Symondsbury: Deprivation

Deprivation

A civil parish in Dorset — Symondsbury, E04013388. 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.

Symondsbury covers two neighbourhoods, all of them shared. None of the two neighbourhoods is in the most deprived 10% in England; one is in the more deprived half. A rank describes a neighbourhood, not a rank for the parish.

Symondsbury covers two neighbourhoods

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

Around Salway AshArea code: E01020536Overall rank: 14,357More deprived than: 57%Income rank: 14,666Employment rank: 18,129Education, Skills and Training rank: 16,537Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 28,140Crime rank: 29,279Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 2,050Living Environment rank: 3,837Period: 2025

Around Lower EypeArea code: E01020517Overall rank: 18,513More deprived than: 45%Income rank: 21,412Employment rank: 20,713Education, Skills and Training rank: 17,305Health Deprivation and Disability rank: 26,215Crime rank: 26,026Barriers to Housing and Services rank: 4,264Living Environment rank: 6,729Period: 2025

On Barriers to Housing and Services, one of the two neighbourhoods is in the most deprived 10% in England: Around Salway Ash (rank 2,050).

Hollow rings mark neighbourhoods shared with areas beyond Symondsbury: Around Salway Ash and Around Lower Eype. 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 Salway Ash, 345 of its 2,283 residents live in Symondsbury	E01020536	14,357	57%	14,666	18,129	16,537	28,140	29,279	2,050	3,837
Around Lower Eype, 496 of its 1,784 residents live in Symondsbury	E01020517	18,513	45%	21,412	20,713	17,305	26,215	26,026	4,264	6,729

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

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. 2 of them cover Symondsbury, and Symondsbury holds neither outright.

There is no single figure for Symondsbury, 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.

Both areas reach beyond Symondsbury and are marked below. Their figures describe the whole neighbourhoods, including the parts that are not Symondsbury, and each 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 Symondsbury. Each describes one neighbourhood, and they cannot be combined into a figure for Symondsbury.
Measure	Period	Around Lower EypeE01020517 496 of its 1,784 residents are in Symondsbury	Around Salway AshE01020536 345 of its 2,283 residents are in Symondsbury
Barriers to Housing and Services rank	2025	4,264	2,050
Crime rank	2025	26,026	29,279
Education, Skills and Training rank	2025	17,305	16,537
Employment rank	2025	20,713	18,129
Health Deprivation and Disability rank	2025	26,215	28,140
Income rank	2025	21,412	14,666
Index of Multiple Deprivation rank	2025	18,513	14,357
Living Environment rank	2025	6,729	3,837

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

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)