1381337/32,8441
Wakefield 001A47.3922595/32,8441
Wakefield 001C44.2333219/32,8441
Wakefield 003E37.2485130/32,8442
Wakefield 002A36.6095341/32,8442
Wakefield 001B20.0414316/32,8445
Wakefield 005C14.11319835/32,8447
Wakefield 005D13.5420447/32,8447
Wakefield 003B10.89423456/32,8448
Wakefield 003A9.46625174/32,8448

Income Deprivation in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Airedale and Ferry Fryston. 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
Wakefield 003D0.399405/32,8441
Wakefield 001D0.3311410/32,8441
Wakefield 001E0.3072007/32,8441
Wakefield 003C0.3032126/32,8441
Wakefield 001A0.2693269/32,8441
Wakefield 001C0.2265179/32,8442
Wakefield 003E0.1629483/32,8443
Wakefield 002A0.15110423/32,8444
Wakefield 001B0.12613027/32,8444
Wakefield 005C0.0819498/32,8446
Wakefield 005D0.0623764/32,8448
Wakefield 003B0.03529827/32,84410
Wakefield 003A0.0330817/32,84410

Employment Deprivation in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Airedale and Ferry Fryston 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
Wakefield 003D0.305406/32,8441
Wakefield 003C0.2631006/32,8441
Wakefield 001D0.261072/32,8441
Wakefield 001E0.2481339/32,8441
Wakefield 001C0.23145/32,8441
Wakefield 001A0.1973271/32,8441
Wakefield 003E0.1714907/32,8442
Wakefield 002A0.1575973/32,8442
Wakefield 001B0.10811293/32,8444
Wakefield 005D0.07118583/32,8446
Wakefield 005C0.0718836/32,8446
Wakefield 003A0.05921902/32,8447
Wakefield 003B0.05522971/32,8447

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Airedale and Ferry Fryston population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (9457/32,844) in Airedale and Ferry Fryston is more than the adult average rank (3812/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Wakefield 003D98.4113/32,8441
Wakefield 001D96.44814/32,8441
Wakefield 001E88.65286/32,8441
Wakefield 001A77.544387/32,8441
Wakefield 003C74.433533/32,8441
Wakefield 001C67.479967/32,8441
Wakefield 003E65.971094/32,8441
Wakefield 002A38.4985771/32,8442
Wakefield 001B32.3247696/32,8443
Wakefield 003B19.36514161/32,8445
Wakefield 003A18.94814435/32,8445
Wakefield 005C17.83115252/32,8445
Wakefield 005D16.46816218/32,8445

Health Deprivation and Disability in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
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 Airedale and Ferry Fryston. 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
Wakefield 001E1.846558/32,8441
Wakefield 003C1.5471304/32,8441
Wakefield 001D1.5191396/32,8441
Wakefield 003D1.4451676/32,8441
Wakefield 001C1.3382161/32,8441
Wakefield 001A1.1493165/32,8441
Wakefield 002A0.7975933/32,8442
Wakefield 003E0.786088/32,8442
Wakefield 001B0.5238829/32,8443
Wakefield 005C0.13313994/32,8445
Wakefield 005D-0.06416997/32,8446
Wakefield 003B-0.0717100/32,8446
Wakefield 003A-0.07917254/32,8446

Crime Deprivation in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Airedale and Ferry Fryston. 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
Wakefield 003D1.595795/32,8441
Wakefield 002A1.4951081/32,8441
Wakefield 001A1.1792357/32,8441
Wakefield 001E1.0832919/32,8441
Wakefield 003E1.0153403/32,8442
Wakefield 001C0.9773700/32,8442
Wakefield 001D0.9453979/32,8442
Wakefield 003C0.8434974/32,8442
Wakefield 005D0.4639579/32,8443
Wakefield 003B0.21613245/32,8445
Wakefield 005C-0.18119363/32,8446
Wakefield 001B-0.38522237/32,8447
Wakefield 003A-0.76826980/32,8449

There were 191 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Airedale and Ferry Fryston in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Airedale and Ferry Fryston. 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
Wakefield 003C24.69611433/32,8444
Wakefield 001E22.94613266/32,8445
Wakefield 003A21.72214642/32,8445
Wakefield 005D21.01315489/32,8445
Wakefield 003B20.05316583/32,8446
Wakefield 003E19.31417502/32,8446
Wakefield 005C17.14720254/32,8447
Wakefield 001D16.48321062/32,8447
Wakefield 003D13.38624950/32,8448
Wakefield 001A12.92425497/32,8448
Wakefield 002A12.66325813/32,8448
Wakefield 001B12.11126445/32,8449
Wakefield 001C10.5128117/32,8449

Inside Environment Deprivation in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Airedale and Ferry Fryston. 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
Wakefield 002A1.2542122/32,8441
Wakefield 005C0.1913466/32,8445
Wakefield 001E0.00916323/32,8445
Wakefield 003E-0.1919484/32,8446
Wakefield 001C-0.2620524/32,8447
Wakefield 005D-0.30821263/32,8447
Wakefield 003B-0.45223256/32,8448
Wakefield 003A-0.51724109/32,8448
Wakefield 001A-0.68326148/32,8448
Wakefield 001D-0.72126521/32,8449
Wakefield 003C-0.88728084/32,8449
Wakefield 003D-0.94328579/32,8449
Wakefield 001B-1.0229195/32,8449

Outside Environment Deprivation in Airedale and Ferry Fryston

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Airedale and Ferry Fryston. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Wakefield 003D0.4419012/32,8443
Wakefield 005C0.06814204/32,8445
Wakefield 001C-0.01615569/32,8445
Wakefield 003B-0.0716463/32,8446
Wakefield 003E-0.09216854/32,8446
Wakefield 002A-0.11117189/32,8446
Wakefield 001B-0.17718266/32,8446
Wakefield 005D-0.27119823/32,8447
Wakefield 003C-0.28320049/32,8447
Wakefield 003A-0.29920338/32,8447
Wakefield 001A-0.30120362/32,8447
Wakefield 001E-0.31720641/32,8447
Wakefield 001D-0.50323527/32,8448

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.