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Deprivation & opportunity in Sunderland

IMD 2019 · 185 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Sunderland?

Sunderland has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 37.7/100 (rank 282 of 313 English local authorities), 20.2 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Sunderland 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: )

37.7

GAOI / 100

#282

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-20.2

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Sunderland

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 Sunderland
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%26.5/100
Employment22.5%23.4/100
Education13.5%30.2/100
Health13.5%19.1/100
Crime Safety9.3%27.9/100
Housing Access9.3%85.9/100
Environment9.3%99/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 30.59 (population-weighted across 185 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 276,813.

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37.7/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-20.2 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)26.5/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)23.4/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)30.2/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)19.1/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)27.9/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)85.9/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)99/100

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 Sunderland

What is the deprivation level in Sunderland?
Sunderland has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 37.7/100 (rank 282 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 30.586 (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 Sunderland?
In Sunderland, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (99/100) and housing access (85.9/100). The domains with most room for improvement are employment (23.4/100) and health (19.1/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Sunderland compare with the England average for deprivation?
Sunderland's GAOI of 37.7/100 is 20.2 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 282 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 .