Deprivation and poverty - Nottingham Insight (2024)

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Where does Nottingham rank in deprivation? ›

Nottingham has high levels of deprivation and ranks 11th out of the 317 districts in England using the average score measure. Details of the Indices of Multiple Deprivation are provided in the link below and the Indices are often used to evidence funding by identifying areas with higher levels of deprivation.

Poverty is not having enough money to get by on whereas deprivation refers to a general lack of resources and opportunities.

In comparison to the UK average of £21,440, Nottingham had the lowest GDHI per head at £13,952. In response, the city council said the data painted a "skewed" picture, due to the high number of students not earning and tight boundaries excluding wealthy pensioners in suburbs like West Bridgford.

Data from the 2021 census has highlighted the most deprived areas in Nottinghamshire when considering education, employment, health and housing. The data found that the areas with the highest percentage of households deprived in all four areas are Radford, Hyson Green, Newark South West, Sutton Central and Leamington.

Jaywick: the most deprived town in Britain.

New figures suggest that 40.0% of children under 16 in Nottingham were part of families with low income in 2022/23, according to data from the Department for Work and Pensions. A family is seen as being in relative poverty if its income is less than 60% of the current average.

The 2021 census shows that in the last 10 years the proportion of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnicities in Nottingham has increased from 35% to 42.7% of the total population and local data shows us that, in these communities, the gap in health inequalities is widening.

More people in deprived areas died as a result of heart disease, and more men suffered than women. Risk factors such as a poor diet and lack of exercise increase the chances of a person developing a form of heart disease compared to someone who leads a healthy lifestyle.

On the contrary, absolute deprivation is people's actual negative condition; relative deprivation is what people think they should have relative to what others have, or even compared with their own past or perceived future.

Is Nottingham a safe city to live in? ›

Nottingham is considered to be a generally safe city, with low crime rates, find out more below. Moving to a new place makes everyone a bit anxious. You ask yourself if you'll fit in, and you probably wonder how safe it is.

The Caves of Nottingham are a network of endlessly winding passages below the streets of the city. Nottingham boasts the UK's largest network of over 800 subterranean caves that has history chiseled into its limestone structure, from WWII air raid shelters to medieval tannery.

The poorest people lived in back to back houses – 8,000 were recorded in 1844, around courtyards and alleyways, with no drainage or toilets and water from a well shared by many people, which was often a source of illness and disease. Many worked in the textile industry.

Nottingham is a majority White city with a majority of 71.5%, the largest ethnicity of which is the White British at 65.4% however this majority has been in decline since post-war migration began to the UK.

Nottingham City Centre is recorded to have the highest crime rates in the Nottingham City area, with 11,233 total crimes being recorded, making Nottingham City Centre the most dangerous area in Nottingham.

We are proud to rank 66 in the world and 10 in the UK for employability by the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022. Nottingham is also the third most targeted university by the UK's top employers, according to The Graduate Market in 2024 report by High Fliers Research.

Nottinghamshire lower super output Area IMD 2019 results

The most deprived LSOA's are concentrated in the districts of Ashfield (12 LSOAs), Mansfield (10), Bassetlaw (5) and Newark & Sherwood (3). There are 79 LSOAs in the 20% most deprived LSOAs in England, an increase from 71 in 2015.