Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) 2025 indicator data for local authorities and Wales
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| Variable | Visibility | Selected values | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data description | Shown in table | All 56 values | Change values |
| Area name | Shown in table | All 23 values | Change values |
Table
Standard shorthand is used in this table: [x] = not available.
| Data values | Data description | Area name |
|---|---|---|
| 25.0 | People in income deprivation (percentage) | Wales |
| 38.7 | Children in income deprivation (percentage) | Wales |
| 18.0 | Older people in income deprivation (percentage) | Wales |
| 17.2 | Working age people in employment deprivation (percentage) | Wales |
| 21,565.9 | People with limiting long term illness (rate per 100,000) | Wales |
| 401.9 | Premature deaths (people aged under 75, rate per 100,000) | Wales |
| 15.5 | People with GP recorded chronic conditions (percentage) | Wales |
| 25.0 | People with GP recorded mental health conditions (percentage) | Wales |
| 635.2 | Cancer incidence in the population (rate per 100,000) | Wales |
| 5.3 | Single live births with low birth weight (percentage) | Wales |
| 115 | Key Stage 4 average points score for core subjects | Wales |
| 26.9 | Persistent absenteeism, primary aged pupils (rate per 100) | Wales |
| 38.5 | Persistent absenteeism, secondary aged pupils (rate per 100) | Wales |
| 41.4 | Key Stage 4 leavers entering Higher Education (percentage) | Wales |
| 23.4 | Adults aged 25 to 64 with no or low qualifications (percentage) | Wales |
| 7.2 | Average return travel time to a pharmacy by private transport, minutes | Wales |
| 41.2 | Average return travel time to a pharmacy by public transport, minutes | Wales |
| 7.8 | Average return travel time to a GP surgery by private transport, minutes | Wales |
| 45.3 | Average return travel time to a GP surgery by public transport, minutes | Wales |
| 4.1 | Average return travel time to a food shop by private transport, minutes | Wales |
| 27.5 | Average return travel time to a food shop by public transport, minutes | Wales |
| 4.5 | Average return travel time to childcare services by private transport, minutes | Wales |
| 27.3 | Average return travel time to childcare services by public transport, minutes | Wales |
| 10.9 | Average return travel time to a public library by private transport, minutes | Wales |
| 54.9 | Average return travel time to a public library by public transport, minutes | Wales |
Next update expected:This dataset is not expected to be updated or replaced in the future
Updates
- 7th October 2026
- Dataset first published.
Main information
- Designation
- Accredited official statistics
- Data provider 1
- Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
- Data source 1
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 2
- Public Health Wales
- Data source 2
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 3
- Welsh Government
- Data source 3
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 4
- HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
- Data source 4
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 5
- Home Office
- Data source 5
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 6
- Higher Education Statistics Agency
- Data source 6
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 7
- NHS England
- Data source 7
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 8
- Ordnance Survey
- Data source 8
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 9
- Ministry of Justice
- Data source 9
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 10
- Department for Education
- Data source 10
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 11
- Care Inspectorate Wales
- Data source 11
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 12
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
- Data source 12
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 13
- Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Data source 13
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 14
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Data source 14
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 15
- Natural Resources Wales
- Data source 15
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 16
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Data source 16
- No specific source from data provider
- Data provider 17
- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
- Data source 17
- No specific source from data provider
- Dataset ID
- c28ab0ec-5893-46c2-a372-98d4058ba415
Overview
- Summary of dataset and variables
The Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas in Wales, ranking all 1,917 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) from most (rank 1) to least (rank 1,917) deprived. It combines 54 indicators grouped under 8 domains which have the following weights in the overall index: Income (22%), Employment (20%), Health (15%), Education (14%), Access to Services (10%), Housing (9%), Community Safety (5%), and Physical Environment (5%).
WIMD produces domain ranks and an overall index to identify areas with the highest concentrations of multiple types of deprivation. Most of the indicator values, some sub-indicator values and some sub-domain ranks are also published on StatsWales. Please see the WIMD guidance report and technical report for more information.
This table contains WIMD 2025 indicator data aggregated to local authority and national (Wales) level.
Local authority and Wales estimates have been produced where the original data allows for aggregating to geographies above LSOA level. Where this is not possible for a given indicator, data entries will display [x] in the Data column.
In most cases, a higher value for a given indicator means the area is relatively more deprived on that indicator. However, the opposite is true for the following indicators:
- Key Stage 4 average points score for core subjects, education domain
- Percentage of Key Stage 4 leavers entering higher education, education domain
- Inability to afford to enter owner occupation or the private rental market (score), housing domain (only available at LSOA level)
- Energy efficiency of dwellings, housing domain
- Proximity to accessible, natural green space, physical environment domain
- Ambient green space score, physical environment domain (only available at LSOA level)
- Data collection or calculation
Please see the WIMD guidance report and technical report for information on how data for each of the indicators was collected and processed.
- Statistical quality
The WIMD 2025 data have been produced by professional statisticians using the latest data, rigorous analytical methods, and independent validation at every stage. WIMD 2025 builds on previous versions to ensure accuracy and reliability, combining 54 indicators from diverse sources (some but not all are based on official statistics sources) to minimize bias and strengthen robustness. Quality assurance included multiple checks, replication of results, and expert review with domain specialists and local authorities.
- Rounding applied
Data for Key Stage 4 average points score has been rounded to the nearest whole number, and data for community safety indicators have been rounded to 2 decimal places. All other indicators have been rounded to 1 decimal place.
Published by
- Organisation
- Welsh Government
- Contact email
- statsinclusion@gov.wales