Merley: Deprivation

Deprivation

A built-up area in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole — Merley BUA, E63006650. 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.

Merley covers four neighbourhoods, one of them shared. None of the four neighbourhoods is in the most deprived 10% in England; none are in the more deprived half. A rank describes a neighbourhood, not a rank for the built-up area.

Merley covers four neighbourhoods

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

Around OakleyArea code: E01015432Overall rank: 26,121More deprived than: 23%Income rank: 21,127Employment rank: 23,709Education, Skills and Training rank: 24,383Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 24,139Crime rank: 29,569Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 10,263Living Environment rank: 32,204Period: 2025

Around Canford MagnaArea code: E01015431Overall rank: 30,007More deprived than: 11%Income rank: 32,615Employment rank: 32,034Education, Skills and Training rank: 17,932Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 28,943Crime rank: 32,926Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 8,805Living Environment rank: 32,450Period: 2025

Around AshingtonArea code: E01015433Overall rank: 32,183More deprived than: 5%Income rank: 32,428Employment rank: 31,321Education, Skills and Training rank: 28,521Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 30,769Crime rank: 32,789Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 15,562Living Environment rank: 25,884Period: 2025

Around Rempstone RoadArea code: E01015434Overall rank: 32,657More deprived than: 3%Income rank: 32,704Employment rank: 31,450Education, Skills and Training rank: 29,714Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 29,845Crime rank: 33,286Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 14,867Living Environment rank: 33,151Period: 2025

On Barriers to Housing and Services, four of the four neighbourhoods are in the more deprived half of England: Around Oakley (rank 10,263), Around Canford Magna (rank 8,805), Around Ashington (rank 15,562) and Around Rempstone Road (rank 14,867).

Hollow rings mark neighbourhoods shared with areas beyond Merley: Around Ashington. Their ranks describe the whole neighbourhoods.

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 Oakley, wholly in Merley	E01015432	26,121	23%	21,127	23,709	24,383	24,139	29,569	10,263	32,204
Around Canford Magna, wholly in Merley	E01015431	30,007	11%	32,615	32,034	17,932	28,943	32,926	8,805	32,450
Around Ashington, 673 of its 1,515 residents live in Merley	E01015433	32,183	5%	32,428	31,321	28,521	30,769	32,789	15,562	25,884
Around Rempstone Road, wholly in Merley	E01015434	32,657	3%	32,704	31,450	29,714	29,845	33,286	14,867	33,151

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 Merley built-up 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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Merley built-up area: measured at Lower Layer Super Output Area level and summed to this area.

Other figures for Merley
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. 4 of them cover Merley, of which Merley holds 3 outright. The 3 held outright describe parts of Merley rather than somewhere wider.

There is no single figure for Merley, 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.

The remaining area reaches beyond Merley and is marked below. Its figures describe the whole neighbourhood, including the part that is not Merley, and the header says how many of its residents are here. Where that share is small, the figure is mostly about somewhere else.

Indices of Deprivation ranks for each Lower Layer Super Output Area that covers part of Merley. Each describes one neighbourhood, and they cannot be combined into a figure for Merley.
Measure	Period	Around Canford MagnaE01015431	Around OakleyE01015432	Around AshingtonE01015433 673 of its 1,515 residents are in Merley	Around Rempstone RoadE01015434
Barriers to Housing and Services rank	2025	8,805	10,263	15,562	14,867
Crime rank	2025	32,926	29,569	32,789	33,286
Education, Skills and Training rank	2025	17,932	24,383	28,521	29,714
Employment rank	2025	32,034	23,709	31,321	31,450
Health Deprivation and Disability rank	2025	28,943	24,139	30,769	29,845
Income rank	2025	32,615	21,127	32,428	32,704
Index of Multiple Deprivation rank	2025	30,007	26,121	32,183	32,657
Living Environment rank	2025	32,450	32,204	25,884	33,151

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

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licence terms Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 Licence terms Source: Office for National Statistics Licence terms Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, 2022 and 2024. Licence terms Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 Licence terms · All sources

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)