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Deprivation & opportunity in Tendring

IMD 2019 · 89 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Tendring?

Tendring has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 36.5/100 (rank 286 of 313 English local authorities), 21.4 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Tendring 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: )

36.5

GAOI / 100

#286

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-21.4

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Tendring

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 Tendring
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%35.1/100
Employment22.5%28.8/100
Education13.5%16.3/100
Health13.5%22.3/100
Crime Safety9.3%35/100
Housing Access9.3%72/100
Environment9.3%74.7/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 30.48 (population-weighted across 89 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 141,790.

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36.5/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-21.4 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)35.1/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)28.8/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)16.3/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)22.3/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)35/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)72/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)74.7/100

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 Tendring

What is the deprivation level in Tendring?
Tendring has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 36.5/100 (rank 286 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 30.484 (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 Tendring?
In Tendring, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (74.7/100) and housing access (72/100). The domains with most room for improvement are health (22.3/100) and education (16.3/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Tendring compare with the England average for deprivation?
Tendring's GAOI of 36.5/100 is 21.4 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 286 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 .