THE Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed the levels of income deprivation across the country.

Levels of income deprivation are based on the proportion of people in an area who are out of work or on low earnings.

The statistics are based from data released on May, 24 2021.

Wirral

In Wirral, 17.4% of the population was income-deprived in 2019.

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Of the 316 local authorities in England (excluding the Isles of Scilly), Wirral is ranked 38th most income-deprived.

Of the 206 neighborhoods on Wirral, 65 were among the 20 per cent most income-deprived in England.

Of the 206 neighborhoods on Wirral, 27 were in the 20 per cent least income-deprived in England.

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Income deprivation profiles

To help identify trends, local authorities are grouped into four income deprivation profiles, according to the distribution shape they match most closely.

  • More income-deprived: Areas have more neighbourhoods towards to deprived end of the scale (Greater London, Birmingham, Liverpool and North-East).
  • Less income-deprived: Generally inland areas with a mix of urban and rural characteristics (Many areas in South England including Hart, Wokingham).
  • 'N' shaped profile: More neighbourhoods have close to average levels of income deprivation (South coast and Norfolk coastline).
  • Flat profile: Reletively even percentage of neighbourhoods across different levels of income deprivation (Wirral, bristol and Oxford).

Local extremes 

In the least deprived neighbourhood on Wirral, 1.4% of people are estimated to be income-deprived. In the most deprived neighbourhood, 58.1% of people are estimated to be income-deprived.

The gap between these two, which we will call internal disparity, is 56.7 percentage points in Wirral. We also know the overall income deprivation score for Wirral is 17.4%.

Largest and smallest income gaps

Ranking local authorities by deprivation gap shows that it is often local authorities with the highest income deprivation that tend to have the greatest internal disparities.

Of the 20 local authorities with the largest deprivation gap between neighbourhoods, 17 are urban areas in the north or Midlands.

Wirral has the largest gap between its most and least income-deprived neighbourhoods.

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