Deprivation Statistics for Penhill and Upper Stratton, Swindon

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Penhill and Upper Stratton, Swindon, Wiltshire

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

Overall Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Penhill and Upper Stratton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Swindon.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Swindon 003D62.506701/32,8441
Swindon 003C59.242982/32,8441
Swindon 003B55.7381382/32,8441
Swindon 005D46.3822783/32,8441
Swindon 003A34.7645975/32,8442
Swindon 005A20.69713780/32,8445
Swindon 005E15.98217968/32,8446
Swindon 005F12.35121772/32,8447
Swindon 005B10.38224045/32,8448
Swindon 008A10.27624169/32,8448
Swindon 005C9.47625154/32,8448

Income Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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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 Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003D0.401391/32,8441
Swindon 003C0.367754/32,8441
Swindon 003B0.3341342/32,8441
Swindon 005D0.2543867/32,8442
Swindon 003A0.1996724/32,8443
Swindon 005A0.11913780/32,8445
Swindon 005E0.07819898/32,8447
Swindon 005B0.06921659/32,8447
Swindon 008A0.06722109/32,8447
Swindon 005F0.05325433/32,8448
Swindon 005C0.04427558/32,8449

Employment Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Penhill and Upper Stratton 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
Swindon 003B0.2481342/32,8441
Swindon 003C0.2441495/32,8441
Swindon 003D0.241599/32,8441
Swindon 005D0.2112667/32,8441
Swindon 003A0.1437210/32,8443
Swindon 005A0.10411939/32,8444
Swindon 005E0.08615010/32,8445
Swindon 005B0.05523067/32,8448
Swindon 005F0.05523259/32,8448
Swindon 008A0.05323647/32,8448
Swindon 005C0.04227364/32,8449

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Penhill and Upper Stratton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (8251/32,844) in Penhill and Upper Stratton is more than the adult average rank (7732/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Swindon 003D90.29459/32,8441
Swindon 003C79.896292/32,8441
Swindon 003B77.07411/32,8441
Swindon 005D69.134841/32,8441
Swindon 003A41.7084951/32,8442
Swindon 005A31.8847859/32,8443
Swindon 005E28.8969017/32,8443
Swindon 005F22.83612011/32,8444
Swindon 005B20.66613351/32,8445
Swindon 005C18.73314605/32,8445
Swindon 008A7.81924124/32,8448

Health Deprivation and Disability in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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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 Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003D1.3632025/32,8441
Swindon 003B1.2832438/32,8441
Swindon 003C1.2212764/32,8441
Swindon 005D1.2022851/32,8441
Swindon 003A0.8375568/32,8442
Swindon 005E0.19313162/32,8445
Swindon 005A0.10414451/32,8445
Swindon 005F-0.10517646/32,8446
Swindon 005C-0.34221329/32,8447
Swindon 005B-0.53523858/32,8448
Swindon 008A-0.61524886/32,8448

Crime Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

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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 Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003A1.3041734/32,8441
Swindon 003C1.1022787/32,8441
Swindon 003D1.0932849/32,8441
Swindon 003B0.9254176/32,8442
Swindon 005D0.6087625/32,8443
Swindon 005A0.597874/32,8443
Swindon 005F0.5738090/32,8443
Swindon 005E0.23212996/32,8444
Swindon 005C0.14814342/32,8445
Swindon 005B-0.21419827/32,8447
Swindon 008A-0.49423696/32,8448

There were 326 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Penhill and Upper Stratton in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Penhill and Upper Stratton

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 008A33.6334757/32,8442
Swindon 005D26.2149975/32,8444
Swindon 005C21.59314788/32,8445
Swindon 003D18.89917986/32,8446
Swindon 003A18.72418204/32,8446
Swindon 003C17.09620320/32,8447
Swindon 003B16.98520455/32,8447
Swindon 005B16.46621088/32,8447
Swindon 005A13.1125262/32,8448
Swindon 005F10.90427733/32,8449
Swindon 005E7.59730609/32,84410

Inside Environment Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Penhill and Upper Stratton. 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
Swindon 003C0.5718302/32,8443
Swindon 003D0.32711515/32,8444
Swindon 003A-0.02616878/32,8446
Swindon 003B-0.05617357/32,8446
Swindon 005F-0.08417788/32,8446
Swindon 005B-0.41922807/32,8447
Swindon 005D-0.4823655/32,8448
Swindon 005A-0.57424843/32,8448
Swindon 005E-0.65525821/32,8448
Swindon 005C-0.8627861/32,8449
Swindon 008A-1.12529877/32,84410

Outside Environment Deprivation in Penhill and Upper Stratton

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Penhill and Upper Stratton. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Swindon 005A0.22311805/32,8444
Swindon 005E0.10213622/32,8445
Swindon 005B-0.02915761/32,8445
Swindon 003B-0.05416180/32,8445
Swindon 005C-0.06916436/32,8446
Swindon 005F-0.07516544/32,8446
Swindon 003A-0.09716924/32,8446
Swindon 005D-0.10317036/32,8446
Swindon 003C-0.30820486/32,8447
Swindon 003D-0.46623019/32,8448
Swindon 008A-0.64525490/32,8448

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.