Editing South West England (section)

===Deprivation===
As measured by the [[Indices of deprivation 2007|English Indices of Deprivation 2007]], the region shows similarities with [[Southern England]] in having more [[Super Output Areas|Lower Layer Super Output Areas]] in the 20% least [[Multiple deprivation index|multiple deprived]] districts than the 20% most deprived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |title=Deprivation indices 2007 |access-date=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609171001/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |archive-date= 9 June 2012 }}</ref> The relative amount of deprivation is similar to the [[East Midlands]], except the South West has many fewer deprived areas. According to the LSOA data in 2007, the most deprived districts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.gov.uk/dataset/index_of_multiple_deprivation_imd_2007|title=Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2007|date=9 February 2010 |publisher=Data.gov|access-date=9 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127164056/http://data.gov.uk/dataset/index_of_multiple_deprivation_imd_2007|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> (before Cornwall became a unitary authority) were, in descending order: Bristol (64th in England), Torbay (71st), Plymouth (77th), [[Kerrier]] (86th), [[Restormel]] (89th), [[North Cornwall]] (96th), and West Somerset (106th). At county level, the deprived areas are City of Bristol (49th in England), Torbay (55th), Plymouth (58th), and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (69th).

The least deprived council districts are, in descending order: East Dorset, North Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, Cotswold, Kennet, Stroud, Tewkesbury, West Wiltshire, Salisbury, and Bath and North East Somerset. At county level, the least deprived areas, in descending order, are South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Poole, North Somerset, and Somerset. For smaller areas, the least-deprived in the region are E01015563 (139th in England) – Shaw and Nine Elms ward, in north Swindon; E01014791 (163rd in England) – Portishead East ward, in North Somerset off the A369 in [[Portishead and North Weston]]; E01020377 (184th in England) – [[Colehill]] East ward, in East Dorset, east of Wimborne Minster.

In March 2011, the region had the second-lowest [[Jobseeker's Allowance|unemployment claimant]] count in England, second to [[South East England]], with 2.7%. Inside the region, [[Torbay]] has the highest rate with 4.5%, followed by Bristol and Plymouth with 3.8%. East Dorset has the lowest rate with 1.4%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-analysis/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies---south-west.pdf |title=Changing Regional Economies&nbsp;— South West |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916105720/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-analysis/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies---south-west.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>