THE most and least deprived areas in Essex have been revealed.

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation statistics are released by the government every four years.

They rank constituencies from most deprived (No 1) to least deprived (No 533).

They use a variety of factors to come up with an overall deprivation level ranking for constituencies across England.

The data from the 2019 results also shows how the constituency compares to its rank from 2015.

The list is as follows:

1) Rayleigh and Wickford – 496 (+10)

2) Saffron Waldon – 493 (+12)

3) Brentwood and Ongar – 462 (-1)

4) Chelmsford – 433 (+14)

5) Maldon – 421 (+15)

6) Witham – 420 (+12)

7) Braintree – 389 (+15)

8) Epping Forest – 388 (+12)

9) Southend West – 361 (+49)

10) Castle Point – 339 (-6)

11) Harwich and North Essex – 334 (-23)

12) Colchester – 279 (+9)

13) Harlow – 265 (+35)

14) Basildon and Billericay – 239 (+19)

15) Thurrock – 222 (+15)

16) South Basildon and East Thurrock – 187 (-9)

17) Rochford and Southend East – 128 (+24)

18) Clacton – 46 (-12)