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Deprivation & opportunity in West Lindsey

IMD 2019 · 52 LSOAs · MHCLG · OGL v3.0

What is the area opportunity and deprivation level in West Lindsey?

West Lindsey has a Gera Area Opportunity Index (GAOI) of 57/100 (rank 176 of 313 English local authorities), 0.9 points below the national average of 57.9/100. This places West Lindsey 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: )

57

GAOI / 100

#176

of 313 English LAs

Moderate Opportunity

Opportunity tier

-0.9

vs England avg (57.9)

Domain breakdown — West Lindsey

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 West Lindsey
DomainIMD weightGAOI sub-scoreBar
Income22.5%57.7/100
Employment22.5%52.7/100
Education13.5%57.5/100
Health13.5%39.7/100
Crime Safety9.3%71.5/100
Housing Access9.3%61.6/100
Environment9.3%71.8/100

Raw mean IMD composite: 20.36 (population-weighted across 52 LSOAs). Population (mid-2015): 92,958.

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57/100Moderate Opportunity
vs England avg
-0.9 pts

Official ONS-weighted GAOI · West Lindsey · IMD 2019 source data

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

💷 Income(22.5%)57.7/100
👔 Employment(22.5%)52.7/100
🎓 Education(13.5%)57.5/100
🏥 Health(13.5%)39.7/100
🔒 Crime Safety(9.3%)71.5/100
🏠 Housing Access(9.3%)61.6/100
🌿 Environment(9.3%)71.8/100

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 West Lindsey

What is the deprivation level in West Lindsey?
West Lindsey has a Gera Area Opportunity Index of 57/100 (rank 176 of 313 English LAs), placing it in the "Moderate Opportunity" tier. Its population-weighted mean IMD score is 20.355 (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 West Lindsey?
In West Lindsey, the strongest opportunity domains are environment (71.8/100) and crime safety (71.5/100). The domains with most room for improvement are employment (52.7/100) and health (39.7/100). All scores are 0–100 (higher = less deprived / more opportunity), derived from English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG).
How does West Lindsey compare with the England average for deprivation?
West Lindsey's GAOI of 57/100 is 0.9 points below the England average of 57.9/100, based on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (MHCLG). It ranks 176 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 .