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Deprivation & opportunity in Swindon

IMD 2019 · 132 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Swindon?

Swindon has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 58.1/100 (rank 168 of 313 English local authorities), 0.2 points above the national average of 57.9/100. This places Swindon 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: )

58.1

GAOI / 100

#168

of 313 English LAs

Moderate Opportunity

Opportunity tier

+0.2

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Swindon

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 Swindon
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%63.8/100
Employment22.5%65.4/100
Education13.5%45.3/100
Health13.5%38.3/100
Crime Safety9.3%34.8/100
Housing Access9.3%72.3/100
Environment9.3%83.5/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 18.62 (population-weighted across 132 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 217,584.

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58.1/100Moderate Opportunity
vs England avg
+0.2 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)63.8/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)65.4/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)45.3/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)38.3/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)34.8/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)72.3/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)83.5/100

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 Swindon

What is the deprivation level in Swindon?
Swindon has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 58.1/100 (rank 168 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Moderate Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 18.622 (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 Swindon?
In Swindon, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (83.5/100) and housing access (72.3/100). The domains with most room for improvement are health (38.3/100) and crime safety (34.8/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Swindon compare with the England average for deprivation?
Swindon's GAOI of 58.1/100 is 0.2 points above the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 168 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 .