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Deprivation & opportunity in Colchester

IMD 2019 · 105 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Colchester?

Colchester has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 62.4/100 (rank 139 of 313 English local authorities), 4.5 points above the national average of 57.9/100. This places Colchester 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: )

62.4

GAOI / 100

#139

of 313 English LAs

High Opportunity

Opportunity tier

+4.5

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Colchester

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 Colchester
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%68.4/100
Employment22.5%68.9/100
Education13.5%63.9/100
Health13.5%41.5/100
Crime Safety9.3%45.8/100
Housing Access9.3%54.3/100
Environment9.3%85.8/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 16.78 (population-weighted across 105 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 184,916.

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62.4/100High Opportunity
vs England avg
+4.5 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · Colchester · IMD 2019 source data

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

💷 Income(22.5%)68.4/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)68.9/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)63.9/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)41.5/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)45.8/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)54.3/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)85.8/100

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 Colchester

What is the deprivation level in Colchester?
Colchester has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 62.4/100 (rank 139 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "High Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 16.778 (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 Colchester?
In Colchester, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (85.8/100) and employment (68.9/100). The domains with most room for improvement are crime safety (45.8/100) and health (41.5/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Colchester compare with the England average for deprivation?
Colchester's GAOI of 62.4/100 is 4.5 points above the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 139 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 .