Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Friar Park, Sandwell

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Friar Park, Sandwell, West Midlands

We have used the 9 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Friar Park, 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 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 Friar Park 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 Friar Park. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Friar Park

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 Friar Park. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Sandwell.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Sandwell 004D58.9421018/32,8441
Sandwell 004C57.4911166/32,8441
Sandwell 004A56.9921225/32,8441
Sandwell 004B53.871619/32,8441
Sandwell 003A36.4955379/32,8442
Sandwell 003C35.565689/32,8442
Sandwell 003E33.2546568/32,8442
Sandwell 003D26.9839600/32,8443
Sandwell 003B19.43914869/32,8445

Income Deprivation in Friar Park

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Friar Park. 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
Sandwell 004D0.375660/32,8441
Sandwell 004B0.3491044/32,8441
Sandwell 004C0.3371262/32,8441
Sandwell 004A0.3171759/32,8441
Sandwell 003A0.244508/32,8442
Sandwell 003E0.2275133/32,8442
Sandwell 003C0.2126001/32,8442
Sandwell 003D0.1688952/32,8443
Sandwell 003B0.07919827/32,8447

Employment Deprivation in Friar Park

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Friar Park 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
Sandwell 004D0.2491325/32,8441
Sandwell 004C0.2361707/32,8441
Sandwell 004A0.2331799/32,8441
Sandwell 004B0.2222199/32,8441
Sandwell 003A0.1834122/32,8442
Sandwell 003E0.1615667/32,8442
Sandwell 003C0.1437192/32,8443
Sandwell 003D0.1348058/32,8443
Sandwell 003B0.0816363/32,8445

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Friar Park

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Friar Park population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (7143/32,844) in Friar Park is more than the adult average rank (2562/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Sandwell 004C96.67712/32,8441
Sandwell 004A88.14898/32,8441
Sandwell 004B83.444178/32,8441
Sandwell 004D83.18184/32,8441
Sandwell 003C63.3171362/32,8441
Sandwell 003A43.0584625/32,8442
Sandwell 003E29.3738834/32,8443
Sandwell 003D26.6739989/32,8444
Sandwell 003B23.21711787/32,8444

Health Deprivation and Disability in Friar Park

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 Friar Park. 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
Sandwell 004A1.3032333/32,8441
Sandwell 004D1.1173406/32,8442
Sandwell 003E1.0014219/32,8442
Sandwell 004C0.9854342/32,8442
Sandwell 004B0.8915130/32,8442
Sandwell 003A0.7686200/32,8442
Sandwell 003C0.4769390/32,8443
Sandwell 003D0.4729441/32,8443
Sandwell 003B0.449833/32,8443

Crime Deprivation in Friar Park

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 Friar Park. 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
Sandwell 004A0.5778029/32,8443
Sandwell 004B0.29312033/32,8444
Sandwell 004D0.1614170/32,8445
Sandwell 004C0.15714202/32,8445
Sandwell 003E0.15414248/32,8445
Sandwell 003C0.1414477/32,8445
Sandwell 003B0.07815443/32,8445
Sandwell 003A-0.00416751/32,8446
Sandwell 003D-0.3121180/32,8447

There were 259 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Friar Park in October 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Friar Park

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Friar Park. 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
Sandwell 004C23.9212225/32,8444
Sandwell 003C22.37213880/32,8445
Sandwell 004A19.86516811/32,8446
Sandwell 003D19.37517423/32,8446
Sandwell 004D19.19617627/32,8446
Sandwell 004B18.98217889/32,8446
Sandwell 003E18.24218804/32,8446
Sandwell 003A17.53619745/32,8447
Sandwell 003B14.54523611/32,8448

Inside Environment Deprivation in Friar Park

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Friar Park. 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
Sandwell 004C0.8685010/32,8442
Sandwell 003B0.7985711/32,8442
Sandwell 004A0.7496255/32,8442
Sandwell 004D0.7016766/32,8443
Sandwell 003D0.5788214/32,8443
Sandwell 004B0.5528517/32,8443
Sandwell 003C0.5258856/32,8443
Sandwell 003A0.4899345/32,8443
Sandwell 003E0.16613890/32,8445

Outside Environment Deprivation in Friar Park

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Friar Park. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Sandwell 003D1.0953531/32,8442
Sandwell 004C0.9784291/32,8442
Sandwell 003B0.964425/32,8442
Sandwell 004D0.9114759/32,8442
Sandwell 004A0.8934899/32,8442
Sandwell 004B0.8415313/32,8442
Sandwell 003A0.7985660/32,8442
Sandwell 003E0.7625946/32,8442
Sandwell 003C0.7625950/32,8442

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.