East Anglia

Published: 12 September 2023

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In 2023, we published regional data for 41 regions.
East Anglia is one of them.

In 2024, we published data for 203 local authorities.
You can see these on the Social mobility by area homepage.

This page shows how East Anglia is ranked for the following 5 ‘composite’ measures of social mobility:

  • Childhood poverty and disadvantage
  • Precarious situations
  • Promising prospects
  • Research and development
  • Socio-cultural advantage

Each of these measures combines data from 3 indicators into a single ‘composite’ score. This provides a more reliable picture of geographical mobility patterns.

Rankings

For each composite measure, 41 regions in the UK are ranked from the lowest to highest values. They are then divided into 5 equally-sized groups (‘quintiles’), from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).

For example, East Anglia ranks in the of regions for .

 

Quintile 1
(lowest 20%) Quintile 5
(highest 20%)

Districts in the East Anglia region

ITL3 areas: Norwich and East Norfolk, North and West Norfolk, Breckland and South Norfolk, Peterborough, Suffolk CC, Cambridgeshire CC

Local authorities: Peterborough, Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire, Babergh, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, East Suffolk, West Suffolk, Broadland, Great Yarmouth, Norwich, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Breckland, South Norfolk

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