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Deprivation & opportunity in Mole Valley

IMD 2019 · 54 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Mole Valley?

Mole Valley has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 76.8/100 (rank 27 of 313 English local authorities), 18.9 points above the national average of 57.9/100. This places Mole Valley in the "Very 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: )

76.8

GAOI / 100

#27

of 313 English LAs

Very High Opportunity

Opportunity tier

+18.9

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Mole Valley

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 Mole Valley
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%88.7/100
Employment22.5%83.3/100
Education13.5%85.8/100
Health13.5%58.8/100
Crime Safety9.3%59.3/100
Housing Access9.3%61/100
Environment9.3%79.8/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 9.51 (population-weighted across 54 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 86,978.

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76.8/100Very High Opportunity
vs England avg
+18.9 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · Mole Valley · IMD 2019 source data

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

💷 Income(22.5%)88.7/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)83.3/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)85.8/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)58.8/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)59.3/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)61/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)79.8/100

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 Mole Valley

What is the deprivation level in Mole Valley?
Mole Valley has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 76.8/100 (rank 27 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Very High Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 9.511 (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 Mole Valley?
In Mole Valley, the strongest opportunity domains are income (88.7/100) and education (85.8/100). The domains with most room for improvement are crime safety (59.3/100) and health (58.8/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Mole Valley compare with the England average for deprivation?
Mole Valley's GAOI of 76.8/100 is 18.9 points above the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 27 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 .