Townsend Scores

The Townsend Index measures multiple deprivation by area. The score is calculated by combining four 1991 census variables (the higher the number, the greater the measure of deprivation):
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Unemployment - unemployed residents over 16 as a percentage of all economically active residents aged over 16.

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Overcrowding - households with 1 person per room and over as a percentage of all households.

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Non car ownership - households with no car as a percentage of all households.

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Non home ownership - households not owning their own home as a percentage of all households.

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Townsend Score - method of calculation