Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) 2025 local authority deprivation profiles

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6th February 2026

Minor formatting changes

27th November 2025
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Dataset first published.

Main information

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Accredited official statistics
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Office for National Statistics (ONS)
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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
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Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
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Department for Education
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
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Home Office
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Higher Education Statistics Agency
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Public Health Wales
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Ministry of Justice
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Welsh Government
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NHS England
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Care Inspectorate Wales
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NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
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Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Ordnance Survey
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Natural Resources Wales
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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 the number and percentage of LSOAs in each deprivation group, in each local authority.

Data collection or calculation

How WIMD is constructed There are three main components of the index:

  • the 54 underlying indicator datasets
  • ranks for the 8 separate domains (or types) of deprivation, created by combining relevant indicators within each domain
  • overall WIMD ranks, created by combining the domain ranks

All these components are calculated for each of the small areas (Lower layer Super Output Areas or LSOAs) in Wales and published. The way the indicators and domains are combined is designed to reliably distinguish between areas at the most deprived end of the distribution, but not at the least deprived end. This means that differences between the least deprived areas in Wales are less well defined than differences between the more deprived areas. To compare larger geographies, you can consider the proportion of small areas in a larger geography which are in the most deprived (say) 10% of areas in Wales. For example, if an area has more than 10% of its small areas in the most deprived 10% in Wales it can be considered relatively deprived. If it has fewer than 10%, then it can be considered relatively less deprived. We publish WIMD 2025 deprivation profiles for selected larger geographies, and this table provides profiles for local authorities. It provides numbers and percentages of LSOAs within a given local authority which are in these categories of deprivation:

  • 10% most deprived
  • 20% most deprived
  • 30% most deprived
  • 50% most deprived

This is available for the overall WIMD 2025 index and each of the 8 domains.

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.

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Welsh Government
Contact email
statsinclusion@gov.wales