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Deprivation & opportunity in Scarborough

IMD 2019 · 71 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Scarborough?

Scarborough has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 46.1/100 (rank 245 of 313 English local authorities), 11.8 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Scarborough 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: )

46.1

GAOI / 100

#245

of 313 English LAs

Moderate Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-11.8

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Scarborough

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 Scarborough
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%47.6/100
Employment22.5%42.7/100
Education13.5%33/100
Health13.5%26.8/100
Crime Safety9.3%58.3/100
Housing Access9.3%71.1/100
Environment9.3%61.1/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 26.28 (population-weighted across 71 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 108,089.

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46.1/100Moderate Opportunity
vs England avg
-11.8 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)47.6/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)42.7/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)33/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)26.8/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)58.3/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)71.1/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)61.1/100

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 Scarborough

What is the deprivation level in Scarborough?
Scarborough has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 46.1/100 (rank 245 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Moderate Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 26.28 (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 Scarborough?
In Scarborough, the strongest opportunity domains are housing access (71.1/100) and environment (61.1/100). The domains with most room for improvement are education (33/100) and health (26.8/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Scarborough compare with the England average for deprivation?
Scarborough's GAOI of 46.1/100 is 11.8 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 245 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 .