Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Smith’s Wood, Solihull

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Smith's Wood, Solihull, West Midlands

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Smith's Wood, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Solihull. 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 10 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 Smith's Wood 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 Smith's Wood. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Smith's Wood

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 Smith's Wood. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Solihull.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Solihull 004B53.7841635/32,8441
Solihull 004D53.1061711/32,8441
Solihull 005C49.9222195/32,8441
Solihull 002A48.5442403/32,8441
Solihull 002C44.3733185/32,8441
Solihull 002D42.5633577/32,8442
Solihull 002B42.443609/32,8442
Solihull 004A39.4874429/32,8442
Solihull 004C30.4627805/32,8443
Solihull 005A24.4611089/32,8444

Income Deprivation in Smith's Wood

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Smith's Wood. 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
Solihull 004B0.3441119/32,8441
Solihull 005C0.3281472/32,8441
Solihull 002A0.3111921/32,8441
Solihull 002B0.3022155/32,8441
Solihull 004D0.2922457/32,8441
Solihull 002C0.2763017/32,8441
Solihull 002D0.2743076/32,8441
Solihull 004A0.2673309/32,8442
Solihull 004C0.197344/32,8443
Solihull 005A0.14311200/32,8444

Employment Deprivation in Smith's Wood

9
Very Bad
iLivehere Rating 9/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Smith's Wood 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
Solihull 002A0.2471382/32,8441
Solihull 004D0.2421550/32,8441
Solihull 004B0.2381665/32,8441
Solihull 002C0.2162455/32,8441
Solihull 005C0.212712/32,8441
Solihull 002B0.2062844/32,8441
Solihull 002D0.1973284/32,8441
Solihull 004A0.1883789/32,8442
Solihull 004C0.1566077/32,8442
Solihull 005A0.1110989/32,8444

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Smith's Wood

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 Smith's Wood population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (4690/32,844) in Smith's Wood is more than the adult average rank (2150/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Solihull 002A69.438826/32,8441
Solihull 005C66.281061/32,8441
Solihull 004D59.571782/32,8441
Solihull 002D56.8332129/32,8441
Solihull 002B56.4662184/32,8441
Solihull 004B55.5582311/32,8441
Solihull 004A51.3313001/32,8441
Solihull 002C50.4033175/32,8441
Solihull 005A40.495247/32,8442
Solihull 004C35.4656614/32,8443

Health Deprivation and Disability in Smith's Wood

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 Smith's Wood. 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
Solihull 004D1.3322193/32,8441
Solihull 004B1.2362671/32,8441
Solihull 002C1.0363961/32,8442
Solihull 005C0.9694467/32,8442
Solihull 002D0.7356524/32,8442
Solihull 004A0.6986906/32,8443
Solihull 002A0.6237686/32,8443
Solihull 002B0.6227695/32,8443
Solihull 004C0.40810223/32,8444
Solihull 005A0.20213039/32,8444

Crime Deprivation in Smith's Wood

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 Smith's Wood. 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
Solihull 004B1.1842325/32,8441
Solihull 005C0.9364065/32,8442
Solihull 004C0.85423/32,8442
Solihull 004D0.7615824/32,8442
Solihull 005A0.7366108/32,8442
Solihull 004A0.7026477/32,8442
Solihull 002A0.5638214/32,8443
Solihull 002B0.31511714/32,8444
Solihull 002C0.19813540/32,8445
Solihull 002D0.12514720/32,8445

There were 120 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Smith's Wood in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Smith's Wood

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Smith's Wood. 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
Solihull 004D36.4653428/32,8442
Solihull 002C33.3174923/32,8442
Solihull 002D32.2815479/32,8442
Solihull 002B24.09812036/32,8444
Solihull 002A21.82314531/32,8445
Solihull 004C21.17415302/32,8445
Solihull 004B20.67715858/32,8445
Solihull 005C19.85916818/32,8446
Solihull 004A15.6622139/32,8447
Solihull 005A11.58727033/32,8449

Inside Environment Deprivation in Smith's Wood

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Smith's Wood. 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
Solihull 005C0.40110531/32,8444
Solihull 004A0.32811506/32,8444
Solihull 004B0.32411558/32,8444
Solihull 002D0.17413740/32,8445
Solihull 004D0.14214254/32,8445
Solihull 005A0.11714642/32,8445
Solihull 002C-0.07817683/32,8446
Solihull 004C-0.22119929/32,8447
Solihull 002B-0.25220435/32,8447
Solihull 002A-0.42822949/32,8447

Outside Environment Deprivation in Smith's Wood

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Smith's Wood. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Solihull 004D-0.116972/32,8446
Solihull 005A-0.1417669/32,8446
Solihull 002C-0.14417732/32,8446
Solihull 004B-0.16918122/32,8446
Solihull 002D-0.17218174/32,8446
Solihull 002A-0.21718937/32,8446
Solihull 004C-0.2218997/32,8446
Solihull 004A-0.29120206/32,8447
Solihull 002B-0.37721662/32,8447
Solihull 005C-0.39121882/32,8447

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.