Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Old Town, Barnsley

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Old Town, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

We have used the 11 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Old Town, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Barnsley. 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 Old Town 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 Old Town. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Old Town

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Old Town. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Barnsley.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Barnsley 010E50.3592124/32,8441
Barnsley 013F40.9213998/32,8442
Barnsley 010G30.157954/32,8443
Barnsley 012F22.80212181/32,8444
Barnsley 013E20.79313705/32,8445
Barnsley 010H17.91116205/32,8445
Barnsley 009C16.25817695/32,8446
Barnsley 010C15.57218381/32,8446
Barnsley 012G15.29918641/32,8446
Barnsley 010D15.01418906/32,8446
Barnsley 012E7.70227419/32,8449

Income Deprivation in Old Town

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Old Town. 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
Barnsley 010E0.2822822/32,8441
Barnsley 013F0.2643436/32,8442
Barnsley 010G0.1768356/32,8443
Barnsley 013E0.14311185/32,8444
Barnsley 012F0.12513143/32,8445
Barnsley 010H0.11614194/32,8445
Barnsley 012G0.10715329/32,8445
Barnsley 010C0.09117698/32,8446
Barnsley 009C0.08219123/32,8446
Barnsley 010D0.06921807/32,8447
Barnsley 012E0.04128321/32,8449

Employment Deprivation in Old Town

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Old Town 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
Barnsley 010E0.2591089/32,8441
Barnsley 013F0.1714900/32,8442
Barnsley 010G0.1417422/32,8443
Barnsley 012F0.1338165/32,8443
Barnsley 010H0.11410468/32,8444
Barnsley 012G0.09413585/32,8445
Barnsley 013E0.08914532/32,8445
Barnsley 009C0.08614959/32,8445
Barnsley 010C0.07617278/32,8446
Barnsley 010D0.06420421/32,8447
Barnsley 012E0.06121381/32,8447

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Old Town

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Old Town population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (14242/32,844) in Old Town is more than the adult average rank (13477/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Barnsley 010E43.9484424/32,8442
Barnsley 013F41.5064995/32,8442
Barnsley 010G37.346093/32,8442
Barnsley 013E30.0628530/32,8443
Barnsley 009C21.73112724/32,8444
Barnsley 010H16.32816317/32,8445
Barnsley 010C15.816747/32,8446
Barnsley 012F13.68818432/32,8446
Barnsley 012G13.33418737/32,8446
Barnsley 010D10.69521189/32,8447
Barnsley 012E6.10626061/32,8448

Health Deprivation and Disability in Old Town

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 Old Town. 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
Barnsley 010E1.5111429/32,8441
Barnsley 013F1.2542572/32,8441
Barnsley 010G0.7796092/32,8442
Barnsley 012F0.7586305/32,8442
Barnsley 010C0.6267642/32,8443
Barnsley 012G0.5318730/32,8443
Barnsley 013E0.37510648/32,8444
Barnsley 010H0.35410927/32,8444
Barnsley 010D0.2911772/32,8444
Barnsley 009C0.19113186/32,8445
Barnsley 012E-0.11917876/32,8446

Crime Deprivation in Old Town

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Old Town. 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
Barnsley 010E1.271879/32,8441
Barnsley 013F1.072994/32,8441
Barnsley 010G1.0283310/32,8442
Barnsley 010D0.7336138/32,8442
Barnsley 009C0.716394/32,8442
Barnsley 012F0.5198799/32,8443
Barnsley 010C0.1913674/32,8445
Barnsley 013E0.0915271/32,8445
Barnsley 010H-0.00716780/32,8446
Barnsley 012E-0.118136/32,8446
Barnsley 012G-0.56824692/32,8448

There were 380 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Old Town in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Old Town

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Old Town. 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
Barnsley 010E20.13916481/32,8446
Barnsley 012F15.88521820/32,8447
Barnsley 012E14.16224030/32,8448
Barnsley 009C10.74427904/32,8449
Barnsley 010H9.4329138/32,8449
Barnsley 010G9.42829142/32,8449
Barnsley 010D8.19730170/32,84410
Barnsley 013F8.03130301/32,84410
Barnsley 010C4.62332170/32,84410
Barnsley 013E3.3332532/32,84410
Barnsley 012G2.09332749/32,84410

Inside Environment Deprivation in Old Town

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Old Town. 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
Barnsley 010D0.7276504/32,8442
Barnsley 013F0.6077857/32,8443
Barnsley 013E0.5618413/32,8443
Barnsley 010H-0.14218704/32,8446
Barnsley 010C-0.16719103/32,8446
Barnsley 010G-0.24620341/32,8447
Barnsley 012G-0.2820822/32,8447
Barnsley 012F-0.46123376/32,8448
Barnsley 010E-0.928201/32,8449
Barnsley 012E-1.3631036/32,84410
Barnsley 009C-1.61531877/32,84410

Outside Environment Deprivation in Old Town

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Old Town. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Barnsley 012F0.1113499/32,8445
Barnsley 012E-0.11517264/32,8446
Barnsley 013E-0.20818790/32,8446
Barnsley 013F-0.2619645/32,8446
Barnsley 010C-0.28620115/32,8447
Barnsley 010G-0.29420255/32,8447
Barnsley 010D-0.36421431/32,8447
Barnsley 010E-0.41522270/32,8447
Barnsley 009C-0.43322527/32,8447
Barnsley 012G-0.43522565/32,8447
Barnsley 010H-0.51123644/32,8448

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.