Area Deprivation

Living in a deprived area can exacerbate negative outcomes for individuals and households already affected by issues of low income. The most deprived areas face significant challenges; and this is particularly the case for deep-rooted deprivation. For example, those areas that have been consistently among the 5% most deprived in Scotland since SIMD 2004.

Available indicators include:

  • SIMD quintiles are a good measure of area deprivation as they summarise the component scores for Income, Employment, Health, Education, Skills and Training, Geographic Access to Services, Crime and Housing in one measure.
  • Rurality can be linked to area deprivation.

See links below for more details

CategoriesPossible indicatorsSources
Area DeprivationSIMD for 5%, 10% or 20% most deprived data zonesSIMD indicators combined and for each component indicator  
 RuralityScottish Government urban-rural classification
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
Health Inequalities Atlas
Aberdeen City Data Observatory
Illuminate