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Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004
14/06/2004
The Executive released today its new Scottish Index of
Multiple Deprivation (SIMD). This Index ranks small areas
across the whole of Scotland by their levels of relative
deprivation. It therefore enables anyone interested in
comparing and contrasting small areas across Scotland to do
so on a consistent basis.
The new Index is an update of the 2003 Index published
in March 2003 and is part of the Executive's commitment to
fulfilling the recommendations set out in the long term
strategy for measuring deprivation report published in
August 2003.
A report providing summary details on the approach taken
by the Executive to construct the SIMD 2004 can be found at
www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD2004Report
and the full details on the rankings and underlying
data behind the SIMD 2004 at
www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD2004Data.
An interactive web-site that shows where deprivation occurs
across each of the 32 Local Authorities in Scotland can be
found at
www.scotland.gov.uk/SIMD2004Mapping.
Main Points
- Almost 40 percent of the people living in the most
deprived 15 percent of areas across Scotland, live in
Glasgow City.
- Just over 50 percent of Glasgow's population live
in areas defined as being in the most deprived 15
percent of areas across the country.
- The most deprived area of Scotland is identified as
being in Glasgow City and is on the boundary of the
Queenslie and Barlanark wards.
- The least deprived area is in East Renfrewshire and
can be found in the Giffnock North ward
- None of the areas identified as being in the most
deprived 15 percent of areas across Scotland are found
in East Lothian, Eilean Siar, Moray, Orkney Islands or
Shetland Islands.
- Small areas across the whole of Scotland are ranked
by their relative multiple deprivation. A rank of 1
indicates the most deprived area and a rank of 6,505
indicates the least deprived area.
- The SIMD 2004 is based on new small area geography
called Data Zones. These typically contain 750 people
and are a substantial step forward in enabling the
identification of small pockets of deprivation.
- The SIMD can be accessed through an interactive
web-site. In addition to providing information on the
overall index, the site enables users to look in more
detail at specific deprivation in the fields of
'Current Income', 'Employment', 'Education, Skills and
Training', 'Health', 'Housing' and 'Geographic Access
and Telecommunications'.
The SIMD 2004 is based on the methodology developed by
the Social Disadvantage Research Centre (SDRC) in the
Department of Social Policy and Social Work at University
of Oxford. SDRC produced the
2003 Interim Index of Deprivation which was published
in March 2003.
The Scottish Centre for Research on Social Justice was
employed by the
Executive to develop a long-term strategy for
measuring deprivation in Scotland. This report was
developed by reviewing relevant literature, interviewing
representatives of the public, voluntary and academic
sectors, holding three focus groups with representatives of
community organisations and also by considering written
submissions from the general public and community groups.
The reports can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/mdis-00.asp