Blandford Forum: Deprivation

Deprivation

A civil parish in Dorset — Blandford Forum, E04010488. Every figure below describes that area, except where it is labelled as a comparison, or as a figure for a neighbourhood or a wider area.

Blandford Forum covers five neighbourhoods, all of them wholly. None of the five neighbourhoods is in the most deprived 10% in England; two are in the more deprived half. A rank describes a neighbourhood, not a rank for the parish.

Blandford Forum covers five neighbourhoods

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Rank 1 is the most deprived neighbourhood in England.

Around Blandford ForumArea code: E01020438Overall rank: 12,296More deprived than: 64%Income rank: 11,794Employment rank: 10,334Education, Skills and Training rank: 15,766Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 9,340Crime rank: 9,177Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 23,452Living Environment rank: 11,650Period: 2025

Around Salisbury RoadArea code: E01020439Overall rank: 16,193More deprived than: 52%Income rank: 12,774Employment rank: 12,064Education, Skills and Training rank: 19,225Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 14,176Crime rank: 18,724Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 18,373Living Environment rank: 19,003Period: 2025

Around Downside CloseArea code: E01020437Overall rank: 20,781More deprived than: 38%Income rank: 15,400Employment rank: 16,821Education, Skills and Training rank: 17,220Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 23,823Crime rank: 20,273Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 13,930Living Environment rank: 32,651Period: 2025

Around Alner RoadArea code: E01020436Overall rank: 23,251More deprived than: 31%Income rank: 18,731Employment rank: 18,774Education, Skills and Training rank: 17,397Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 22,880Crime rank: 24,677Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 16,082Living Environment rank: 33,263Period: 2025

Around Jubilee WayArea code: E01020435Overall rank: 28,961More deprived than: 14%Income rank: 25,009Employment rank: 25,661Education, Skills and Training rank: 24,463Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 28,042Crime rank: 30,232Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 13,578Living Environment rank: 32,432Period: 2025

On Income, three of the five neighbourhoods are in the more deprived half of England: Around Blandford Forum (rank 11,794), Around Salisbury Road (rank 12,774) and Around Downside Close (rank 15,400).

Names beginning “Around” are generated descriptions. Locality names use OS map display priority, then estimated resident totals assigned to the nearest locality from each output area’s representative point. Road names use road length weighted by output-area resident density. These estimates do not locate individual residents or establish recognised neighbourhood names.

Source Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Indices of Deprivation 2025Period 2025Area Lower Layer Super Output Area

IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used.

Sources, notes and figures

Source English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)

A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England on this domain. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)

Neighbourhood ranks, Indices of Deprivation 2025
Neighbourhood	Area code	Overall rank	More deprived than	Income rank	Employment rank	Education, Skills and Training rank	Health Deprivation and Disability rank	Crime rank	Barriers to Housing and Services rank	Living Environment rank
Around Blandford Forum, wholly in Blandford Forum	E01020438	12,296	64%	11,794	10,334	15,766	9,340	9,177	23,452	11,650
Around Salisbury Road, wholly in Blandford Forum	E01020439	16,193	52%	12,774	12,064	19,225	14,176	18,724	18,373	19,003
Around Downside Close, wholly in Blandford Forum	E01020437	20,781	38%	15,400	16,821	17,220	23,823	20,273	13,930	32,651
Around Alner Road, wholly in Blandford Forum	E01020436	23,251	31%	18,731	18,774	17,397	22,880	24,677	16,082	33,263
Around Jubilee Way, wholly in Blandford Forum	E01020435	28,961	14%	25,009	25,661	24,463	28,042	30,232	13,578	32,432

The percentage compares a rank with England's 33,755 neighbourhoods. Rounded shares never read as all or none unless they are.

Other figures in this view

Source Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Indices of Deprivation 2025Period 2025Area Blandford Forum civil parish

IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used.

Sources, notes and figures

Source English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Blandford Forum civil parish: measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level and summed to this area.

Other figures for Blandford Forum
Measure	Figure	Period
LSOAs in the most deprived 10% nationally	0	2025
LSOAs in the most deprived 20% nationally	0	2025

Neighbourhood deprivation table

Deprivation, by neighbourhood

The Indices of Deprivation are published for Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which ONS designs to hold between 1,000 and 3,000 people. 5 of them cover Blandford Forum, and Blandford Forum holds each of them outright. These describe parts of Blandford Forum rather than somewhere wider.

There is no single figure for Blandford Forum, and there cannot be. A rank says where one neighbourhood sits among those ranked in England. Ranks cannot be added or averaged into a rank for the place. Each neighbourhood is shown as published.

Indices of Deprivation ranks for each Lower Layer Super Output Area that covers part of Blandford Forum. Each describes one neighbourhood, and they cannot be combined into a figure for Blandford Forum.
Measure	Period	Around Jubilee WayE01020435	Around Alner RoadE01020436	Around Downside CloseE01020437	Around Blandford ForumE01020438	Around Salisbury RoadE01020439
Barriers to Housing and Services rank	2025	13,578	16,082	13,930	23,452	18,373
Crime rank	2025	30,232	24,677	20,273	9,177	18,724
Education, Skills and Training rank	2025	24,463	17,397	17,220	15,766	19,225
Employment rank	2025	25,661	18,774	16,821	10,334	12,064
Health Deprivation and Disability rank	2025	28,042	22,880	23,823	9,340	14,176
Income rank	2025	25,009	18,731	15,400	11,794	12,774
Index of Multiple Deprivation rank	2025	28,961	23,251	20,781	12,296	16,193
Living Environment rank	2025	32,432	33,263	32,651	11,650	19,003

A rank of 1 is the most deprived neighbourhood in England and 33,755 the least. Ezra publishes the position and draws no conclusion from it.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

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Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

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Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Period: 2025
Area: Lower Layer Super Output Area

A rank of 1 is the most deprived LSOA in England. Ranks do not add and do not average. IoD2025 is not comparable with IoD2019 — new datasets, methodologies and geographies were used. (MHCLG)