Deprivation in Cardiff
Welsh councilSouth Wales. 381,516 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 142 square kilometres.
3 layers about deprivation for Cardiff, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
Most deprived 10%Least
56 of Cardiff’s 218 neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 20%.
Share of neighbourhoods in Wales's most deprived 20%
CouncilWales only25.7%
Worked out by Open Index · 2025
25.7% of the neighbourhoods in Cardiff are among the most deprived 20% of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Among councils in Wales, that is the 6th most deprived of 22.
Worked out by Open Index from the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles.
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025
NeighbourhoodWales onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Cardiff. The map shows each one.
Deprivation rank (Wales)
NeighbourhoodWales onlyPublished for neighbourhoods, not as one figure for the whole of Cardiff. The map shows each one.