Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mayals Primary School is the nearest published school at 524 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA1 1WJ
West Cross · Swansea · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- West Cross
- Local authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower
- Postcode district
- SA1
- Postcode sector
- SA1 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA1 1WJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1999
- Terminated
- 1 October 2000
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA1
- Postcode sector
- SA1 1
- Latitude
- 51.587940
- Longitude
- -4.015045
- British National Grid easting
- 260,500
- British National Grid northing
- 189,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Swansea · W06000011
- Electoral ward
- West Cross · W05001070
- Parish or community
- W04000583
- Westminster constituency
- Gower · W07000097
- Output area
- W00004703
- Lower layer super output area
- Swansea 029D · W01000882
- Middle layer super output area
- Swansea 029 · W02000196
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SA1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 524 m
Mayals Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 695 m
Whitestone Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 762 m
Y.G.G. Llwynderw
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 550
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 252
- Public order 71
- Criminal damage and arson 56
- Anti social behaviour 55
- Other theft 33
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SA1 1 residents
- 3,214
Age bands in SA1 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 4.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 19.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 37.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.9%
145 residents
660 residents
1,292 residents
827 residents
512 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
THE MUMBLES MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 WEST CROSS AVENUE, WEST CROSS, SWANSEA, SA3 5UA
ODS code W98033
1.1 km
KINGS ROAD SURGERY
2-6 KINGS ROAD, MUMBLES, SWANSEA, SA3 4AJ
ODS code W98055
1.8 km
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE
PENMAEN RESIDENCES, SINGLETON PARK, SWANSEA, SA2 8PG
ODS code W98053
3.4 km
SKETTY & KILLAY MEDICAL CENTRE
SKETTY SURGERY, DE LA BECHE ROAD, SKETTY, SWANSEA, SA2 9EA
ODS code W98021
3.8 km
UPLANDS & MUMBLES SURGERY
46-48 SKETTY ROAD, SWANSEA, SA2 0LJ
ODS code W98049
4.6 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 UPLANDS TERRACE, UPLANDS, SWANSEA, SA2 0GU
ODS code W98023
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Gonhill
BCT · West Cross
- 0.1 miles
Gonhill
BCT · West Cross
- 0.1 miles
Chestnut Avenue
BCT · West Cross
- 0.1 miles
Chestnut Avenue
BCT · West Cross
- 0.1 miles
Leyshon Walk
BCT · West Cross
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
550 published events cover 12 months, averaging 45.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 252 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.