Is Sleepbrook Close in Verwood a nice place to live?

Sleepbrook Close is classified by the ONS as Comfortable Suburbia. Sleepbrook Close is in the lowest 10% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

Sleepbrook Close is located in the Verwood ward of the Dorset district in Dorset.
Coordinates 50.878566, -1.884988
Grid Ref SU081087
Suburb Verwood
Constituency North Dorset
Postcodes BH31 6QE

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in Sleepbrook Close in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in Sleepbrook Close, Dorset

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Dorset Police in Sleepbrook Close during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Sleepbrook Close and compared that to the average for the Verwood ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in Sleepbrook Close, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Verwood ward

Social economic statistics for Sleepbrook Close

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Sleepbrook Close is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Sleepbrook Close is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Sleepbrook Close experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Sleepbrook Close are in the top 20% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Sleepbrook Close involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Sleepbrook Close are in the top 20% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Sleepbrook Close are in the top 10% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Sleepbrook Close, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Sleepbrook Close are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for Sleepbrook Close

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Sleepbrook Close.

Unemployment in Sleepbrook Close

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
2.82% of Sleepbrook Close residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Sleepbrook Close

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Sleepbrook Close. The proportion of retirees on Sleepbrook Close is 8.99% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
27.59% of Sleepbrook Close residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Sleepbrook Close

The proportion of home owners on Sleepbrook Close is 24.52% higher than the national average of 62%. 7.09% of properties in Sleepbrook Close are private rented and 6.38% are social rented.
86.52% of residents of Sleepbrook Close own their home

Country of Birth of Sleepbrook Close residents

The proportion if Sleepbrook Close residents born in the UK is 10.65% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 6.7% of Sleepbrook Close residents were born outside the UK.
93.3% of Sleepbrook Close residents were born in the UK

Sleepbrook Close Summary

Sleepbrook Close has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Sleepbrook Close maybe difficult.

Sleepbrook Close has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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