Free mapWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025150 neighbourhoods

Deprivation map of Swansea

Swansea is divided into 150 small areas of about 1,500 residents each. 13% of them are among the 10% most deprived in Wales, and 18% are among the 10% least deprived.

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Each shape is one small area (a 2021 Lower layer Super Output Area). Select one to see its decile, rank and the ward it mostly falls in (the ONS best-fit ward). Scores in Wales compare areas within Wales only: England and Wales use different indices, so their deciles can't be compared with each other.

How Swansea's neighbourhoods spread across the deciles

  1. Decile 120 (13%)
  2. Decile 214 (9%)
  3. Decile 312 (8%)
  4. Decile 410 (7%)
  5. Decile 512 (8%)
  6. Decile 69 (6%)
  7. Decile 715 (10%)
  8. Decile 88 (5%)
  9. Decile 923 (15%)
  10. Decile 1027 (18%)

Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of areas in Wales and decile 10 the least deprived.

Most deprived neighbourhoods in Swansea

  1. Swansea 011A, mostly in Penderry ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in Wales (rank 11)
  2. Swansea 011C, mostly in Penderry ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in Wales (rank 13)
  3. Swansea 019B, mostly in Townhill ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in Wales (rank 19)
  4. Swansea 019C, mostly in Townhill ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in Wales (rank 20)
  5. Swansea 019A, mostly in Townhill ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in Wales (rank 26)

Least deprived neighbourhoods in Swansea

  1. Swansea 028A, mostly in Bishopston ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in Wales (rank 1,915)
  2. Swansea 032E, mostly in Dunvant and Killay ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in Wales (rank 1,914)
  3. Swansea 029A, mostly in West Cross ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in Wales (rank 1,911)
  4. Swansea 031E, mostly in Mumbles ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in Wales (rank 1,906)
  5. Swansea 030D, mostly in Pennard ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in Wales (rank 1,901)

How to read this map

  • Deprivation describes an area's circumstances (income, jobs, health, education, crime, housing and living environment) relative to every other area in Wales. It says nothing about any one home or the people in it.
  • A rank compares 1,917 areas: 1 is the most deprived. Deciles split that ranking into ten equal groups.
  • The index measures relative deprivation. A decile 10 area still has some deprivation, and an area can move decile between editions because other areas changed around it.
  • A property report on Address Lens shows the separate domains (seven in England, eight in Wales) for the area around a specific address.

What deprivation measures and how to read it

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Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021.