ID 2015: ward analysis

St Margaret and ward

Introduction The English Indices of Deprivation 2015 (ID 2015) have been produced by the government to aid the assessment of relative levels of deprivation across . These update the indices previously presented in 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2010.

The Indices provide scores and ranks for all 32,844 Lower Level Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England for a combined Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), seven domains of deprivation and two supplementary indices for income deprived children and older people. Each of these is based on a basket of indicators. The LSOAs are ranked with 1 being the most deprived and 32,844 being the least. In Swindon, the rankings go from 1 being the most deprived to 132 being the least deprived. For many analyses the LSOAs are categorised into deciles (10ths) or quintiles (5ths).

LSOAs contain around 1,500 people and are standard geographical units created and used by the Government and Office for National Statistics (ONS). The LSOA boundaries do not form the basis of wards and often do not follow ward boundaries. For the purposes of analysing the ID 2015, each LSOA has been assigned to the ward containing the majority of the LSOA population (which is not always the same ward that contains the majority of the LSOA’s geographical area). Additionally, as Swindon has grown rapidly this has led to several new LSOAs being created which means that it is not always possible to compare ID 2015 data with previous indices of deprivation. Ward boundaries in Swindon were changed in 2011 and therefore no direct comparisons can be made with previous wards used in earlier Indices.

The neighbourhood-level Indices provide a description of areas, but this description does not apply to every person living in those areas. Many non-deprived people live in deprived areas, and many deprived people live in non-deprived areas. Those areas that are not identified as deprived by the neighbourhood-level Indices may contain both deprived and affluent people.

Changes in deprivation levels over time are relative to other areas. An area may become less deprived in absolute terms but be relatively more deprived than it was because the area had improved more slowly than other areas and so been ‘overtaken’ by those areas. Similarly, the overall rank of an area may not have changed between the 2010 and 2015 Indices, but this does not mean that there have been no changes to the level of deprivation in the area. E.g. in the situation where the absolute levels of deprivation in all areas were increasing or decreasing at the same rate, an individual area’s rank would not change.

The Indices measure area deprivation but people can move areas between versions of the Indices. Therefore, the socio-economic status of individuals in an area may improve or worsen but if these people leave then the area deprivation may remain unchanged. Likewise individuals moving into a community can improve or worsen the area deprivation.

Further information on the Indices of Deprivation 2015 can be found on the dedicated JSNA website page: http://swindonjsna.co.uk/dna/ID

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Overview

Lower Stratton is the most deprived LSOA in St Margaret and South Marston ward and is ranked 15,822nd most deprived in England (out of 32,844).

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IMD 2015 ranking for St Margaret and South Marston LSOAs LSOA local name LSOA code St Margaret Swindon England England and South rank rank decile Marston ward rank Lower Stratton E01015554 1 47 15,822 5 Greenbridge E01015550 2 72 23,102 8 E01015552 3 74 23,170 8 north west Lower Stratton south E01015549 4 79 23,817 8 west Stratton St Margaret E01015551 5 91 25,422 8 Stratton St Margaret E01015553 6 100 26,191 8 west E01015473 7 101 26,343 9 Notes: Swindon rankings out of 132 LSOAs and England rankings out of 32,844 LSOAs. Deprivation trends

The majority of LSOAs in St Margaret and South Marston ward have similar rankings in 2015 as in 2007. The exceptions are:

 Lower Stratton which has become relatively more deprived. In 2007, it was the 56th most deprived in Swindon and in the 7th most deprived decile nationally but by 2015 it was the 47th most deprived in Swindon and in the 5th most deprived antionally.  Lower Stratton south west LSOA and Stratton St Margaret west LSOA have also become relatively more deprived compared to England overall but have hardly changed their rankings in relation to the rest of Swindon.

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Domain analysis Most deprived LSOA in St Margaret and South Marston ward in each Domain Domain Most deprived Swindon England England LSOA in St Margaret rank rank decile and South Marston Income Lower Stratton 46 15,187 5 Employment Lower Stratton 30 10,784 4 Education, Skills and Greenbridge 44 9,648 3 Training Health Lower Stratton 37 13,289 5 Stratton St Margaret Crime 56 14,727 5 north west Barriers to Housing Stanton Fitzwarren 4 5,334 2 and Services Stratton St Margaret Living Environment 47 19,593 6 north west Notes: Swindon rankings out of 132 LSOAs and England rankings out of 32,844 LSOAs.

Lower Stratton is the most deprived LSOA in St Margaret and South Marston ward on the Income, Employment and Health domains.

Stratton St Margaret north west is the most deprived LSOA in St Margaret and South Marston ward on the Crime and Living Environment domains.

Greenbridge is the most deprived LSOA in St Margaret and South Marston ward on the Education, Skills and Training domain and Stanton Fitzwarren on the Barriers to Housing and Services domain.

No St Margaret and South Marston LSOAs are considered ‘highly deprived’ on any domain.

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Ranking of LSOAs in St Margaret and South Marston ward on each ID 2015 Domain: graphic

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Ranking of LSOAs in St Margaret and South Marston ward on each ID 2015 Domain: charts (The Swindon average is represented by the thick black line)

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Lower Stratton analysis Lower Stratton LSOA stands out as relatively much more deprived than the rest of St Margaret and South Marston ward. Even though it is not the most deprived LSOA in the ward on each domain, overall it achieves its overall poor ranking because it is relatively highly deprived on the domains which count most towards the overall IMD, as the table below shows.

Domain Weighting Lower Stratton rank towards IMD (out of 32,844 LSOAs in England) Income 22.5% 15,187 Employment 22.5% 10,784 Education, Skills and Training 13.5% 13,746 Health 13.5% 13,289 Crime 9.3% 20,593 Barriers to Housing and Services 9.3% 18,906 Living Environment 9.3% 20,563

However, it should be noted that Lower Stratton LSOA is only relatively deprived compared to the rest of St Margaret and South Marston ward. Compared to England it is averagely deprived.

Of greater concern maybe the fact that it is becoming relatively more deprived compared to England. Compared to 2007 Lower Stratton LSOA is relatively more deprived on the income, employment, health, education and most noticeably on the living environment domains. However, it has become relatively less deprived on the barriers to housing and services and crime (slightly) domains. Stanton Fitzwarren – Barriers to Housing and Services Generally, St Margaret and South Marston is not particularly relatively deprived. However, Stanton Fitzwarren LSOA is in the 2nd most deprived decile nationally and on the Barriers to Housing and Services Domain and the 4th most deprived LSOA in Swindon on this domain.

The Barriers to Housing and Services Domain measures the physical and financial accessibility of housing and key local services. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: ‘geographical barriers’, which relate to the physical proximity of local

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Stanton Fitzwarren’s high ranking is driven entirely from the geographical barriers sub-domain where it ranks 1,872nd most deprived in England and fourth most deprived in Swindon. The geographical barriers sub-domain is made up of four indicators and the LSOA England and Swindon rankings for Stanton Fitzwarren LSOA are shown in the table below.

Stanton Fitzwarren LSOA Km England Swindon Road distance to a post office 3.65 470 2 Road distance to a primary school 0.89 12,263 47 Road distance to a general store or supermarket 1.53 2,679 7 Road distance to a GP surgery 4.27 2,196 3 Notes: Swindon rankings out of 132 LSOAs and England rankings out of 32,844 LSOAs.

The distances are calculated as the average distance to the closest service.

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