Brent Indices of Deprivation
The Indices of Deprivation 2004 (ID 2004) is a tool that was created by the Department for Communities and Local Government to help measure effectively the levels of poverty in a particular geographical area. In 2007, this framework was updated to include more up-to-date data. ID 2007 followed the same approach, structure and methodology as ID 2004 and consisted of the following seven measurement domains:
To identify the proportion of the population that has little or no income in the area.
Employment
To assess the levels of employment deprivation by considering people of working age who are involuntarily excluded from work – whether through unemployment, ill health or family circumstances.
Health and Disability
To identify areas with high rates of people who die prematurely, are disabled, or whose quality of life is impaired by poor health.
Education, Skills and Training
To measure the extent of deprivation in education, skills and training in two distinct ways:
Barriers to Housing and Services
To identify the key geographical and broader social and cultural barriers in access to housing.
Living Environment
To focus on deprivation in the living environment through the:
Crime
To assess the rates of recorded crime across four major areas:
Results Summary
This survey not only measures its results in tandem with those of the whole country – against what are known as Super Output Areas – but also looks at individual wards within each individual borough. The results summary set-out below highlights some of the most recent IMD research on the South Kilburn area.
Income Deprivation
22.9 per cent of the population earns £15,000 or less. Kilburn has a mode of between £15-20k but its mean household income is above £30k. This reflects a gap between a larger number of households earning a smaller salary and a minority of households earning over £30k per annum.
Employment Deprivation
An average 6.5 per cent of the working population claim employment benefit in the Kilburn area.
Health Deprivation
Kilburn has the highest number of Incapacity Benefit / Severe Disability Allowance claimaints. In many cases, they suffer from mental health problems that mean that they tend to claim for periods lasting five years or more.
Housing Deprivation
A major barrier to gaining suitable housing is the lack of English language skills of many of the residents. Over 130 languages are spoken and many residents, particularly those in priority neighbourhoods, have English as a second language. In many cases, this leads to ‘English as a second language residents’ misunderstanding housing benefit reviews and transfer application forms or avoiding them altogether. This also means that they often remain in accommodation that they know is unsuitable. As much of the data collected is over two years old, many of BHP’s most recent property improvement initiatives have not been counted.
Crime Deprivation
Kilburn has seen a 25.3 per cent decrease in burglaries, but a nine per cent increase in drugs crime.
Education, Skills and Training Deprivation
Brent has presence in the top 25 per cent of this domain, reflecting a strong skills and training base.
- Income deprivation
- Employment deprivation
- Health deprivation and disability
- Education skills and training deprivation
- Barriers to housing and services
- Living environment deprivation
- Crime
To identify the proportion of the population that has little or no income in the area.
Employment
To assess the levels of employment deprivation by considering people of working age who are involuntarily excluded from work – whether through unemployment, ill health or family circumstances.
Health and Disability
To identify areas with high rates of people who die prematurely, are disabled, or whose quality of life is impaired by poor health.
Education, Skills and Training
To measure the extent of deprivation in education, skills and training in two distinct ways:
- Attainment among children and young people – specifically measuring deprivation in relation to qualifications
- Lack of qualifications in terms of skills – assessing skills deprivation in the resident working age adult population
Barriers to Housing and Services
To identify the key geographical and broader social and cultural barriers in access to housing.
Living Environment
To focus on deprivation in the living environment through the:
- ‘Indoors’ living environment that measures the quality of housing
- ‘Outdoors’ living environment that looks at air quality and road traffic accidents.
Crime
To assess the rates of recorded crime across four major areas:
- Burglary
- Theft
- Criminal damage
- Violence
Results Summary
This survey not only measures its results in tandem with those of the whole country – against what are known as Super Output Areas – but also looks at individual wards within each individual borough. The results summary set-out below highlights some of the most recent IMD research on the South Kilburn area.
Income Deprivation
22.9 per cent of the population earns £15,000 or less. Kilburn has a mode of between £15-20k but its mean household income is above £30k. This reflects a gap between a larger number of households earning a smaller salary and a minority of households earning over £30k per annum.
Employment Deprivation
An average 6.5 per cent of the working population claim employment benefit in the Kilburn area.
Health Deprivation
Kilburn has the highest number of Incapacity Benefit / Severe Disability Allowance claimaints. In many cases, they suffer from mental health problems that mean that they tend to claim for periods lasting five years or more.
Housing Deprivation
A major barrier to gaining suitable housing is the lack of English language skills of many of the residents. Over 130 languages are spoken and many residents, particularly those in priority neighbourhoods, have English as a second language. In many cases, this leads to ‘English as a second language residents’ misunderstanding housing benefit reviews and transfer application forms or avoiding them altogether. This also means that they often remain in accommodation that they know is unsuitable. As much of the data collected is over two years old, many of BHP’s most recent property improvement initiatives have not been counted.
Crime Deprivation
Kilburn has seen a 25.3 per cent decrease in burglaries, but a nine per cent increase in drugs crime.
Education, Skills and Training Deprivation
Brent has presence in the top 25 per cent of this domain, reflecting a strong skills and training base.
