Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Tywyn Primary School is the nearest published school at 499 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA12 6BP
Sandfields East · Neath Port Talbot · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Port Talbot
- Ward
- Sandfields East
- Local authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg
- Postcode district
- SA12
- Postcode sector
- SA12 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA12 6BP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA12
- Postcode sector
- SA12 6
- Latitude
- 51.586361
- Longitude
- -3.803106
- British National Grid easting
- 275,177
- British National Grid northing
- 189,041
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Neath Port Talbot · W06000012
- Electoral ward
- Sandfields East · W05001710
- Parish or community
- W04001028
- Westminster constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg · W07000081
- Output area
- W00005098
- Lower layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 017F · W01000960
- Middle layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 017 · W02000215
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 SA12
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 50, Sitwell Way, Port Talbot, SA12 6BP | 11 March 2016 | £50,000 |
| 52, Sitwell Way, Port Talbot, SA12 6BP | 7 December 2012 | £86,000 |
| 56, Sitwell Way, Port Talbot, SA12 6BP | 15 May 2009 | £33,000 |
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 499 m
Tywyn Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.1 km
Sandfields Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.4 km
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,208
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 557
- Public order 145
- Anti social behaviour 122
- Criminal damage and arson 114
- Shoplifting 82
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 14
- 7 female, 7 male
- Postcode households
- 5
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- SA12 6 residents
- 10,595
Age bands in SA12 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- 2,000 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- 1,112 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.3%
- 2,814 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- 2,803 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.4%
- 1,964 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA12 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 40%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
FAIRFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
FAIRFIELD SURGERY, PORT TALBOT RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98032
2.2 km
KINGS SURGERY
PRIMARY CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98041
2.2 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
PORT TALBOT RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, NEATH, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98035
2.2 km
MOUNT SURGERY
MARGAM ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA13 2BN
ODS code W98031
2.5 km
QUAYS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTRE, BRUNEL WAY, BAGLAN ENERGY PARK, BRITON FERRY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W98040
4.5 km
WATERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTR, BRUNEL WAY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W00144
4.5 km
CWMAVON HEALTH CENTRE
PENLLYN, CWMAVON, PORT TALBOT, SA12 9PY
ODS code W98019
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 279 m
Lake Road
BCT · Aberavon
- 290 m
Lake Road
BCT · Aberavon
- 336 m
Cronin Avenue
BCT · Aberavon
- 355 m
Victoria Road
BCT · Aberavon
- 363 m
Cronin Avenue
BCT · Aberavon
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,208 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 557 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.