Ellie Ames 12 December 2023

New index exposes deprivation disparities

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A ‘novel methodology’ has uncovered stark inequalities between different ethnic groups in small residential areas.

Details of neighbourhoods where people in one ethnic group live with high deprivation levels, while those in another ethnic group experience relatively low levels of deprivation, are uncovered in the study, published in the Geographical Journal

Using their new Ethnic Group Deprivation Index, researchers found that London local authority districts, including Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Lambeth, had the most marked differences in deprivation levels between ethnic groups within individual neighbourhoods.

Other areas of England and Wales with particularly significant disparities included Manchester, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, and Bristol.

Researchers said the study highlights the need for policy based on detailed information on ethnic inequalities.

Professor Christopher Lloyd, who led the research, said: ‘This newly developed index provides an important tool for understanding the geographies of ethnic inequalities, so that communities living in relative deprivation do not miss out on interventions aimed at reducing poverty.

‘Our research exposes, for the first time, details of stark inequalities between people of different ethnic groups living in the same neighbourhoods.

‘We have had requests from local authorities to share this data and plan to support them in using it to develop effective policies that target the people and places most in need.’

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