Income & Employment
Two of the seven weighted IMD domains — income deprivation measures the proportion of an area's population in income-deprived households, while employment deprivation tracks involuntary exclusion from the labour market. Together they account for 45% of the overall IMD score.
Income & employment profile
Both domains returned in the domains[] array. Each includes rank, decile, score, and local authority comparison.
Measures the proportion of an area's population experiencing income deprivation — adults and children on means-tested benefits, Universal Credit (low income), and asylum seekers.
Measures involuntary exclusion from the labour market — people claiming ESA, JSA, Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement, or Carer's Allowance.
Response fields
Each domain entry in domains[] returns these fields.
IMD weighting
Income = 22.5% of overall IMD. Employment = 22.5%. These two domains alone determine nearly half the overall deprivation score.
Built for
Affordability platforms
Assess local purchasing power alongside property prices. Income deprivation decile correlates with mortgage default risk — essential for lending models.
Retail & commercial property
Employment deprivation data informs footfall forecasting and catchment analysis. High employment deprivation = lower discretionary spend in the area.
Housing associations
Target affordable housing delivery to areas with the highest income deprivation. Justify planning applications with data-backed need assessments.
API example
curl "https://api.homedata.co.uk/api/deprivation/?postcode=E16AN" \ -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_KEY"
{
"domains": [
{
"domain": "income",
"label": "Income Deprivation",
"rank": 4218,
"decile": 2,
"score": 2,
"score_label": "High deprivation",
"lad_rank": 12
},
{
"domain": "employment",
"label": "Employment Deprivation",
"rank": 7891,
"decile": 3,
"score": 3,
"score_label": "Above average deprivation",
"lad_rank": 18
}
]
}