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Deprivation & opportunity in Walsall

IMD 2019 · 167 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in Walsall?

Walsall has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 34/100 (rank 294 of 313 English local authorities), 23.9 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places Walsall 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: )

34

GAOI / 100

#294

of 313 English LAs

Low Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-23.9

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — Walsall

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 Walsall
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%23.2/100
Employment22.5%33.9/100
Education13.5%10.9/100
Health13.5%25.3/100
Crime Safety9.3%36.1/100
Housing Access9.3%74.5/100
Environment9.3%63.7/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 31.55 (population-weighted across 167 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 275,880.

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34/100Low Opportunity
vs England avg
-23.9 pts

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

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

💷 Income(22.5%)23.2/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)33.9/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)10.9/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)25.3/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)36.1/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)74.5/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)63.7/100

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 Walsall

What is the deprivation level in Walsall?
Walsall has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 34/100 (rank 294 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Low Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 31.555 (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 Walsall?
In Walsall, the strongest opportunity domains are housing access (74.5/100) and environment (63.7/100). The domains with most room for improvement are income (23.2/100) and education (10.9/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does Walsall compare with the England average for deprivation?
Walsall's GAOI of 34/100 is 23.9 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 294 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 .