Is Blackpool one of the most deprived areas?
Beth Altenwerth
2025-05-06 09:24:35
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Government figures have shown that Blackpool was listed as the most deprived area in the country, reports the Express. However, locals of the town weren't surprised by the news, as they say the situation is only getting worse. The residents of the poorest town in the UK have revealed that children walk the streets barefoot, and those who abuse drugs hang around on the streets. Unemployed Joe Morris, 36, said: "I've seen kids in bare feet walking the streets. It's shocking. There is a lot of poverty here." Retired security guard John Gould, 73, told The Sun that despite deprivation already being high, the town is still finding new ways to get worse. He said: "It's definitely got worse over the years. Some of the poverty is shocking with more people having to go to foodbanks over the years. Blackpool has become a byword for deprivation - but it hasn't always been this way. Roofer Joseph Underwood, 52, told The Sun: "The poverty and conditions are simply shocking.
Leilani Gerhold
2025-04-24 05:32:43
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The three most deprived areas of Blackpool have been revealed in the latest 2021 census results. The Little Layton and Little Carleton, Central Blackpool and South Promenade and Seasiders Way areas of Blackpool have been revealed as the most deprived in the resort. Office for National Statistics data show 61.8% of households in Blackpool were deprived in at least one of these "dimensions" when the most recent census was carried out. This was the highest proportion of all local authorities in England and Wales, and far above the national average of 51.7%. However, it represented a drop from 68.4% at the time of the last census in 2011. In Blackpool, the three areas with the highest deprivation rates were: 1) South Promenade and Seasiders Way – 73.9% of households here were deprived in at least one dimension at the time of the 2021 census, down from 84.9% in 2011, 2) Little Layton and Little Carleton – 73.7%, falling from 81.5% in 2011, and 3) Central Blackpool – 73.2%, a drop from 80.8% in 2011. The ONS said deprivation is a "complex topic", adding that more detailed information would come in future releases.
Brionna Cummerata
2025-04-24 02:44:07
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Blackpool, a once-glamorous seaside resort, this week overtook Glasgow to have the lowest average male life expectancy in the UK. Men living in Blackpool will now live until just after their 73rd birthday on average, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) study, six years less than the average in the rest of England. The gap between the richest and poorest areas has widened since the Covid pandemic. Blackpool’s average life expectancy for men is now 18 months lower than in 2019. The roots of Blackpool’s ill health can be traced back to its golden era more than a century ago. Blackpool now has some of the cheapest and most squalid housing in the UK, attracting renters in poor health. Dr Arif Rajpura, Blackpool council’s director of public health, knows that the town’s mortality rate among those under 75 is by some distance the worst in England for cancer, cardiovascular disease and for all causes. Blackpool has the country’s highest proportion of children in care, nearly three times the national average. A recent council report revealed that Blackpool had four times the average number of drug deaths, nearly double the rate of smoking deaths, the highest proportion of alcohol deaths and the highest rate of serious mental illnesses in England.
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