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Deprivation & opportunity in City of London

IMD 2019 · 6 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in City of London?

City of London has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 73.8/100 (rank 39 of 313 English local authorities), 15.9 points above the national average of 57.9/100. This places City of London in the "High 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: )

73.8

GAOI / 100

#39

of 313 English LAs

High Opportunity

Opportunity tier

+15.9

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — City of London

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 City of London
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%83.8/100
Employment22.5%81.6/100
Education13.5%95/100
Health13.5%54.6/100
Crime Safety9.3%100/100
Housing Access9.3%32.6/100
Environment9.3%44.1/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 14.72 (population-weighted across 6 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 6,687.

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73.8/100High Opportunity
vs England avg
+15.9 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · City of London · IMD 2019 source data

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

💷 Income(22.5%)83.8/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)81.6/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)95/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)54.6/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)100/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)32.6/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)44.1/100

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 City of London

What is the deprivation level in City of London?
City of London has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 73.8/100 (rank 39 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "High Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 14.72 (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 City of London?
In City of London, the strongest opportunity domains are crime safety (100/100) and education (95/100). The domains with most room for improvement are environment (44.1/100) and housing access (32.6/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does City of London compare with the England average for deprivation?
City of London's GAOI of 73.8/100 is 15.9 points above the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 39 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 .