Ferguslie Park in Paisley has been identified as the area of Scotland with the greatest level of deprivation. It is the second successive time the area has been at the bottom of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), which is published every four years. Lower Whitecraigs in East Renfrewshire is classed as the least deprived. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-37230405
Statisticians rate almost 7,000 areas in Scotland by standards including income, employability and health. The statisticians say "deprived" does not just mean "poor" or "low income". It can also mean people have fewer resources and opportunities, for example in health and education.
Glasgow has 56 of the 100 most deprived areas. Edinburgh has six.
The 10 most deprived areas in Scotland:
1. Ferguslie Park, Paisley
2. Carntyne West and Haghill, Glasgow City
3. North Barlanark and Easterhouse South (Area 1), Glasgow City
4. Old Shettleston and Parkhead North, Glasgow City
5. Nitshill, Glasgow City
6. Muirhouse, City of Edinburgh
7. Possil Park, Glasgow City
8. Cliftonville, North Lanarkshire
9. Drumchapel North, Glasgow City
10. North Barlanark and Easterhouse South (Area 2), Glasgow City
The 10 least deprived areas in Scotland:
1. Lower Whitecraigs and South Giffnock, East Renfrewshire
2. Midstocket, Aberdeen City
3. Marchmont West (Area 1), City of Edinburgh
4. St Andrews South West, Fife
5. Comely Bank, City of Edinburgh
6. Joppa, City of Edinburgh
7. Marchmont West (Area 2),City of Edinburgh
8. Hilton, Aberdeen City
9. Kilmardinny East, East Dunbartonshire
10. Bruntsfield, City of Edinburgh
..and the problem for capitalism is that some of those deprived areas,Easterhouse, Barlanark, Carntyne were part of the solution offered by successive Labour and Tory governments in th epost war house building boom.
ReplyDeleteIt really is the counsel of despair to imagine that capitalism can be reformed.