Official Statistics

Rural deprivation statistics

Measure of deprivation in rural and urban areas

Applies to England

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Rural deprivation

Details

Deprivation indicator for people living in rural and urban areas based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).

Metadata

Data source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), English Indices of Deprivation (2019), Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Classification

Next release date: tbc

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Published 20 September 2018
Last updated 23 December 2019 + show all updates
  1. Published today, latest analysis on deprivation in rural areas.

  2. Minor amendments to the wording on page 1 to improve the clarity of the text.

  3. First published.