Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Blundellsands, Sefton

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Blundellsands, Sefton, Merseyside

We have used the 8 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Blundellsands, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Sefton. 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 8 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 Blundellsands 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 Blundellsands. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Blundellsands

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Blundellsands. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Sefton.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Sefton 028B18.73915461/32,8445
Sefton 022D15.04218883/32,8446
Sefton 028A14.80219119/32,8446
Sefton 022C11.88922293/32,8447
Sefton 022E11.55722689/32,8447
Sefton 022A8.70726161/32,8448
Sefton 022B7.16728105/32,8449
Sefton 022F5.08330435/32,84410

Income Deprivation in Blundellsands

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Blundellsands. 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
Sefton 028B0.11114849/32,8445
Sefton 022D0.09217528/32,8446
Sefton 028A0.08418817/32,8446
Sefton 022A0.07520550/32,8447
Sefton 022E0.07420669/32,8447
Sefton 022C0.05923933/32,8448
Sefton 022B0.03529783/32,84410
Sefton 022F0.03230429/32,84410

Employment Deprivation in Blundellsands

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Blundellsands 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
Sefton 028B0.10212265/32,8444
Sefton 028A0.08714763/32,8445
Sefton 022D0.08714765/32,8445
Sefton 022C0.07218371/32,8446
Sefton 022E0.06619913/32,8447
Sefton 022A0.05821964/32,8447
Sefton 022B0.04825500/32,8448
Sefton 022F0.04426596/32,8449

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Blundellsands

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Blundellsands population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (28736/32,844) in Blundellsands is more than the adult average rank (25343/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Sefton 028B9.58322283/32,8447
Sefton 028A7.53924437/32,8448
Sefton 022C6.02526135/32,8448
Sefton 022A3.50529124/32,8449
Sefton 022D3.44129203/32,8449
Sefton 022F3.00729732/32,84410
Sefton 022B2.14130736/32,84410
Sefton 022E1.75131163/32,84410

Health Deprivation and Disability in Blundellsands

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
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 Blundellsands. 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
Sefton 028A0.2212772/32,8444
Sefton 028B0.12814068/32,8445
Sefton 022D0.12814070/32,8445
Sefton 022C0.03415486/32,8445
Sefton 022E0.03415488/32,8445
Sefton 022A016028/32,8445
Sefton 022F-0.10217605/32,8446
Sefton 022B-0.23619662/32,8446

Crime Deprivation in Blundellsands

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Blundellsands. 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
Sefton 022A-0.24820316/32,8447
Sefton 028A-0.2820753/32,8447
Sefton 022D-0.33321498/32,8447
Sefton 022C-0.34121616/32,8447
Sefton 022B-0.36221925/32,8447
Sefton 028B-0.422443/32,8447
Sefton 022E-0.49923785/32,8448
Sefton 022F-0.7727005/32,8449

There were 226 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Blundellsands in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Blundellsands

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Blundellsands. 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
Sefton 022C27.4568868/32,8443
Sefton 022B11.77226806/32,8449
Sefton 022E11.27727340/32,8449
Sefton 022A9.97228633/32,8449
Sefton 028B8.3230081/32,84410
Sefton 022F7.97730335/32,84410
Sefton 028A7.06730930/32,84410
Sefton 022D2.22532731/32,84410

Inside Environment Deprivation in Blundellsands

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Blundellsands. 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
Sefton 028B1.3191793/32,8441
Sefton 022D1.132905/32,8441
Sefton 022E0.9594184/32,8442
Sefton 028A0.8834880/32,8442
Sefton 022B0.7456302/32,8442
Sefton 022F-0.01216660/32,8446
Sefton 022C-0.06817540/32,8446
Sefton 022A-0.35921978/32,8447

Outside Environment Deprivation in Blundellsands

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Blundellsands. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Sefton 028A-0.22419047/32,8446
Sefton 028B-0.27419884/32,8447
Sefton 022D-0.36421427/32,8447
Sefton 022E-0.48323239/32,8448
Sefton 022B-0.58924740/32,8448
Sefton 022F-0.73126587/32,8449
Sefton 022C-0.82927746/32,8449
Sefton 022A-0.84227897/32,8449

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.