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Deprivation & opportunity in Barking and Dagenham

IMD 2019 · 110 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Barking and Dagenham?

Barking and Dagenham has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 35.1/100 (rank 292 of 313 English local authorities), 22.8 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Barking and Dagenham in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG), OGL v3.0.

Proprietary metric:Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI/100)·As of September 2019 · updated when MHCLG publishes new IMD (last: )

35.1

GAOI / 100

#292

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-22.8

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Barking and Dagenham

All scores 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity). Derived from IMD 2019 by inverting and normalising each domain across all 313 English LAs.

GAOI domain sub-scores for Barking and Dagenham
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%25.9/100
Employment22.5%46.7/100
Education13.5%42.9/100
Health13.5%33.7/100
Crime Safety9.3%23.2/100
Housing Access9.3%7.3/100
Environment9.3%59.8/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 32.77 (population-weighted across 110 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 203,101.

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35.1/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-22.8 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · Barking and Dagenham · IMD 2019 source data

Domain breakdown (0 = most deprived, 100 = least deprived)

💷 Income(22.5%)25.9/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)46.7/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)42.9/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)33.7/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)23.2/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)7.3/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)59.8/100

GAOI sub-scores derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG, OGL v3.0). Each sub-score = inverted and min-max normalised domain score across all 313 English LAs. Custom weighting is illustrative — not an official statistic.

Questions about Barking and Dagenham

What is the deprivation level in Barking and Dagenham?
Barking and Dagenham has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 35.1/100 (rank 292 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 32.768 (lower IMD = less deprived). The national average IMD is 19.535. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019, MHCLG, OGL v3.0.
What are the strongest and weakest opportunity domains in Barking and Dagenham?
In Barking and Dagenham, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (59.8/100) and employment (46.7/100). The domains with most room for improvement are crime safety (23.2/100) and housing access (7.3/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Barking and Dagenham compare with the England average for deprivation?
Barking and Dagenham's GAOI of 35.1/100 is 22.8 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 292 out of 313 English local authorities (rank 1 = least deprived / highest opportunity).

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Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 — File 7 (All LSOA Scores, Ranks, Deciles). Published by Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG), September 2019. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. GAOI methodology: https://gerarent.com/methodology/gera-area-opportunity-index. Data as of ; page updated .