Lytchett Minster and Upton: Deprivation

Deprivation

A civil parish in Dorset — Lytchett Minster and Upton, E04003478. 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.

Lytchett Minster and Upton 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.

Lytchett Minster and Upton covers five neighbourhoods

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

Around Palmerston RoadArea code: E01020471Overall rank: 11,911More deprived than: 65%Income rank: 10,528Employment rank: 13,228Education, Skills and Training rank: 4,291Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 15,932Crime rank: 13,838Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 17,275Living Environment rank: 16,820Period: 2025

Around Beacon HillArea code: E01020472Overall rank: 13,251More deprived than: 61%Income rank: 13,947Employment rank: 12,426Education, Skills and Training rank: 10,270Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 8,645Crime rank: 13,696Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 16,246Living Environment rank: 19,124Period: 2025

Around UptonArea code: E01020473Overall rank: 23,190More deprived than: 31%Income rank: 18,021Employment rank: 23,535Education, Skills and Training rank: 15,158Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 24,199Crime rank: 20,595Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 21,609Living Environment rank: 20,867Period: 2025

Around Lytchett MinsterArea code: E01020474Overall rank: 24,900More deprived than: 26%Income rank: 27,352Employment rank: 24,000Education, Skills and Training rank: 19,199Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 25,339Crime rank: 24,458Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 12,398Living Environment rank: 13,793Period: 2025

Around Dorchester RoadArea code: E01020475Overall rank: 25,076More deprived than: 26%Income rank: 20,668Employment rank: 24,067Education, Skills and Training rank: 16,535Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 23,382Crime rank: 24,747Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 17,991Living Environment rank: 27,683Period: 2025

On Education, Skills and Training, four of the five neighbourhoods are in the more deprived half of England: Around Palmerston Road (rank 4,291), Around Beacon Hill (rank 10,270), Around Upton (rank 15,158) and Around Dorchester Road (rank 16,535).

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 Palmerston Road, wholly in Lytchett Minster and Upton	E01020471	11,911	65%	10,528	13,228	4,291	15,932	13,838	17,275	16,820
Around Beacon Hill, wholly in Lytchett Minster and Upton	E01020472	13,251	61%	13,947	12,426	10,270	8,645	13,696	16,246	19,124
Around Upton, wholly in Lytchett Minster and Upton	E01020473	23,190	31%	18,021	23,535	15,158	24,199	20,595	21,609	20,867
Around Lytchett Minster, wholly in Lytchett Minster and Upton	E01020474	24,900	26%	27,352	24,000	19,199	25,339	24,458	12,398	13,793
Around Dorchester Road, wholly in Lytchett Minster and Upton	E01020475	25,076	26%	20,668	24,067	16,535	23,382	24,747	17,991	27,683

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 Lytchett Minster and Upton 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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Lytchett Minster and Upton civil parish: measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level and summed to this area.

Other figures for Lytchett Minster and Upton
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 Lytchett Minster and Upton, and Lytchett Minster and Upton holds each of them outright. These describe parts of Lytchett Minster and Upton rather than somewhere wider.

There is no single figure for Lytchett Minster and Upton, 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 Lytchett Minster and Upton. Each describes one neighbourhood, and they cannot be combined into a figure for Lytchett Minster and Upton.
Measure	Period	Around Palmerston RoadE01020471	Around Beacon HillE01020472	Around UptonE01020473	Around Lytchett MinsterE01020474	Around Dorchester RoadE01020475
Barriers to Housing and Services rank	2025	17,275	16,246	21,609	12,398	17,991
Crime rank	2025	13,838	13,696	20,595	24,458	24,747
Education, Skills and Training rank	2025	4,291	10,270	15,158	19,199	16,535
Employment rank	2025	13,228	12,426	23,535	24,000	24,067
Health Deprivation and Disability rank	2025	15,932	8,645	24,199	25,339	23,382
Income rank	2025	10,528	13,947	18,021	27,352	20,668
Index of Multiple Deprivation rank	2025	11,911	13,251	23,190	24,900	25,076
Living Environment rank	2025	16,820	19,124	20,867	13,793	27,683

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)