Deprivation

Do not assume that ethnicity causes deprivation or that every migrant has a low income. Explain specific barriers, such as difficulty accessing jobs because of language skills.

In the census deprivation comparison, calculate percentages using total households, not total residents. The number of deprivation dimensions does not identify which dimensions affect each household.

For IMD, a lower rank means greater relative deprivation. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.