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Deprivation & opportunity in Rochdale

IMD 2019 · 134 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Rochdale?

Rochdale has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 32/100 (rank 300 of 313 English local authorities), 25.9 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Rochdale in the "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: )

32

GAOI / 100

#300

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-25.9

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Rochdale

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 Rochdale
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%22.6/100
Employment22.5%25.6/100
Education13.5%28.3/100
Health13.5%18.8/100
Crime Safety9.3%9.4/100
Housing Access9.3%74.2/100
Environment9.3%75.2/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 34.41 (population-weighted across 134 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 213,900.

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32/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-25.9 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)22.6/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)25.6/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)28.3/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)18.8/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)9.4/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)74.2/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)75.2/100

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 Rochdale

What is the deprivation level in Rochdale?
Rochdale has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 32/100 (rank 300 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 34.415 (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 Rochdale?
In Rochdale, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (75.2/100) and housing access (74.2/100). The domains with most room for improvement are health (18.8/100) and crime safety (9.4/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Rochdale compare with the England average for deprivation?
Rochdale's GAOI of 32/100 is 25.9 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 300 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 .