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Deprivation & opportunity in Swale

IMD 2019 · 85 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Swale?

Swale has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 42.8/100 (rank 264 of 313 English local authorities), 15.1 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Swale 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: )

42.8

GAOI / 100

#264

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-15.1

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Swale

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 Swale
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%45.8/100
Employment22.5%45.3/100
Education13.5%20.6/100
Health13.5%33.1/100
Crime Safety9.3%26/100
Housing Access9.3%60.2/100
Environment9.3%75.5/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 27.08 (population-weighted across 85 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 140,892.

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42.8/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-15.1 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)45.8/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)45.3/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)20.6/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)33.1/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)26/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)60.2/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)75.5/100

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 Swale

What is the deprivation level in Swale?
Swale has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 42.8/100 (rank 264 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 27.076 (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 Swale?
In Swale, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (75.5/100) and housing access (60.2/100). The domains with most room for improvement are crime safety (26/100) and education (20.6/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Swale compare with the England average for deprivation?
Swale's GAOI of 42.8/100 is 15.1 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 264 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 .