Swanage: Deprivation

Deprivation

A civil parish in Dorset — Swanage, E04003483. 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.

Swanage covers seven neighbourhoods, all of them wholly. None of the seven 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.

Swanage covers seven neighbourhoods

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

Around High Street and Day's RoadArea code: E01020483Overall rank: 11,183More deprived than: 67%Income rank: 10,181Employment rank: 8,930Education, Skills and Training rank: 8,568Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 14,232Crime rank: 15,520Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 7,666Living Environment rank: 24,616Period: 2025

Around HerstonArea code: E01020484Overall rank: 13,883More deprived than: 59%Income rank: 12,476Employment rank: 10,588Education, Skills and Training rank: 11,021Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 15,822Crime rank: 20,539Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 13,334Living Environment rank: 16,762Period: 2025

Around High Street and Kings Road EastArea code: E01020482Overall rank: 17,725More deprived than: 47%Income rank: 16,575Employment rank: 15,895Education, Skills and Training rank: 16,332Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 23,623Crime rank: 22,285Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 18,696Living Environment rank: 5,767Period: 2025

Around New SwanageArea code: E01020480Overall rank: 17,930More deprived than: 47%Income rank: 18,617Employment rank: 12,931Education, Skills and Training rank: 18,838Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 18,006Crime rank: 18,210Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 8,823Living Environment rank: 25,041Period: 2025

Around SwanageArea code: E01020481Overall rank: 18,837More deprived than: 44%Income rank: 21,383Employment rank: 16,753Education, Skills and Training rank: 16,211Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 21,939Crime rank: 19,214Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 13,064Living Environment rank: 8,614Period: 2025

Around Northbrook RoadArea code: E01020479Overall rank: 20,316More deprived than: 40%Income rank: 20,586Employment rank: 15,657Education, Skills and Training rank: 15,168Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 18,840Crime rank: 21,664Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 16,762Living Environment rank: 20,547Period: 2025

Around High Street and Kings Road WestArea code: E01020478Overall rank: 20,647More deprived than: 39%Income rank: 21,052Employment rank: 18,866Education, Skills and Training rank: 20,636Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 16,216Crime rank: 19,074Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 12,038Living Environment rank: 17,994Period: 2025

On Employment, six of the seven neighbourhoods are in the more deprived half of England: Around High Street and Day's Road (rank 8,930), Around Herston (rank 10,588), Around High Street and Kings Road East (rank 15,895), Around New Swanage (rank 12,931), Around Swanage (rank 16,753) and Around Northbrook Road (rank 15,657).

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 High Street and Day's Road, wholly in Swanage	E01020483	11,183	67%	10,181	8,930	8,568	14,232	15,520	7,666	24,616
Around Herston, wholly in Swanage	E01020484	13,883	59%	12,476	10,588	11,021	15,822	20,539	13,334	16,762
Around High Street and Kings Road East, wholly in Swanage	E01020482	17,725	47%	16,575	15,895	16,332	23,623	22,285	18,696	5,767
Around New Swanage, wholly in Swanage	E01020480	17,930	47%	18,617	12,931	18,838	18,006	18,210	8,823	25,041
Around Swanage, wholly in Swanage	E01020481	18,837	44%	21,383	16,753	16,211	21,939	19,214	13,064	8,614
Around Northbrook Road, wholly in Swanage	E01020479	20,316	40%	20,586	15,657	15,168	18,840	21,664	16,762	20,547
Around High Street and Kings Road West, wholly in Swanage	E01020478	20,647	39%	21,052	18,866	20,636	16,216	19,074	12,038	17,994

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

Other figures for Swanage
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. 7 of them cover Swanage, and Swanage holds each of them outright. These describe parts of Swanage rather than somewhere wider.

There is no single figure for Swanage, 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 Swanage. Each describes one neighbourhood, and they cannot be combined into a figure for Swanage.
Measure	Period	Around High Street and Kings Road WestE01020478	Around Northbrook RoadE01020479	Around New SwanageE01020480	Around SwanageE01020481	Around High Street and Kings Road EastE01020482	Around High Street and Day's RoadE01020483	Around HerstonE01020484
Barriers to Housing and Services rank	2025	12,038	16,762	8,823	13,064	18,696	7,666	13,334
Crime rank	2025	19,074	21,664	18,210	19,214	22,285	15,520	20,539
Education, Skills and Training rank	2025	20,636	15,168	18,838	16,211	16,332	8,568	11,021
Employment rank	2025	18,866	15,657	12,931	16,753	15,895	8,930	10,588
Health Deprivation and Disability rank	2025	16,216	18,840	18,006	21,939	23,623	14,232	15,822
Income rank	2025	21,052	20,586	18,617	21,383	16,575	10,181	12,476
Index of Multiple Deprivation rank	2025	20,647	20,316	17,930	18,837	17,725	11,183	13,883
Living Environment rank	2025	17,994	20,547	25,041	8,614	5,767	24,616	16,762

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)