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Robert Fairnie

Map reveals the most and least deprived areas in Edinburgh as new research is published

A map created to illustrate new research research has revealed the most and least deprived areas in Edinburgh.

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2020 was published on Tuesday, and their study said that the Stockbridge area is the least deprived in the whole of Scotland.

The study also found that Edinburgh areas among the most deprived five per cent in Scotland were: The Calders, Murrayburn and Wester Hailes North, Clovenstone and Wester Hailes, Muirhouse, Granton and Royston Mains, Granton South and Wardieburn, part of the Great Junction Street area, Restalrig and Lochend, Restalrig (Loganlea) and Craigentinny West, Bingham, Magdalene and the Christians, Niddrie and Moredun and Craigour.

Among the least deprived areas were Cramond, Blackhall, Ravelston, Murrayfield, Colinton, Morningside, Craiglockhart and Fairmilehead.

The map reveals the most and least deprived places in Scotland (SIMD)

A map created by SIMD has shaded in dark blue the areas included in the least deprived 10 per cent while in dark red are the most deprived 10 per cent. You can view, and scroll around, the full map by clicking here.

Overall levels of deprivation have fallen in Edinburgh compared to 2016, although levels have increased in East Lothian.

The SIMD makes its finding by splitting Scotland into nearly 7000 small areas and looking at statistics on income, employment, health, education, access to services, crime and housing.

Roger Halliday, Scotland's chief statistician, said: "I welcome these statistics and the work done to make this complex information more easily accessible. I know how widely the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is used as a vital resource for local planning, by third sector organisations bringing together resources needed to do their great work, and by many others. However we must also focus on the strengths and assets of communities if we are to work together to make Scotland a fair and inclusive place to live."

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