{"metric":"income_deprivation_rate","title":"Income deprivation rate","topic":"economy","unit":"% of residents","measure_type":"percentage","geography":"E92000001","comparison_method":"previous_period","source":{"publisher":"MHCLG","publication":"English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2025"},"definition":"The population-weighted average of the district's small-area Income Deprivation Domain scores from IoD2025. The domain score is the proportion of the population living in families that are income-deprived (on certain means-tested benefits or low-income tax credits), so the average is read here as the share of residents who are income-deprived.","does_not_measure":"Earnings, wealth or the poverty line: the domain counts people in families receiving certain means-tested support, so changes in benefit rules move it independently of living standards.","links":{"page":"/economy/income-deprivation-rate","series":"/api/metrics/income_deprivation_rate/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/income_deprivation_rate/vintages"}}