The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation in England. It is part of the Indices of Deprivation (IoD), which look at different aspects of disadvantage. IMD uses a well-established method to define deprivation broadly, covering many areas of life such as income, employment, health, education, housing, and living environment. The IMD 2025 initial report highlights...
Each year, Essex County Council sets a research topic to some of the best social science undergraduates at the University of Essex. The Challenge Project acts as an alternative to their individual undergraduate dissertation module in their final year. As a group, the students work together to provide the council with evidence which is academically accredited and cutting edge. The report...
The above dashboard provides information about the extent of inequality at local authority level in England in the following domains: Income Rate of employment deprivation Rate of those not entering higher education Health (average years of potential life lost) Gini coefficients are a single number which describe how equally spread a resource (e.g income) is spread among...
Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015, LSOA (Lower Super Output Area) rankings for Essex showing all sub domains
Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015, LSOA (Lower Super Output Area) rankings for Essex showing all rank, score and deciles for all domains
Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015, filtered district summaries for each domain, showing Essex local districts and unitary authorities.