The IMD overall ranking is made by combining the seven IMD Domain scores using the following weights:
- Income (22.5%)
- Employment (22.5%)
- Health Deprivation and Disability (13.5%)
- Education, Skills and Training (13.5%)
- Barriers to Housing and Services (9.3%)
- Crime (9.3%)
- Living Environment (9.3%)

The SOA (Super Output Area) with a rank of 1 is the most deprived, and 32482 the least deprived, on this overall measure.

This IMD version was first published in 2004. See http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/131206.pdf for further details.

5n = IMD Overall Ranking