How deprived is your area?

Dorisdodar

Most deprived...but I knew that...living in the north of England is tough but you just have to get on with it and except most investment goes south.

I don’t find living in the North tough at all, I have lived as far South as Hampshire and as far North as Newcastle upon Tyne and a lot of places in between.

Give me the North any day.

I couldn't even find out - the usual story = I put in my postcode and back came "We only cover England". Grr...and I can only go by my own impressions - which are that the particular little area I live in is doing exactly what I anticipated and going "up". The Big Chavs of the area sold on their wreck of a house just before it all fell down and it's been "brought back" and lots of houses having major work on them....even one on its 2nd major revamp since I moved here. The town as a whole is keeping going pretty well compared to many (thank goodness - as I've seen neighbouring towns shooting down just since I moved here).

Put in my last postcode (ie in England) and bang in the middle of the spectrum - which I was bit surprised about. The city as a whole - yep. But part of the reason I moved was the particular area I was in was "going down" (ie more and more private housing turning into rented accommodation and I was having to contact the Council more often to remove flytipping). I think that trend has continued from what I can make out and, though I sold my last house to a home-owner, it's been sold on again and is now rented. The city still has a noticeable number of the free social life events that were an absolute godsend to me when I was unemployed .

I consider myself lucky being born in the 40’s and having good parents, we didn't have much but no-one did that I knew. Plenty of jobs and career advancement despite not going to Uni. I live in a good area, but go five miles and its a different story, certain groups live together in multi occupational homes and the properties once clean and nice now dumps. No one seems to work and most would be unemployable. I feel sorry for youngsters now, that is why I have helped all my family when I can. They are all hardworking and honest and nice people, if you have no family support you would be in trouble, Getting a place to rent now is so difficult and once renting you can’t save to buy a home.

Just had a quick look, we are not in a deprived area. Not surprised, considering house prices and transport links.

Areas on the east coast of Fife are very deprived some people have never ever worked it’s a blooming shame, the coal mining industry left years ago and unemployment is very high, I’m very fortunate I was a 40s baby and worked all my life and I’m now in receipt of the state pension. I’m so blessed I have everything I need.

Nana8 it really depends on what you call in your words ‘a slum area’ I live in a very deprived area but there is not a huge lot of crime (probably mostly shop lifting, vandalism, knicking bikes etc ) everywhere is kept very clean and tidy by the council….but we do lack jobs and like most towns we lack good shops , but if I sent you photos you would see it’s far far from your idea of a slum area it’s actually quite lovely. (We do have some rough sleepers but you can count them on one hand we do have some alcohol and drug abuse but again isn’t that everywhere now, I bet you have it in Australia too)

I lived in East Kent for nearly 40 years and People have always been very surprised to learn how deprived either is, but it is 19th. West Kent on the other hand is pretty well off.
Seaports are always poor, and Kent is always the first to receive immigrants, now the small boats; its proximity to the Thames estuary also make it very vulnerable.
Things have improved a little since property prices in London are so high, and the ease of transport furnished by HS1.

According to that I live in a very deprived area, however I don’t feel at all deprived and enjoy where I live I don’t need more (except shops)

I live on a very diverse estate - mostly detached and semi houses in tree lined roads. The icursion of HMOs is strongly resisted. Three really good schools and strong competition to buy in the catchment area. There are deprived areas about 3 miles down the road so lots of ring doorbells and cctv.

Awful= governments not the people !

We dealt with our slum areas a long,long time ago. There are poor areas but nothing I would describe as deprived. Mostly our governments do look after the basic needs of people, awful though some of them are.

JamesandJon33

In my immediate vicinity , not at all. 2-3 miles away very poor, deprived area .

Ditto. My council ward has that very mixture. Average semi land, quite big:
one well established and mostly owner occupied ex council estate,
and edge of town 3 very deprived estates.

I'm in Scotland, and yes, parts are very deprived. We have lost a lot of leisure facilities, there is a battle on for community centres. People don't appear to have much money. Central belt, don't want to say where as too outing. My area has been decimated with council cuts. NHS are only now doing something about health centre roof which has been leaking for years. It's weeks to get a doctor's appointment, one person said they phoned and were 70th in the queue ( yes, you have read that right). They are building houses like no tomorrow, the schools are full, there are ongoing rows about boundaries. Don't even think about dental care, I travel 14 miles for a dentist. Yes, it's the land of milk and honey, or so we keep being told.

I do not live in a deprived area.

I live in Hampshire, in my local authority, according to this, we have 0% deprived, but are next door to an authority that has 12% deprived.

Dorisdodar

Flippinheck... according to the link in the Guardian I live in a most deprived area...the North of England is a large area so I'll be more precise...I live in East Lancashire I'm a proud Lancashire lass and life IS tough not many well paid jobs to be had. I'm speaking as I find so no need to be sarcastic!

Good for you Lancashire lass. Grand folk all round.

Flippinheck... according to the link in the Guardian I live in a most deprived area...the North of England is a large area so I'll be more precise...I live in East Lancashire I'm a proud Lancashire lass and life IS tough not many well paid jobs to be had. I'm speaking as I find so no need to be sarcastic!

Each region, city, town etc has been divided into sections where between 1,000 and 3,000 people live. These are called lower layer super output areas (LSOAs).

The report is aimed to identify the most deprived small areas.

What the report does show is that there can be a huge variety within one area.

For example, Jaywick in Essex scoring lowest at 1 but within Tendring itself, the range is between 1 and 28278. (Farage’s constituency which he ignores).

St Albans acores highest at 33755 but lowest score is score is 6262.

Some places in the north with areas in the highest percentile: parts of Stockport, Cheshire East, Trafford, Norh Yorkshire, North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham.

Look at Domains of Deprivation at:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025

Use the spreadsheet filters to see the range within one area.

Comprehensive explanations here:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025-statistical-release

I live in the North, Doris…This is not a deprived area and life here is not tough, quite the opposite. We no longer send children to work in mills and some of us even own cars. I really object to comments that persist in the view that the North is somehow sub. Yes, there are areas of deprivation, as there are in all regions. Generalisations like yours discredit you, not those of us who are proud and happy to live in the north.

In my immediate vicinity , not at all. 2-3 miles away very poor, deprived area .

Most deprived...but I knew that...living in the north of England is tough but you just have to get on with it and except most investment goes south.