SIMD 2020 - Dundee City (2011 Data Zone Level) Edit

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is the Scottish Government\u2019s official tool for identifying places in Scotland suffering from deprivation. Deprivation in this context refers to the range of problems that arise due to the lack of resources or opportunities covering health, safety, education, employment, housing and access to services as well as financial aspects.\r\n\r\nThe most recent Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation was released by the Scottish Government in 2020. The SIMD divides Scotland into 6,976 small areas called data zones with roughly an equal population in each data zone. The Scottish Government then look at the indicators to measure the different sides of deprivation in each data zone including pupil performance, travel times to GP\u2019s, crime, unemployment etc. These 38 indicators of deprivation are then grouped into 7 types called domains. These domains are:\r\n\r\n\u2022 Income \u2022 Employment \u2022 Education \u2022 Health \u2022 Access to Services \u2022 Crime \u2022 Housing\r\n\r\nThe 7 domains are combined into one SIMD, ranking each data zone in Scotland from 1 (Most Deprived) to 6,976 (Least Deprived). The SIMD allows organisations to target policies and place resources in the areas with greatest need.\r\n\r\nThe boundaries used to collate the SIMD are based on the 2011 data zones which were produced by the Scottish Government. These are the same boundaries which were used in the 2016 SIMD. Earlier SIMD's published before 2016 were based on the Scottish Governments 2001 based data zones. This means that the data zones used in these publications are not comparable with the 2020 and 2016 SIMD.\r\n\r\nThis dataset shows SIMD 2020 data for Dundee City. This is broken down to data zone and intermediate zone level. There are currently 188 data zones in Dundee City.\r\n\r\nThe data is sourced from Scottish Government - Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020. \xa9 Crown Copyright 2020. The full dataset is available on the Scottish Government website which can be accessed from the link below: \r\nhttps://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-index-of-multiple-deprivation-2020/\r\n\r\nThere are many useful resources on the SIMD Website including:\r\n\r\nScottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020: Introduction Booklet https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-index-multiple-deprivation-2020/\r\n\r\nSIMD 2020 Technical Notes: https://www.gov.scot/publications/simd-2020-technical-notes/\r\n\r\nDundee City Council also produced a briefing note summarising the key points for Dundee City when the SIMD was released this can be accessed by clicking on the following link https://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/simd2020_version2_briefing.pdf\r\n

Resources

• SIMD 2020 - Indicator Data Dundee City (2011 Data Zone Based) CSV (Details)
• SIMD 2020 - Ranks Dundee City (2011 Data Zone Based) CSV (Details)
• SIMD 2020 - Rank to Quintile, Decile and Vigintile Lookup ZIP (Details)
• SIMD 2020 - Indicator Data Descriptions ZIP (Details)

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