Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Forest Gate South, Newham

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Forest Gate South, Newham, Greater London

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

Overall Deprivation in Forest Gate South

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Forest Gate South. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Newham.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Newham 008A42.293646/32,8442
Newham 008B38.2554804/32,8442
Newham 006D36.7975271/32,8442
Newham 009B35.8385596/32,8442
Newham 009A34.9835894/32,8442
Newham 016A29.8088113/32,8443
Newham 007B25.84810282/32,8444
Newham 009C21.90212839/32,8444
Newham 009D20.71413767/32,8445

Income Deprivation in Forest Gate South

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 Forest Gate South. 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
Newham 008A0.2553809/32,8442
Newham 009B0.2314955/32,8442
Newham 008B0.2175724/32,8442
Newham 006D0.2036454/32,8442
Newham 016A0.1758444/32,8443
Newham 009A0.1738576/32,8443
Newham 007B0.1312531/32,8444
Newham 009C0.10815162/32,8445
Newham 009D0.10415700/32,8445

Employment Deprivation in Forest Gate South

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Forest Gate South 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
Newham 009B0.1318366/32,8443
Newham 008A0.1288783/32,8443
Newham 006D0.1249217/32,8443
Newham 009A0.1189979/32,8444
Newham 008B0.11410470/32,8444
Newham 016A0.11210770/32,8444
Newham 007B0.07617180/32,8446
Newham 009C0.06420432/32,8447
Newham 009D0.05821953/32,8447

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Forest Gate South

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Forest Gate South population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (21937/32,844) in Forest Gate South is more than the adult average rank (14848/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Newham 008B24.02411330/32,8444
Newham 008A21.58612813/32,8444
Newham 016A16.28716340/32,8445
Newham 009B12.3919584/32,8446
Newham 007B12.06319884/32,8447
Newham 006D11.36420550/32,8447
Newham 009A10.92920965/32,8447
Newham 009C10.73821142/32,8447
Newham 009D8.58523328/32,8448

Health Deprivation and Disability in Forest Gate South

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
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 Forest Gate South. 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
Newham 009A0.8815214/32,8442
Newham 009B0.4989121/32,8443
Newham 006D0.31311448/32,8444
Newham 008A0.22912659/32,8444
Newham 008B0.22812675/32,8444
Newham 009C-0.08317304/32,8446
Newham 009D-0.10917711/32,8446
Newham 007B-0.11117756/32,8446
Newham 016A-0.13418130/32,8446

Crime Deprivation in Forest Gate South

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 Forest Gate South. 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
Newham 008A1.549930/32,8441
Newham 008B1.2851815/32,8441
Newham 006D1.1012792/32,8441
Newham 007B0.874682/32,8442
Newham 009B0.7725713/32,8442
Newham 009A0.6886637/32,8443
Newham 009C0.5288696/32,8443
Newham 016A0.30111917/32,8444
Newham 009D0.29911942/32,8444

There were 2422 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Forest Gate South in October 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Forest Gate South

10
Extremely Bad
iLivehere Rating 10/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Forest Gate South. 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
Newham 009A52.534126/32,8441
Newham 006D51.226198/32,8441
Newham 008B50.404276/32,8441
Newham 008A49.584382/32,8441
Newham 016A47.853585/32,8441
Newham 009D46.87734/32,8441
Newham 009B46.691776/32,8441
Newham 009C44.9661063/32,8441
Newham 007B44.691111/32,8441

Inside Environment Deprivation in Forest Gate South

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Forest Gate South. 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
Newham 006D0.5738266/32,8443
Newham 016A0.5089075/32,8443
Newham 008A0.42710157/32,8444
Newham 007B0.40310491/32,8444
Newham 009A0.32511547/32,8444
Newham 009B0.24812617/32,8444
Newham 008B0.08315158/32,8445
Newham 009C-0.08917856/32,8446
Newham 009D-0.23820207/32,8447

Outside Environment Deprivation in Forest Gate South

10
Extremely Bad
iLivehere Rating 10/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Forest Gate South. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Newham 008B1.738918/32,8441
Newham 008A1.7051002/32,8441
Newham 009D1.5781373/32,8441
Newham 009C1.5261535/32,8441
Newham 009B1.4011985/32,8441
Newham 007B1.3682147/32,8441
Newham 006D1.3112393/32,8441
Newham 016A1.2592648/32,8441
Newham 009A1.2432722/32,8441

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.