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Deprivation & opportunity in Rutland

IMD 2019 · 23 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Rutland?

Rutland has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 80.3/100 (rank 8 of 313 English local authorities), 22.4 points above the national average of 57.9/100. This places Rutland 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: )

80.3

GAOI / 100

#8

of 313 English LAs

Very High Opportunity

Opportunity tier

+22.4

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Rutland

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 Rutland
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%87.9/100
Employment22.5%84/100
Education13.5%88.9/100
Health13.5%63/100
Crime Safety9.3%84.3/100
Housing Access9.3%61.4/100
Environment9.3%81.2/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 8.38 (population-weighted across 23 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 37,746.

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80.3/100Very High Opportunity
vs England avg
+22.4 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)87.9/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)84/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)88.9/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)63/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)84.3/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)61.4/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)81.2/100

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 Rutland

What is the deprivation level in Rutland?
Rutland has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 80.3/100 (rank 8 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Very High Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 8.381 (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 Rutland?
In Rutland, the strongest opportunity domains are education (88.9/100) and income (87.9/100). The domains with most room for improvement are health (63/100) and housing access (61.4/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Rutland compare with the England average for deprivation?
Rutland's GAOI of 80.3/100 is 22.4 points above the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 8 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 .