Indices of Deprivation 2004

The Indices of Deprivation 2004 are produced by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and are an attempt to measure deprivation in a consistent way across England.  They were first developed in the mid 1990’s and have been revised several times using updated data and new indicators to reflect change.  

The Indices of Deprivation 2004 are based on the approach, structure and methodology that was used to create the previous Indices of Deprivation 2000.  The ID2004 updates the ID2000 in two key ways:

a) more up-to-date data has been used, and

b) new measures have been incorporated as new and improved data sources have become available.  

These changes however mean that the two indices cannot be directly compared.  In addition many ward boundaries have changed since the release of the 2000 data meaning that straightforward comparisons cannot be made.

A series of detailed profiles have been produced which present the key findings from the Indices of Deprivation 2004 in Leicestershire.

County profile

District profiles

Leicestershire is ranked 135 out of the 149 county / unitary authorities in England (where 1=most deprived, 149=least deprived).  

Comparison with other County / Unitary authorities in the region:

The 2004 Indices of Deprivation also contains summary measures for district authorities.  North West Leicestershire is the most deprived district in the county and Harborough is the least deprived (out of a total of 354 districts in England, where 1=most deprived, 354=least deprived):

The Indices of Deprivation 2004 (ID2004) measures deprivation for every (lower level) Super Output Area (SOA) in England.  Super Output Areas are small areas of broadly consistent population size across the country. They are smaller than wards and contain approximately 1500 people.  There are 396 SOA’s in Leicestershire.

The ID2004 combines indicators across seven domains into a single deprivation score and rank.  The domains are: income, employment, health, education, barriers to housing and services, living environment and crime.  There are also two supplementary domains: income deprivation affecting children and income deprivation affecting older people.  The SOAs are ranked from 1 to 32,482 in England (where a ranking of 1=most deprived in England, and a ranking of 32,482=least deprived in England).  A spreadsheet containing the ranking of each SOA in Leicestershire in each domain can be downloaded here.  

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Further information can be downloaded from the Communities & Local Government website www.communities.gov.uk