What is IMD postcode?
The IMD Postcode search is a tool whereby the user can find the Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile group for a valid postcode.
How do you find the Index of Multiple Deprivation?
The IMD decile is calculated by ranking the 32,844 small areas of England in order, and dividing them into 10 equal groups. Those in group 1 are therefore in the 10% most deprived areas in the UK. Those in group 10 are in the 10% least deprived areas in the UK.
How deprived is an area?
A deprived area is one that is deprived of those essential things to life, to society, to living well and growing up well. Deprivation in an area is seen and felt. Long term deprivation is devastating. Loss of public services over the last 10 years is a good example.
What is a IMD score?
The Index of Multiple Deprivation, commonly known as the IMD, is the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in England. It is the most widely used of the Indices of Deprivation (IoD) (described in Question 1).
What is area deprivation index?
An area deprivation index (ADI) is a multidimensional evaluation of a region’s socioeconomic conditions, which have been linked to health outcomes (1–6). We have refined the ADI, testing its association with health outcomes at various geographic levels.
How is the Multiple Deprivation Index used in the UK?
Indices of multiple deprivation (IMD) are widely-used datasets within the UK to classify the relative deprivation (essentially a measure of poverty) of small areas. Multiple components of deprivation are weighted with different strengths and compiled into a single score of deprivation.
Where can I find the indices of deprivation?
The Indices of Deprivation 2019 explorer shows the relative deprivation of neighbourhoods for selected areas according to the indices of deprivation 2019 and indices of deprivation 2015 and allows users to search by a place name or postcode.
Where do I find Deprivation data for a postcode?
Data Output. The output file lists the postcodes entered, the Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA) that each postcode falls within, and the deprivation data for that LSOA. The deprivation data consists of: deciles, ranks and, where appropriate, scores, for the Index of Multiple Deprivation,…
When did the English indices of deprivation start?
These statistics have been updated by the English indices of deprivation 2015. This 2010 release updates the English indices of deprivation 2007. The English indices of deprivation measure relative levels of deprivation in small areas of England called ‘lower layer super output areas’. Most of the indicators used in these statistics are from 2008.
