District Deprivation Summary

South Lakeland

2015

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) The IMD are produced by the Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG) to consider the unmet needs of small areas, known as Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs), caused by a lack of resources of across seven domains:  Income;  Employment;  Education Skills and Training;  Health and Disability;  Crime;  Barriers to Housing and Services; and  Living Environment.

In addition to the above, there are two supplementary indices:

 The Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI); and  The Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index (IDAOPI).

Deprivation scores for each LSOA across all of the above domains are also combined to create an overall Index of Multiple Deprivation score and rank for each LSOA.

When deprivation scores are combined for all LSOAs in South Lakeland, the district is classified as the least deprived district in Cumbria for overall deprivation and falls within the 25% least deprived nationally for overall deprivation. South Lakeland is also the 3rd least deprived district in England in terms of crime deprivation. However, the district falls within the 20% most deprived nationally in relation to living environment deprivation (ranked 45th).

None of the LSOAs in South Lakeland rank within the 10% most deprived of areas in England for overall deprivation. Figure 1 plots each LSOA in the district shaded according to overall deprivation scores; areas shaded in red represent communities that are in the 10% most deprived of areas in England, while areas shaded in dark green represent communities that are in the 10% least deprived of areas in England. Ward boundaries are overlaid onto the LSOA data.

There are 9 LSOAs which rank within the 10% most deprived areas of England in relation to Barriers to Housing & Services, these fall within the wards of Lyth Valley, Hawkshead, Coniston, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Crooklands, Lakes Grasmere, Whinfell, and Sedbergh. There are 12 LSOAs which rank within the 10% most deprived areas of England in relation to Living Environment, these fall within the wards of Lyth Valley, Hawkshead, Coniston, Low Furness & Swarthmoor, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Lakes Grasmere, Whinfell, Sedbergh, Crake Valley, Broughton, and Ulverston Town. Figure 1:

Figure 1 Legend:

Figure 1: Ward Name and Map ID:

Ward Name Map ID Ward Name Map ID Ambleside and Grasmere 122 Kendal Stonecross 145 Arnside and Beetham 123 Kendal Strickland 146 Broughton 124 Kendal Underley 147 Burneside 125 Levens 148 Burton and Holme 126 Low Furness 149 Cartmel and Grange West 127 Lyth Valley 150 Coniston and Crake Valley 128 Mid Furness 151 Crooklands 129 Milnthorpe 152 Grange North 130 Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale 153 Grange South 131 Staveley-in-Cartmel 154 Hawkshead 132 Staveley-in-Westmorland 155 Holker 133 Ulverston Central 156 Kendal Castle 134 Ulverston East 157 Kendal Far Cross 135 Ulverston North 158 Kendal Fell 136 Ulverston South 159 Kendal Heron Hill 137 Ulverston Town 160 Kendal Highgate 138 Ulverston West 161 Kendal Kirkland 139 Whinfell 162 Kendal Mintsfeet 140 Windermere Applethwaite and Troutbeck 163 Kendal Nether 141 Windermere Bowness North 164 Kendal Oxenholme and Natland 142 Windermere Bowness South 165 Kendal Parks 143 Windermere Town 166 Kendal Romney 144

Further Information

English Indices of Deprivation: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-indices-of-deprivation

Cumbria Atlas: http://www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk/Atlas/CumbriaAtlas.asp

The Cumbria Atlas enables users to explore ward and LSOA level statistics, with national, county, district and urban area comparisons in a user-friendly format combining maps, tables and charts.

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