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East of England

Lowestoft

4th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
286/543
health
194/543
income
157/543
housing
328/543
education
88/543
Bottom 20%
employment
116/543
environment
345/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

education MODERATE
Rank 88/543 for education deprivation (IMD 2025)
1311 education-focused charities, 7896 employees
income LOW
Rank 157/543 for income deprivation (IMD 2025)
438 income-focused charities, 1357 employees
employment LOW
Rank 116/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
300 employment-focused charities, 1536 employees
health LOW
Rank 194/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
1052 health-focused charities, 5408 employees
GP ratio: 1:2039 (above 1:2000 threshold)

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

3010 registered charities

3,010
Charities
£23,255,421
Grants to HQ'd charities
11,506
Employees
68,088
Volunteers
17.3%
Govt funded
LOW
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

POOR'S FEN(NO 2)
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUFFOLK NATURALISTS' SOCIETY
TOWN ESTATE
COLLINS DOLE
JOHN BOOTY
LYDIA LOUISA CARLOS
SIR JEFFREY BURWELL FOR APPRENTICING AND PARISH CLERK
CHARLES GRINTER BEQUEST
ELIZABETH WARNER COTTAGE
TOWN ESTATE CHARITY (ONE HALF PART OF NON-ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES SHARE )

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
52
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,039
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). See methodology.

People working in Lowestoft, by sector

Sector Employees
Social Care 3,050
Education 3,000
Construction 1,600
NHS / Healthcare 1,250
Transport 825
Environment / Green 330

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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