To understand the overall change in the level of deprivation across Great Britain, maps for 1981 1991, 2001 and 2011 were created using quintiles. The lighter colours represent less deprived areas and vice versa. I
Based on these scores, deprivation in Great Britain has decreased greatly between 1981 and 2011. The largest change has occurred in Scotland, compared with the rest of Great Britain. However, England and Wales, it is still more deprived.
There has been a positive change for England japan rcs data as well, however, it has not been into such extent as for the other countries. The north of England and Cornwall have improved their deprivation scores the most.
Nevertheless, cities in the North, the areas in Birmingham and in London continue to score highly in their deprivation scores. There is a trend emerging throughout the four censuses of GB, which is that generally the south has always been less deprived when compared to the North.
Below are maps of Manchester and Greater Manchester showing deprivation at Output Area level.
Darker colours represent more deprived areas (higher quintile). Most of Greater Manchester, and especially Manchester is greatly deprived with some exceptions. There is a pattern as well, which illustrates that the inner part of all towns in Greater Manchester are deprived and the outskirts are lighter which means less deprived.