Deprivation Statistics for Blackburn South East, Blackburn with Darwen

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Blackburn South East, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire

We have used the 9 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Blackburn South East, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Blackburn with Darwen. 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 9 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 Blackburn South East 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 Blackburn South East. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Blackburn South East

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 Blackburn South East. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Blackburn with Darwen.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Blackburn with Darwen 011B66.894411/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008B65.624486/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008C64.719544/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008F56.1571335/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011D53.4511667/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008E48.0912472/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011A47.2052618/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011F32.6366820/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 011E22.77612198/32,8444

Income Deprivation in Blackburn South East

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 Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 011B0.412305/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008C0.38602/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008B0.376636/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008F0.36862/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011D0.3361292/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011A0.2673318/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 008E0.2474198/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 011F0.2135951/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 011E0.13811712/32,8444

Employment Deprivation in Blackburn South East

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Blackburn South East 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008C0.326247/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011B0.313342/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008B0.305407/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011D0.2561151/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011A0.2262033/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008F0.2082776/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008E0.2032999/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011F0.1486719/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 011E0.1219599/32,8443

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Blackburn South East

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Blackburn South East population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (6910/32,844) in Blackburn South East is more than the adult average rank (3442/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Blackburn with Darwen 011B79.94291/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008B77.208402/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008F68.814861/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008C55.0782389/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011D50.9343083/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011A49.243390/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 008E45.5594048/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 011F20.9313184/32,8445
Blackburn with Darwen 011E17.9715149/32,8445

Health Deprivation and Disability in Blackburn South East

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 Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008C2.41894/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008B2.032317/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011A1.924437/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011B1.896472/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011D1.715835/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008F1.5411321/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008E1.481563/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011F1.1393250/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011E0.7016866/32,8443

Crime Deprivation in Blackburn South East

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008F1.2162151/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008E1.1142706/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 008C0.9424010/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 011D0.8484896/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 008B0.7525921/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 011B0.7346131/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 011E0.6447152/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 011A0.499198/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 011F0.4559685/32,8443

There were 261 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Blackburn South East in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Blackburn South East

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008F18.65118295/32,8446
Blackburn with Darwen 011F16.23621377/32,8447
Blackburn with Darwen 011D15.33822568/32,8447
Blackburn with Darwen 008B14.59523540/32,8448
Blackburn with Darwen 011B12.28826235/32,8448
Blackburn with Darwen 008C11.51627113/32,8449
Blackburn with Darwen 011E10.72727926/32,8449
Blackburn with Darwen 011A10.18228430/32,8449
Blackburn with Darwen 008E5.22431935/32,84410

Inside Environment Deprivation in Blackburn South East

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Blackburn South East. 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
Blackburn with Darwen 008E1.3311737/32,8441
Blackburn with Darwen 011F0.8415241/32,8442
Blackburn with Darwen 011A-0.06317459/32,8446
Blackburn with Darwen 008C-0.2219917/32,8447
Blackburn with Darwen 008F-0.31921445/32,8447
Blackburn with Darwen 008B-0.34721812/32,8447
Blackburn with Darwen 011E-0.6425643/32,8448
Blackburn with Darwen 011B-0.7126418/32,8449
Blackburn with Darwen 011D-0.86927951/32,8449

Outside Environment Deprivation in Blackburn South East

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Blackburn South East. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Blackburn with Darwen 008F0.5298088/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 008E0.5178230/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 008B0.5138272/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 008C0.4189278/32,8443
Blackburn with Darwen 011A0.33410314/32,8444
Blackburn with Darwen 011E0.20912014/32,8444
Blackburn with Darwen 011B0.07714045/32,8445
Blackburn with Darwen 011D0.02514891/32,8445
Blackburn with Darwen 011F-0.05816249/32,8445

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.