The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is a standard measure of community need. It contains two indices - the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and the Income Deprivation Affecting Older People Index (IDAOPI). These can be combined with the population estimates to show numbers of people under 18 and 65 or over in low-income households. Income is an important determinant of health status and closely correlated with many other elements of the IMD. The figure shows a ski-slope graph of the numbers of over 65s and under 18s in income-deprived households in each Lower Super Output Area in Somerset. These graphs rank each LSOA by the number of low income people to show how the inequality in numbers between the highest and lowest. Each LSOA has approximately the same total population (1,500).
These estimates suggest that there are 14,300 children in low income households, and 20,000 older people in low income households in Somerset.
Young people in poor households show a strong concentration in urban housing estates: 50% of income-deprived children live in 5% of the county’s geographical area and 10% live in less than 0.1% of the area, all within Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil. The distribution of income deprived older people also shows inequality, but to a lesser extent. It is also evident that low income older people tend to live in large and small towns rather than being concentrated in larger urban areas; there are also simply far more income deprived older people, reflecting the county’s age structure.
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The Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) is a supplementary index of the English Indices of Deprivation 2015. It is a measure of the proportion of children (aged 0 to 15) living in income deprived families.
Income deprived families are defined as families that receive:
The measure is based on 2012 data. Additional statistical methods are applied to construct the Index score.
Key messages for Somerset from the 2015 IDACI:
Key Statistics
Somerset neighbourhoods (LSOAs) within the 20% most deprived in England, IDACI 2015
LSOACode |
LSOADescription |
Local Authority District |
IDACI Score (rate) |
IDACI National Rank* |
E01029106 |
Bridgwater Sydenham Central |
Sedgemoor |
0.505 |
722 |
E01029293 |
Taunton Roman Road |
Taunton Deane |
0.489 |
947 |
E01029100 |
Bridgwater Hamp East |
Sedgemoor |
0.466 |
1,320 |
E01029097 |
Bridgwater Hamp South West |
Sedgemoor |
0.457 |
1,484 |
E01029247 |
Yeovil Westfield |
South Somerset |
0.456 |
1,503 |
E01029107 |
Bridgwater Parkway South |
Sedgemoor |
0.450 |
1,613 |
E01029292 |
Taunton Lambrook |
Taunton Deane |
0.434 |
1,973 |
E01029297 |
Taunton Lyngford East |
Taunton Deane |
0.420 |
2,287 |
E01029132 |
Highbridge South West |
Sedgemoor |
0.408 |
2,609 |
E01029105 |
Bridgwater West Street |
Sedgemoor |
0.406 |
2,679 |
E01029237 |
Yeovil Birchfield |
South Somerset |
0.384 |
3,384 |
E01029236 |
Yeovil Penn Mill North |
South Somerset |
0.383 |
3,395 |
E01029099 |
Bridgwater Hamp West |
Sedgemoor |
0.372 |
3,784 |
E01029042 |
Frome Trinity, Cork Street and Nunney Road |
Mendip |
0.363 |
4,113 |
E01029239 |
Yeovil Sherborne Road |
South Somerset |
0.354 |
4,416 |
E01029307 |
Taunton Pyrland North |
Taunton Deane |
0.349 |
4,617 |
E01029090 |
Bridgwater Motorway |
Sedgemoor |
0.336 |
5,114 |
E01029038 |
Frome The Mount |
Mendip |
0.332 |
5,270 |
E01029109 |
Bridgwater Sydenham North |
Sedgemoor |
0.323 |
5,683 |
*All neighbourhoods (LSOAs) in England are ranked between 1 and 32,844, with ‘1’ the most deprived nationally.
IDACI in Somerset by National Quintile (click to enlarge)
For further information on deprivation in Somerset see our Indices of Deprivation 2015 page.
In 2014 14.9% of Somerset households were estimated to be in fuel poverty. - Fuel poverty