# 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.

Worked out by Open Index from the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles.

| Rank | Area | Share of neighbourhoods in Wales's most deprived 20% |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 37.0% |
| 2 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 36.7% |
| 3 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 33.3% |
| 4 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 32.0% |
| 5 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 30.0% |
| 6 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 25.7% |
| 7 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 25.5% |
| 8 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 24.2% |
| 9 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 22.7% |
| 10 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 18.7% |
| 11 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 17.9% |
| 12 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 17.2% |
| 13 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 14.6% |
| =14 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 14.1% |
| =14 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 14.1% |
| 16 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 13.4% |
| 17 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 12.0% |
| 18 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 11.7% |
| 19 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 6.3% |
| 20 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 5.2% |
| 21 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 4.2% |
| 22 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 2.2% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles. Covers Wales. Period: 2025. Period: 2025.

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/most-deprived-20-wales)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/most-deprived-20-wales)

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