Deprivation Statistics for South Elmsall and South Kirkby, Wakefield

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in South Elmsall and South Kirkby, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

We have used the 12 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in South Elmsall and South Kirkby, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Wakefield. 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 12 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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby 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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for South Elmsall and South Kirkby. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Wakefield.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Wakefield 044D60.579868/32,8441
Wakefield 045A50.6992078/32,8441
Wakefield 043B46.5972737/32,8441
Wakefield 045B45.1043039/32,8441
Wakefield 043A40.3974147/32,8442
Wakefield 044C38.9194599/32,8442
Wakefield 045D38.5944694/32,8442
Wakefield 045C33.3926509/32,8442
Wakefield 043D29.2048402/32,8443
Wakefield 043C22.51612379/32,8444
Wakefield 044A18.47615716/32,8445
Wakefield 044B16.59517380/32,8446

Income Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044D0.273235/32,8441
Wakefield 045A0.2593649/32,8442
Wakefield 043B0.2175687/32,8442
Wakefield 045D0.2155822/32,8442
Wakefield 043A0.2145883/32,8442
Wakefield 044C0.2116018/32,8442
Wakefield 045B0.2096162/32,8442
Wakefield 045C0.1827889/32,8443
Wakefield 043D0.1619538/32,8443
Wakefield 044A0.10615436/32,8445
Wakefield 044B0.10515680/32,8445
Wakefield 043C0.09916498/32,8446

Employment Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in South Elmsall and South Kirkby 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
Wakefield 044D0.279713/32,8441
Wakefield 045A0.2371670/32,8441
Wakefield 045B0.2132575/32,8441
Wakefield 045D0.1973270/32,8441
Wakefield 043A0.1973302/32,8442
Wakefield 043B0.1913622/32,8442
Wakefield 044C0.184289/32,8442
Wakefield 045C0.1665286/32,8442
Wakefield 043D0.1585892/32,8442
Wakefield 043C0.1239250/32,8443
Wakefield 044A0.11410485/32,8444
Wakefield 044B0.09812879/32,8444

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (5899/32,844) in South Elmsall and South Kirkby is more than the adult average rank (2920/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Wakefield 044D88.61288/32,8441
Wakefield 045A73.566573/32,8441
Wakefield 043B72.891608/32,8441
Wakefield 045B70.509750/32,8441
Wakefield 043A63.5491336/32,8441
Wakefield 045D56.42193/32,8441
Wakefield 043D47.2673711/32,8442
Wakefield 045C46.2863901/32,8442
Wakefield 044C42.114848/32,8442
Wakefield 044B29.9718575/32,8443
Wakefield 043C27.1349758/32,8443
Wakefield 044A26.19310217/32,8444

Health Deprivation and Disability in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044D1.649978/32,8441
Wakefield 044C1.2992352/32,8441
Wakefield 043B1.272506/32,8441
Wakefield 045A1.2062827/32,8441
Wakefield 045B1.024094/32,8442
Wakefield 045D0.9874329/32,8442
Wakefield 043A0.9574561/32,8442
Wakefield 045C0.8615358/32,8442
Wakefield 043D0.6377535/32,8443
Wakefield 043C0.5378665/32,8443
Wakefield 044A0.32511268/32,8444
Wakefield 044B-0.03716565/32,8446

Crime Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

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 South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044D1.791417/32,8441
Wakefield 043B1.573866/32,8441
Wakefield 045B1.4691152/32,8441
Wakefield 045A1.4061332/32,8441
Wakefield 045C1.0623060/32,8441
Wakefield 044C1.0583095/32,8441
Wakefield 043A0.9543879/32,8442
Wakefield 045D0.94386/32,8442
Wakefield 043C0.8544852/32,8442
Wakefield 043D0.40210422/32,8444
Wakefield 044B-0.18719443/32,8446
Wakefield 044A-0.30421104/32,8447

There were 68 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers South Elmsall and South Kirkby in September 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 044C20.83415677/32,8445
Wakefield 045B16.9920448/32,8447
Wakefield 044A16.62520891/32,8447
Wakefield 045A15.04322959/32,8447
Wakefield 043D14.42823735/32,8448
Wakefield 044B14.34323831/32,8448
Wakefield 043C14.14224056/32,8448
Wakefield 044D13.60524687/32,8448
Wakefield 043A13.18825181/32,8448
Wakefield 045C11.25527354/32,8449
Wakefield 043B10.8927751/32,8449
Wakefield 045D10.18728425/32,8449

Inside Environment Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

2
Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in South Elmsall and South Kirkby. 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
Wakefield 043B0.01916160/32,8445
Wakefield 044C-0.35821961/32,8447
Wakefield 043A-0.7326630/32,8449
Wakefield 044A-0.82727576/32,8449
Wakefield 044D-0.8928107/32,8449
Wakefield 045B-0.94328577/32,8449
Wakefield 045A-0.97728882/32,8449
Wakefield 045D-1.02429230/32,8449
Wakefield 043D-1.04129340/32,8449
Wakefield 043C-1.0829608/32,84410
Wakefield 044B-1.11529822/32,84410
Wakefield 045C-1.22330407/32,84410

Outside Environment Deprivation in South Elmsall and South Kirkby

4
Above Average
iLivehere Rating 4/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in South Elmsall and South Kirkby. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Wakefield 043B0.09413780/32,8445
Wakefield 044D0.03214769/32,8445
Wakefield 043A-0.04115965/32,8445
Wakefield 045A-0.06716403/32,8445
Wakefield 043D-0.07916613/32,8446
Wakefield 043C-0.13817642/32,8446
Wakefield 045D-0.44522700/32,8447
Wakefield 044C-0.4823202/32,8448
Wakefield 044B-0.4823203/32,8448
Wakefield 045B-0.53924024/32,8448
Wakefield 045C-0.57524547/32,8448
Wakefield 044A-0.64625504/32,8448

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.