We have used the 11 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Blackheath, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Sandwell. 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 11 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 Blackheath 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 Blackheath. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.
Overall Deprivation in Blackheath
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 Blackheath. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Sandwell.
| LSOA Name | IMD Score | IMD Rank (England) | IMD Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 033A | 43.022 | 3476/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029C | 41.608 | 3839/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033D | 41.484 | 3858/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033B | 35.947 | 5557/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029D | 35.679 | 5644/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 035A | 33.844 | 6327/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033E | 33.643 | 6396/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029B | 28.754 | 8625/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 027C | 18.806 | 15407/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 033C | 15.689 | 18249/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 035E | 9.814 | 24740/32,844 | 8 |
Income Deprivation in Blackheath
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 Blackheath. 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 Name | Income Score | Income Rank (England) | Income Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 033A | 0.256 | 3758/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029C | 0.254 | 3826/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033D | 0.254 | 3842/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033B | 0.241 | 4459/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 035A | 0.216 | 5758/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033E | 0.208 | 6207/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029D | 0.206 | 6290/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029B | 0.156 | 9930/32,844 | 4 |
| Sandwell 033C | 0.093 | 17408/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 027C | 0.087 | 18383/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 035E | 0.062 | 23187/32,844 | 8 |
Employment Deprivation in Blackheath
7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Blackheath 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 Name | Employment Score | Employment Rank (England) | Employment Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 033D | 0.216 | 2447/32,844 | 1 |
| Sandwell 029C | 0.204 | 2966/32,844 | 1 |
| Sandwell 033A | 0.195 | 3439/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029D | 0.168 | 5150/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033B | 0.162 | 5600/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 035A | 0.151 | 6466/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033E | 0.138 | 7623/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 029B | 0.123 | 9340/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 027C | 0.08 | 16239/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 033C | 0.076 | 17333/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 035E | 0.045 | 26225/32,844 | 8 |
Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Blackheath
7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Blackheath population.
The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (13536/32,844) in Blackheath is more than the adult average rank (5788/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
| LSOA Name | Education Score | Education Rank (England) | Education Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 033A | 56.178 | 2226/32,844 | 1 |
| Sandwell 029C | 51.718 | 2925/32,844 | 1 |
| Sandwell 029D | 47.355 | 3691/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033B | 41.907 | 4896/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 035A | 40.862 | 5151/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033E | 39.397 | 5522/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033D | 32.576 | 7591/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 029B | 28.096 | 9358/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 027C | 23.628 | 11546/32,844 | 4 |
| Sandwell 033C | 14.032 | 18137/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 035E | 6.826 | 25228/32,844 | 8 |
Health Deprivation and Disability in Blackheath
7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
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 Blackheath. 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 Name | Health Score | Health Rank (England) | Health Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 033D | 1.018 | 4109/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033A | 0.947 | 4639/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029D | 0.887 | 5165/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033B | 0.838 | 5555/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029C | 0.724 | 6640/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033E | 0.67 | 7170/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 035A | 0.559 | 8402/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 029B | 0.557 | 8426/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033C | 0.233 | 12622/32,844 | 4 |
| Sandwell 027C | 0.099 | 14535/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 035E | -0.214 | 19346/32,844 | 6 |
Crime Deprivation in Blackheath
6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Blackheath. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.
| LSOA Name | Crime Score | Crime Rank (England) | Crime Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 029B | 0.862 | 4775/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033E | 0.622 | 7420/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033A | 0.515 | 8868/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033D | 0.483 | 9296/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033B | 0.297 | 11963/32,844 | 4 |
| Sandwell 029C | 0.185 | 13768/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 029D | 0.137 | 14528/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 027C | 0.087 | 15327/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 035A | -0.303 | 21096/32,844 | 7 |
| Sandwell 033C | -0.342 | 21629/32,844 | 7 |
| Sandwell 035E | -0.829 | 27586/32,844 | 9 |
There were 247 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Blackheath in October 2024
Barriers to Housing and Services in Blackheath
5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Blackheath. 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 Name | Barriers Score | Barriers Rank (England) | Barriers Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 029C | 26.979 | 9299/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 035A | 26.487 | 9721/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 035E | 25.505 | 10656/32,844 | 4 |
| Sandwell 027C | 22.313 | 13949/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 033E | 22.23 | 14047/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 033C | 20.257 | 16351/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 033D | 19.389 | 17407/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 029D | 19.371 | 17428/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 033A | 18.965 | 17901/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 033B | 18.092 | 19003/32,844 | 6 |
| Sandwell 029B | 17.412 | 19899/32,844 | 7 |
Inside Environment Deprivation in Blackheath
7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Blackheath. 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 Name | Inside Score | Inside Rank (England) | Inside Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 035A | 0.741 | 6367/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029B | 0.648 | 7367/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033D | 0.599 | 7957/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 029D | 0.57 | 8320/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033A | 0.567 | 8348/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033E | 0.498 | 9223/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 029C | 0.489 | 9348/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 027C | 0.483 | 9437/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033B | 0.477 | 9512/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 033C | 0.206 | 13218/32,844 | 5 |
| Sandwell 035E | -0.229 | 20062/32,844 | 7 |
Outside Environment Deprivation in Blackheath
8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Blackheath. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
| LSOA Name | Outside Score | Outside (England) | Outside Decile |
|---|
| Sandwell 033D | 0.994 | 4177/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 027C | 0.974 | 4325/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033A | 0.957 | 4446/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033E | 0.898 | 4865/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 035E | 0.887 | 4942/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 035A | 0.843 | 5293/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029B | 0.773 | 5861/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033B | 0.767 | 5911/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 029D | 0.71 | 6398/32,844 | 2 |
| Sandwell 033C | 0.637 | 7075/32,844 | 3 |
| Sandwell 029C | 0.636 | 7080/32,844 | 3 |
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.
