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Deprivation & opportunity in Stockton-on-Tees

IMD 2019 · 120 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Stockton-on-Tees?

Stockton-on-Tees has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 47.1/100 (rank 236 of 313 English local authorities), 10.8 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Stockton-on-Tees 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: )

47.1

GAOI / 100

#236

of 313 English LAs

Moderate Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-10.8

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Stockton-on-Tees

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 Stockton-on-Tees
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%39.2/100
Employment22.5%37.8/100
Education13.5%44.8/100
Health13.5%22.5/100
Crime Safety9.3%46/100
Housing Access9.3%79.9/100
Environment9.3%96.6/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 25.79 (population-weighted across 120 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 194,080.

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47.1/100Moderate Opportunity
vs England avg
-10.8 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · Stockton-on-Tees · IMD 2019 source data

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

💷 Income(22.5%)39.2/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)37.8/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)44.8/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)22.5/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)46/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)79.9/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)96.6/100

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 Stockton-on-Tees

What is the deprivation level in Stockton-on-Tees?
Stockton-on-Tees has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 47.1/100 (rank 236 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Moderate Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 25.79 (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 Stockton-on-Tees?
In Stockton-on-Tees, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (96.6/100) and housing access (79.9/100). The domains with most room for improvement are employment (37.8/100) and health (22.5/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Stockton-on-Tees compare with the England average for deprivation?
Stockton-on-Tees's GAOI of 47.1/100 is 10.8 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 236 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 .