Most and least deprived councils in Wales (2025)
Blaenau Gwent was the most deprived of Wales’s 22 councils in 2025 (share of neighbourhoods in Wales's most deprived 20%: 37.0%).
Ceredigion was the least deprived (2.2%). The middle council, Wrexham, had 17.9%.
Share of neighbourhoods in Wales's most deprived 20% is measured differently in each nation, so Open Index ranks it within Wales only.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaenau Gwent | 37.0% |
| 2 | Neath Port Talbot | 36.7% |
| 3 | Merthyr Tydfil | 33.3% |
| 4 | Newport | 32.0% |
| 5 | Torfaen | 30.0% |
| 6 | Cardiff | 25.7% |
| 7 | Caerphilly | 25.5% |
| 8 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 24.2% |
| 9 | Swansea | 22.7% |
| 10 | Bridgend | 18.7% |
| 11 | Wrexham | 17.9% |
| 12 | Denbighshire | 17.2% |
| 13 | Isle of Anglesey | 14.6% |
| =14 | Conwy | 14.1% |
| =14 | Pembrokeshire | 14.1% |
| 16 | Vale of Glamorgan | 13.4% |
| 17 | Flintshire | 12.0% |
| 18 | Carmarthenshire | 11.7% |
| 19 | Powys | 6.3% |
| 20 | Monmouthshire | 5.2% |
| 21 | Gwynedd | 4.2% |
| 22 | Ceredigion | 2.2% |
Worked out by Open Index from the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles. Source and method · See it on the map