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Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) identifies small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across all of Scotland. It allows effective targeting of policies and funding where the aim is to wholly or partly tackle or take account of area concentrations of multiple deprivation.
SIMD 2009 contains 38 different indicators covering seven topics which cover specific aspects of deprivation. These topics are: Current Income, Employment, Health, Education, Housing, Access to Services and Crime. These are combined to create the overall SIMD 2009.
The content of the SIMD High Level Summary page has been updated to reflect the revisions made to the SIMD 2009 income domain. Please see theNewssection of the SIMD website for more information.
Key Results
The 15% most deprived data zones in SIMD 2009 contain 34 per cent (266,500) of Scotland's income deprived population and 33 per cent (121,725) of Scotland's employment deprived working age population.
Local authority areas with the largest national shares [1] of the SIMD 2009 15% most deprived in Scotland are:
- Glasgow City (31 per cent);
- North Lanarkshire (9 per cent);
- City of Edinburgh (6 per cent);
- South Lanarkshire (6 per cent);
- Dundee City (6 per cent);
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Local authority areas with the largest local shares [2] of the SIMD 2009 15% most deprived in Scotland are:
- Glasgow City (44 per cent);
- Inverclyde (38 per cent);
- Dundee City (30 per cent);
- West Dunbartonshire (26 per cent);
- North Ayrshire (24 per cent);
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Glasgow has seen a fall in the proportion of its datazones in the 15% most deprived from 54 per cent in SIMD 2004 to 48 per cent in SIMD 2006 to 44 per cent in SIMD 2009.
Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands do not have any data zones in the SIMD 2009 15% most deprived. This does not mean there is no deprivation in these areas just that it is not concentrated in small areas.
[1] The national share is the percentage of the datazones in the 15% most deprived areas in Scotland which fall in each local authority.
[2] The local share is the percentage of a local authority's datazones which fall within the 15% most deprived datazones in Scotland.
Further Information
- Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - the website of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation providing information on the background, methodology and development of the SIMD.
- Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics - source of small area data to carry out more detailed analysis of the SIMD through comparison of the results with a range of socio-economic indicators.
- Social Focus on Deprived Areas, 2005 - a compendium of statistics providing detailed information on the depth and concentration of poverty and disadvantage in deprived areas as defined by the SIMD 2004.