Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sandfields Primary School is the nearest published school at 93 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA12 6UR
Aberavon · Neath Port Talbot · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Aberavon
- 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 6UR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA12
- Postcode sector
- SA12 6
- Latitude
- 51.596422
- Longitude
- -3.796733
- British National Grid easting
- 275,646
- British National Grid northing
- 190,149
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Neath Port Talbot · W06000012
- Electoral ward
- Aberavon · W05001679
- Parish or community
- W04001019
- Westminster constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg · W07000081
- Output area
- W00004712
- Lower layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 017B · W01000885
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 93 m
Sandfields Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 416 m
St Joseph's RC School and 6th Form Centre
Welsh establishment
- 442 m
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,234
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 970
- Public order 274
- Shoplifting 228
- Anti social behaviour 223
- Criminal damage and arson 185
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 11
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 1.8
- SA12 6 residents
- 10,595
5 female, 6 male
Age bands in SA12 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.4%
2,000 residents
1,112 residents
2,814 residents
2,803 residents
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
- 100%
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
within 5 km
FAIRFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
FAIRFIELD SURGERY, PORT TALBOT RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98032
1.4 km
KINGS SURGERY
PRIMARY CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98041
1.4 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
PORT TALBOT RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, NEATH, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98035
1.4 km
MOUNT SURGERY
MARGAM ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA13 2BN
ODS code W98031
2.6 km
CWMAVON HEALTH CENTRE
PENLLYN, CWMAVON, PORT TALBOT, SA12 9PY
ODS code W98019
3.5 km
QUAYS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTRE, BRUNEL WAY, BAGLAN ENERGY PARK, BRITON FERRY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W98040
3.7 km
WATERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTR, BRUNEL WAY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W00144
3.7 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Michna Street
BCT · Aberavon
- 0.2 miles
Burgess Green
BCT · Aberavon
- 0.2 miles
Burgess Green
BCT · Aberavon
- 0.2 miles
Brwyna Avenue
BCT · Aberavon
- 0.2 miles
St Joseph`s RC Comprehensive
BCT · Aberavon
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,234 published events cover 12 months, averaging 186.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 970 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.