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Developing the SIMD Housing Domain Jon Hunter and Stuart Law Communities Analytical Services 5 October 2010. What is the SIMD?. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation identifies small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across all of Scotland
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Developing the SIMD Housing DomainJon Hunter and Stuart Law Communities Analytical Services5 October 2010
What is the SIMD? • The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation identifies small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across all of Scotland • Relative measure ranking the 6,505 datazones in Scotland from 1 being most deprived to 6,505 being the least deprived
What should a Housing Domain measure? • suitability of housing ? • inadequacy of housing ? • physical housing condition ?
SIMD 2004, 2006 and 2009 Housing Domain • Persons in households without central heating (2001 Census) • Persons in households that are overcrowded (2001 Census) Housing domain low weighting – only 2% in 2009
Requirements of data sources • A significant count within each data zone (ruling out most survey data e.g. SHCS) • A figure for each data zone which can be ranked 1 to 6,505 e.g. DZ ranked 1 has the highest percentage of ‘bad’ housing • This ranking accurately reflects the standard of housing in each data zone i.e. those in DZ1 are actually the most ‘housing deprived’
Other Administrative Sources • Social Housing Stock Approx 600,000 houses – 100 per DZ • Lettings to Social Houses per year Approx 60,000 lettings – 10 per DZ • LA Housing List Applicants Approx 200,000 applicants – 30 per DZ
IMD in England Barriers to Housing and Services Domain • Sub Domain: Wider Barriers Household overcrowding Homeless applications Difficulty of Access to owner-occupation Living Environment Deprivation Domain • Sub Domain: The ‘indoors’ living environment Social and private housing in poor condition Houses without central heating
IMD in Northern Ireland Living Environment Domain Sub-Domain: Housing Quality • Decent Homes Standard • Housing Health and Safety Rating SystemSub-Domain: Housing Access • homelessness acceptances Sub-Domain: Outdoor Physical Environment • local area problem score
IMD in Wales • Lack of central heating • Overcrowding (excluding student households)
Breakout Groups • What should a housing domain measure? • Forgetting any financial and resource constraints, what data would make up the ideal housing domain?