Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Southlands, Adur

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Southlands, Adur, West Sussex

We have used the 3 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Southlands, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Adur. 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 3 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 Southlands 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 Southlands. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

Overall Deprivation in Southlands

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Southlands. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Adur.
LSOA NameIMD ScoreIMD Rank (England)IMD Decile
Adur 004E30.4877797/32,8443
Adur 004D30.3827850/32,8443
Adur 001E21.34513272/32,8445

Income Deprivation in Southlands

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 Southlands. 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
Adur 004D0.2026535/32,8442
Adur 004E0.188039/32,8443
Adur 001E0.12313290/32,8445

Employment Deprivation in Southlands

8
Bad
iLivehere Rating 8/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Southlands 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
Adur 004E0.1675215/32,8442
Adur 004D0.1298577/32,8443
Adur 001E0.1298682/32,8443

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Southlands

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 Southlands population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (3072/32,844) in Southlands is less than the adult average rank (8098/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated adults move into the area.
LSOA NameEducation ScoreEducation Rank (England)Education Decile
Adur 004D56.0112251/32,8441
Adur 004E41.5964975/32,8442
Adur 001E32.7667529/32,8443

Health Deprivation and Disability in Southlands

6
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 Southlands. 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
Adur 004D0.37710623/32,8444
Adur 004E0.37510650/32,8444
Adur 001E0.0615068/32,8445

Crime Deprivation in Southlands

3
Good
iLivehere Rating 3/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Southlands. 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
Adur 004E-0.30321095/32,8447
Adur 004D-0.31221212/32,8447
Adur 001E-0.46523293/32,8448

There were 124 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Southlands in October 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Southlands

5
Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Southlands. 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
Adur 004D22.96613249/32,8445
Adur 004E21.29115158/32,8445
Adur 001E16.50421029/32,8447

Inside Environment Deprivation in Southlands

6
Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Southlands. 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
Adur 004E0.6797006/32,8443
Adur 001E0.02316094/32,8445
Adur 004D-0.01916774/32,8446

Outside Environment Deprivation in Southlands

7
Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Southlands. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA NameOutside ScoreOutside (England)Outside Decile
Adur 001E0.3759814/32,8443
Adur 004D0.30910628/32,8444
Adur 004E0.03514725/32,8445

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.