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Deprivation

Volume 447: debated on Monday 19 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of the population in each Northern Ireland (a) constituency and (b) council area has been assessed as living in the most deprived areas of Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. (77308)

The Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2005 reports detailed levels of deprivation in small areas throughout Northern Ireland. The following tables give the percentage of the population in each (a) parliamentary constituency and each (b) local government district who live in the most deprived small areas in Northern Ireland.

As these figures are derived from a specific research project, figures for previous years are not available

Table 1: Percentage of population in each parliamentary constituency living in the most deprived areas in Northern Ireland

Parliamentary constituency

Percentage

Belfast, West

79

Belfast, North

60

Foyle

46

West Tyrone

31

Belfast, East

23

Newry and Armagh

23

Belfast, South

19

Upper Bann

18

East Londonderry

13

East Antrim

8

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

8

North Antrim

8

Mid-Ulster

7

South Down

6

South Antrim

4

Lagan Valley

4

Strangford

4

North Down

2

Table 2: Percentage of population in each local government district living in the most deprived areas in Northern Ireland

Local government district

Percentage

Strabane

54

Belfast

48

Derry

46

Newry and Mourne

25

Craigavon

23

Limavady

17

Lisburn

16

Newtownabbey

13

Omagh

13

Moyle

13

Cookstown

11

Coleraine

10

Ballymena

10

Dungannon

9

Fermanagh

9

Larne

8

Carrickfergus

8

Armagh

7

Antrim

6

Down

6

Castlereagh

5

Ards

3

North Down

3

Magherafelt

1

Ballymoney

1

Banbridge

0