2019 Indices of Multiple Deprivation Maps by Ward for England

The English Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2019 is the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas or neighbourhoods in England. It was published on 26th September 2019 by the Government Digital Service and combines seven deprivation domains into an overall score and rank. The data sources for the highest weighted domains relate to a 2015/16 time point.

Use Cases

• Mapping relative deprivation patterns based on the seven domain scores.
• Analyzing correlations between income and employment deprivation based on the high-weight domains.
• Identifying areas with high barriers to housing and services for targeted intervention.
• Comparing child and older people income deprivation using the supplementary IDACI and IDAOPI indices.

Strengths

• Official government measure of deprivation, providing authoritative scores and ranks.
• Based on seven distinct deprivation domains, including income and employment which have the highest weight.
• Includes two supplementary indices focusing on children and older people.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Combined information from seven deprivation domains based on various data sources.

Time Range

Indices published 2019; key domain data from 2015/16.

Freshness

Published 26th September 2019; underlying data for key domains from 2015/16.

Geography

England, at the small area (LSOA) or neighbourhood level.