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Deprivation & opportunity in Manchester

IMD 2019 · 282 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Manchester?

Manchester has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 26.4/100 (rank 308 of 313 English local authorities), 31.5 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Manchester in the "Very 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: )

26.4

GAOI / 100

#308

of 313 English LAs

Very Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-31.5

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Manchester

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 Manchester
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%14.4/100
Employment22.5%29.2/100
Education13.5%36.2/100
Health13.5%10.4/100
Crime Safety9.3%0/100
Housing Access9.3%56/100
Environment9.3%54.9/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 40.01 (population-weighted across 282 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 529,282.

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26.4/100Very Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-31.5 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)14.4/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)29.2/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)36.2/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)10.4/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)0/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)56/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)54.9/100

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 Manchester

What is the deprivation level in Manchester?
Manchester has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 26.4/100 (rank 308 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Very Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 40.005 (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 Manchester?
In Manchester, the strongest opportunity domains are housing access (56/100) and environment (54.9/100). The domains with most room for improvement are health (10.4/100) and crime safety (0/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Manchester compare with the England average for deprivation?
Manchester's GAOI of 26.4/100 is 31.5 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 308 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 .