Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - Broadband Access Indicator
Dataset containing the Broadband Indicator used to calculate the SIMD 2020 Access To Services Domain
Data
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - Broadband Access Indicator
Description
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is a tool for identifying the places in Scotland where people are experiencing disadvantage across different aspects of their lives. SIMD ranks 6,976 small areas, or data zones, covering the whole of Scotland from the most deprived to the least deprived and reports statistics on income, employment, health, education, access to services, crime and housing. This dataset contains the Superfast Broadband indicator that, together with travel time indicators, is used to calculate the SIMD 2020 Geographic Access to Services domain.
The superfast Broadband indicator measures the percentage of premises that do not have access to superfast broadband (download speeds of 30Mbps or above).
More information can be found on the Scottish Government website.
Metadata
| Theme | Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Scottish Government |
| License | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
| Published | |
| Last updated | |
| Update frequency | annual |
| Reference period | 2019 to 2019 |
| Geographic coverage | Data Zones |
| Contact | simd@gov.scot |
Data quality
Completeness
SIMD 2020 data, and other resources are available on the SIMD 2020 webpage.
These include the SIMD 2020 introductory booklet that explains how we built SIMD, offers advice on what you can and can't do with SIMD, and gives some headline findings. There are also postcode and data zone look up files, a local and national share calculator, and an interactive mapping tool is also available for you to produce your own maps.
If you have any enquiries or would like to provide us with any feedback relating to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, please contact:
Email: SIMD@gov.scot
Uniqueness
Not assessed
Consistency
The access to broadband indicator was not included in previous versions of SIMD.
Timeliness
Information on SIMD indicator time periods can be found in SIMD technical notes:
SIMD 2016 and SIMD 2020
Validity
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is used to help organisations invest in areas most in need. It can also be used by communities to highlight the things that matter to them, and identify opportunities to improve the lives of local people.
The SIMD 2020 introductory booklet provides an overview of SIMD and an example case study showing how SIMD has been used to identify deprivation and help inform a rural local authority's poverty strategy.
Accuracy
Information on the accuracy and reliability of SIMD indicators can be found in SIMD technical notes:
SIMD 2016 and SIMD 2020
Quality management
Additional details
Revisions
SIMD indicators are not subject to scheduled revision. Revisions and corrections to previously published statistics are dealt with in accordance with the Scottish Government Statistician Group corporate policy statement on revisions and corrections - a copy of which is available on the Scottish Government website.
Confidentiality policy
Not assessed