Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: Data Profile Protected Characteristics

Higher levels of deprivation in the population are generally associated with worse health and life opportunities. The English Indices of Deprivation (IMD) are an important measure to understand geographic variations and inequalities in a wide range of factors affecting the population.

Buckinghamshire overall has relatively low levels of deprivation as measured by the IMD compared to the country as a whole, ranking 7th least deprived out of 151 Local Authorities nationally. However there are significant inequalities in levels of deprivation within the county, with pockets of deprivation in all former District Council areas.

Higher levels of deprivation are concentrated in Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Burnham, Chesham, and Denham. Some more rural areas also have relatively high levels of deprivation which is likely to be influenced by barriers to housing such as affordability and geographical barriers in terms of distance to services such as GPs, supermarkets and schools.

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