Index of multiple deprivation - barriers to housing domain

The purpose of this domain is to measure barriers to housing and key local services. The indicators fall into two sub-domains: 'geographical barriers' and 'wider barriers' which also includes issues relating to access to housing, such as affordability.

Sub domain: wider barriers

• Household overcrowding (2001).
• District level rate of acceptance for applications for assistance under the homelessness provisions of the 1996 Housing Act, assigned to SOAs (2005).
• Difficulty of access to owner-occupation (2005).

Sub domain: geographical barriers

• Road distance to doctor surgery premises (2005).
• Road distance to a supermarket or convenience store (2005).
• Road distance to a primary school (2004-2005).
• Road distance to a post office (2005).

Key results:

• This domain and particularly the wider barriers sub-domain experienced profound change since 2004 with Shropshire County becoming more deprived.
• Overall, 40% of Shropshire's population live within the fifth most deprived areas in England and only 8% live within the least deprived fifth. In particular, 58% of North Shropshire's population falls within the most deprived quintile. An SOA in Lawley is the most deprived in Shropshire.
• In terms of wider barriers, 2% of Shropshire's population live within the most deprived fifth of areas in England. Whereas in 2004, the majority of Shropshire's population lived within the least deprived fifth of areas nationally, only 4% do so in 2007. The number of SOAs which fall into the least deprived quintile has decreased by 112 since 2004 to only eight in 2007. Every single SOA in Shropshire has experienced a decline in their national percentile rankings since 2004 for this sub-domain.
• Shropshire being a rural county, experiences high levels of geographical barriers deprivation, with 47% of its population living within the most deprived fifth nationally and only 6% living within the least deprived. In particular, 60% of North Shropshire's population falls within the most deprived quintile.

Please select the attachments on this page to view the Barriers to Services Information Sheets 2004 and 2007 , results are shown for barriers to services as a whole and also for the two sub domains of geographical barriers and wider barriers.