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Deprivation & opportunity in Northumberland

IMD 2019 · 197 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Northumberland?

Northumberland has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 53.6/100 (rank 192 of 313 English local authorities), 4.3 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Northumberland in the "Moderate 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: )

53.6

GAOI / 100

#192

of 313 English LAs

Moderate Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-4.3

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Northumberland

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 Northumberland
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%56.2/100
Employment22.5%47.5/100
Education13.5%50.5/100
Health13.5%34.1/100
Crime Safety9.3%47/100
Housing Access9.3%65.6/100
Environment9.3%90.2/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 22.08 (population-weighted across 197 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 315,253.

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53.6/100Moderate Opportunity
vs England avg
-4.3 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)56.2/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)47.5/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)50.5/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)34.1/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)47/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)65.6/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)90.2/100

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 Northumberland

What is the deprivation level in Northumberland?
Northumberland has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 53.6/100 (rank 192 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Moderate Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 22.079 (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 Northumberland?
In Northumberland, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (90.2/100) and housing access (65.6/100). The domains with most room for improvement are crime safety (47/100) and health (34.1/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Northumberland compare with the England average for deprivation?
Northumberland's GAOI of 53.6/100 is 4.3 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 192 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 .