LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE SOUTH WEST

Rural is lovely…or is it always so?

Rural & Urban ClassificationRural & Urban Classification

Rural deprivation in the South West

Rural areas are substantially more deprived based on the location of deprived people than based on the location

of deprived areas

Across the South West, only 11 of the 300 most deprived

areas - based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007

(those in the most deprived 20% of all areas across

England) - are classified as rural.

However, 90,300 people of working age in rural areas are receiving some form of DWP benefit – one-quarter of all such claimants across

the South West.

What is the ‘rural share of deprivation’?

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Index of Multiple Deprivation at Super Output Area level

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Of the 363,000 DWP claimants of working-age in the South West,

90,000 (25%) live in rural areas

Of the 300 most deprived areas in the South West,

11 (4%) are rural

Predominant Age GroupsPredominant Age Groups

Cars Over 5 Years OldCars Over 5 Years Old

Household IncomeHousehold Income

Data and Report Links

Full Report, images & data• http://ruralcommunities.gov.uk/sotc2010/

Supplementary Regional & Local Data• http://ruralcommunities.gov.uk/files/sotc/r

egional_local.xls

OCSI datasets available via your local rural Community council