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Deprivation & opportunity in Exeter

IMD 2019 · 74 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Exeter?

Exeter has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 63.4/100 (rank 131 of 313 English local authorities), 5.5 points above the national average of 57.9/100. This places Exeter 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: )

63.4

GAOI / 100

#131

of 313 English LAs

High Opportunity

Opportunity tier

+5.5

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Exeter

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 Exeter
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%70.1/100
Employment22.5%67.6/100
Education13.5%62.2/100
Health13.5%40.6/100
Crime Safety9.3%54.4/100
Housing Access9.3%75.9/100
Environment9.3%68.8/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 16.21 (population-weighted across 74 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 125,534.

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63.4/100High Opportunity
vs England avg
+5.5 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)70.1/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)67.6/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)62.2/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)40.6/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)54.4/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)75.9/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)68.8/100

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 Exeter

What is the deprivation level in Exeter?
Exeter has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 63.4/100 (rank 131 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "High Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 16.215 (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 Exeter?
In Exeter, the strongest opportunity domains are housing access (75.9/100) and income (70.1/100). The domains with most room for improvement are crime safety (54.4/100) and health (40.6/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Exeter compare with the England average for deprivation?
Exeter's GAOI of 63.4/100 is 5.5 points above the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 131 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 .