Deprivation Statistics for Holborn and Covent Garden, Camden

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Holborn and Covent Garden, Camden, Greater London

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

Overall Deprivation in Holborn and Covent Garden

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Holborn and Covent Garden. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Camden.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Camden 027C34.9575902/32,8442
Islington 022F24.49311070/32,8444
Camden 027A23.05812012/32,8444
Camden 028D21.74112962/32,8444
Camden 028C20.68413788/32,8445
Camden 027B19.49114830/32,8445
Camden 027D15.01718902/32,8446
Camden 028B13.10620943/32,8447

Income Deprivation in Holborn and Covent Garden

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 Holborn and Covent Garden. 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
Camden 027C0.2782945/32,8441
Camden 027A0.1956958/32,8443
Islington 022F0.1728612/32,8443
Camden 027B0.13512013/32,8444
Camden 028C0.13112436/32,8444
Camden 028D0.11614218/32,8445
Camden 027D0.11314510/32,8445
Camden 028B0.07320944/32,8447

Employment Deprivation in Holborn and Covent Garden

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Holborn and Covent Garden 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
Camden 027C0.1933496/32,8442
Camden 027A0.1110994/32,8444
Islington 022F0.10911137/32,8444
Camden 028C0.08615092/32,8445
Camden 027B0.08315575/32,8445
Camden 028D0.0816335/32,8445
Camden 027D0.06819426/32,8446
Camden 028B0.05224096/32,8448

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Holborn and Covent Garden

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Holborn and Covent Garden population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (17878/32,844) in Holborn and Covent Garden is less than the adult average rank (25796/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Camden 027C19.07814339/32,8445
Camden 027A13.75718368/32,8446
Camden 027B10.93720960/32,8447
Camden 028D10.53421328/32,8447
Camden 028C9.45722413/32,8447
Islington 022F7.8424100/32,8448
Camden 028B7.57524400/32,8448
Camden 027D3.86328692/32,8449

Health Deprivation and Disability in Holborn and Covent Garden

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
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 Holborn and Covent Garden. 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
Islington 022F0.32411288/32,8444
Camden 027C-0.05516859/32,8446
Camden 028D-0.30320693/32,8447
Camden 027A-0.38821966/32,8447
Camden 027D-0.66425517/32,8448
Camden 027B-0.66725554/32,8448
Camden 028C-0.98128679/32,8449
Camden 028B-1.48331642/32,84410

Crime Deprivation in Holborn and Covent Garden

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Holborn and Covent Garden. 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
Camden 028D0.8285143/32,8442
Camden 028C0.32311597/32,8444
Islington 022F0.18713721/32,8445
Camden 027C0.10115120/32,8445
Camden 028B-0.41422616/32,8447
Camden 027D-0.49823762/32,8448
Camden 027A-0.81627466/32,8449
Camden 027B-0.97428879/32,8449

There were 3542 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Holborn and Covent Garden in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Holborn and Covent Garden

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Holborn and Covent Garden. 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
Islington 022F27.818598/32,8443
Camden 027B25.34110799/32,8444
Camden 027A23.66212473/32,8444
Camden 028C23.46112711/32,8444
Camden 028D23.42312739/32,8444
Camden 027C22.32413940/32,8445
Camden 028B22.24314030/32,8445
Camden 027D21.39815017/32,8445

Inside Environment Deprivation in Holborn and Covent Garden

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Holborn and Covent Garden. 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
Camden 027D0.5398682/32,8443
Camden 027B0.5188939/32,8443
Camden 028B0.519042/32,8443
Camden 028C0.5079103/32,8443
Camden 028D0.27812174/32,8444
Camden 027A0.14114277/32,8445
Camden 027C-0.33821684/32,8447
Islington 022F-0.61925409/32,8448

Outside Environment Deprivation in Holborn and Covent Garden

10
Extremely Bad
iLivehere Rating 10/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Holborn and Covent Garden. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Camden 028D2.7014/32,8441
Camden 028C2.6877/32,8441
Camden 027C2.53521/32,8441
Camden 027B2.30494/32,8441
Islington 022F2.256127/32,8441
Camden 028B2.178192/32,8441
Camden 027A2.017386/32,8441
Camden 027D1.6731082/32,8441

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.