Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2010: Super Output Area Ranks

Seven domains of deprivation—Income (25%), Employment (25%), Health and Disability (15%), Education Skills and Training (15%), Proximity to Services (10%), Living Environment (5%), and Crime and Disorder (5%)—are combined into a composite measure. Results are provided as ranks from most deprived (rank 1) to least deprived for Super Output Areas in Northern Ireland. The dataset was created by the Open Data Team for NISRA and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Identify areas of highest socioeconomic need based on the composite deprivation rank.
• Analyze specific types of deprivation, such as income or employment, using the individual domain ranks.
• Compare relative deprivation levels between different Super Output Areas.
• Support resource allocation and policy targeting for services and interventions.
• Study the spatial distribution of deprivation across Northern Ireland.

Strengths

• Provides a structured, multi-domain measure of deprivation with explicit weightings for each component.
• Offers granular, ranked results at the Super Output Area geography level.
• Based on an official report from NISRA, suggesting an authoritative methodology.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a specific point in time (2010) and may not represent current conditions.

Provenance

Source

NISRA (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency), processed by OpenDataNI.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative and census data sources, as per the official NIMDM 2010 methodology.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:20.601377; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland, at the Super Output Area level.