Cumbria Intelligence Observatory & Indices of Deprivation
The Cumbria Intelligence Observatory has published their analysis of Indices of Deprivation 2015 and what it means for Cumbria.
Some headline stats:
- Cumbria ranks 86th nationally for overall deprivation (out of 152 upper tier local authorities, where 1 is the most deprived)
- Cumbria falls within the 57th percentile nationally for overall deprivation (suggesting that 57% of upper tier local authorities are more deprived than Cumbria)
- There has been no change in Cumbria’s relative level of overall deprivation when compared to other upper tier local authorities since 2010
- Cumbria falls within the 10% least deprived nationally for crime
- Of Cumbria’s districts, Barrow-in-Furness has the highest level of overall deprivation, ranking 29th nationally (out of 326 local authorities)
- Barrow-in-Furness falls within the 10% most deprived nationally for overall deprivation
- Barrow-in-Furness is the 5th most deprived district nationally for health deprivation & disability
- Carlisle falls within the 20% most deprived nationally for education, skills and training
- Copeland is the 2nd most deprived district in the county and falls within the 10% most deprived nationally for health deprivation & disability
- Eden is the 2nd least deprived district in the county, however, it falls within the 10% most deprived nationally for living environment
- South Lakeland is the least deprived district in Cumbria
- A total of 29 Cumbrian LSOAs fall within the 10% most deprived nationally for overall deprivation
- The most deprived LSOA in the county is located within the ward of Central in Barrow-inFurness