ID 2007: Employment Deprivation Index for England at LSOA Level

An administrative dataset measuring employment deprivation, conceptualized as the involuntary exclusion of the working-age population from work. The data was published by Neighbourhood Statistics, sourced from Communities and Local Government (CLG), and covers England at the Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) geography. It is based on data from 2005 and represents the 2007 index.

Use Cases

• Mapping spatial patterns of employment deprivation based on the index score for each LSOA.
• Analyzing correlations between employment deprivation and other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description.
• Tracking changes in local labor market exclusion over time using the 2007 benchmark.
• Informing local government policy and resource allocation based on area-level deprivation measures.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official administrative records from Communities and Local Government (CLG).
• Geographic coverage is specific to England at the detailed Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA) level.
• The dataset has a clear temporal reference point, representing the 2007 index using 2005 data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2005 source data and 2007 conceptualization.

Provenance

Source

Communities and Local Government (CLG): ID 2007, published by Neighbourhood Statistics.

Collection Method

Administrative data with statistical transformations applied.

Time Range

2007 (using 2005 data)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:00.561687; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA)