Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. YGG Rhos-Afan is the nearest published school at 556 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SA12 7EF
Sandfields West · Neath Port Talbot · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Sandfields West
- Local authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg
- Postcode district
- SA12
- Postcode sector
- SA12 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SA12 7EF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SA
- Postcode district
- SA12
- Postcode sector
- SA12 7
- Latitude
- 51.603934
- Longitude
- -3.816338
- British National Grid easting
- 274,309
- British National Grid northing
- 191,018
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Neath Port Talbot · W06000012
- Electoral ward
- Sandfields West · W05001711
- Parish or community
- W04000625
- Westminster constituency
- Aberafan Maesteg · W07000081
- Output area
- W00005108
- Lower layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 016D · W01000962
- Middle layer super output area
- Neath Port Talbot 016 · W02000214
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
- 13
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 556 m
YGG Rhos-Afan
Welsh establishment
- 621 m
St Therese's Catholic Primary School
Welsh establishment
- 1.4 km
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,478
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 673
- Anti social behaviour 179
- Public order 178
- Shoplifting 117
- Criminal damage and arson 111
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 7
- Postcode households
- 5
- Residents per household
- 1.4
- SA12 7 residents
- 8,384
4 female, 3 male
Age bands in SA12 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
1,547 residents
931 residents
2,115 residents
2,191 residents
1,900 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SA12 7 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
533 m
KINGS SURGERY
PRIMARY CARE RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98041
533 m
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
PORT TALBOT RESOURCE CENTRE, MOOR ROAD, NEATH, PORT TALBOT, SA12 7BJ
ODS code W98035
533 m
QUAYS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTRE, BRUNEL WAY, BAGLAN ENERGY PARK, BRITON FERRY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W98040
2.3 km
WATERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRITON FERRY HEALTH CENTR, BRUNEL WAY, NEATH, SA11 2FP
ODS code W00144
2.3 km
MOUNT SURGERY
MARGAM ROAD, PORT TALBOT, SA13 2BN
ODS code W98031
4.2 km
CWMAVON HEALTH CENTRE
PENLLYN, CWMAVON, PORT TALBOT, SA12 9PY
ODS code W98019
4.3 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Plas Newydd
BCT · Aberavon
- 0.1 miles
Plas Newydd
BCT · Aberavon
- 0.2 miles
Fairway Shops
BCT · Sandfields
- 0.2 miles
Fairway Shops
BCT · Sandfields
- 0.2 miles
Fairway Post Office
BCT · Sandfields
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,478 published events cover 12 months, averaging 123.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 673 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.