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Deprivation & opportunity in St. Helens

IMD 2019 · 119 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in St. Helens?

St. Helens has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 37.4/100 (rank 285 of 313 English local authorities), 20.5 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places St. Helens 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: )

37.4

GAOI / 100

#285

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-20.5

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — St. Helens

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 St. Helens
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%31.3/100
Employment22.5%22.3/100
Education13.5%37/100
Health13.5%13.5/100
Crime Safety9.3%35.1/100
Housing Access9.3%87.4/100
Environment9.3%77.2/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 31.52 (population-weighted across 119 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 177,592.

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37.4/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-20.5 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · St. Helens · IMD 2019 source data

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

💷 Income(22.5%)31.3/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)22.3/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)37/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)13.5/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)35.1/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)87.4/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)77.2/100

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 St. Helens

What is the deprivation level in St. Helens?
St. Helens has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 37.4/100 (rank 285 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 31.518 (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 St. Helens?
In St. Helens, the strongest opportunity domains are housing access (87.4/100) and environment (77.2/100). The domains with most room for improvement are employment (22.3/100) and health (13.5/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does St. Helens compare with the England average for deprivation?
St. Helens's GAOI of 37.4/100 is 20.5 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 285 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 .