Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world

Populations living in areas with, in relative terms, the least favourable environmental conditions, 2000-7

Environmental equality since:

1990

2003

Analysis of selected environmental conditions or characteristics shows that a higher proportion of people in the most deprived areas in England may live in areas with multiple environmental conditions that are in relative terms the ‘least favourable’, compared with populations living in less deprived areas.
Around 0.3 per cent of populations in the least deprived areas experience 4 or more environmental conditions that are ‘least favourable’. This rises to around 20 per cent of populations in the most deprived areas. Around 33 per cent of populations in the least deprived areas experience at least one environmental condition that is ‘least favourable’. This rises to 82 per cent of populations in the most deprived areas.
‘Environmental Equality’ is a ‘UK Framework Indicator’. Its future development will need to reflect the different needs and issues in each country of the UK.

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Updated: 30 July 2009

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